I don't see the big deal, she said pray for us. Seems like she was thinking of her son at the time. Like she said, it was not a play by play
How is it any different then people ask for prayers here. Its not like she could have done anything. That is the job of the paramedics. There are way too many haters on this board.
Everybody send a prayer moes way, he was just hit by a semi. I don't really see anything wrong with it, as pointed out earlier, she wasn't doing a play by play. Not news worthy imo.
After reviewing this article, I cannot help but recall the 9 year-old son of my neighbour. Already possessing an Apple Iphone, his gadget-obsessed mother outfitted him with a twitter, facebook and myspace accounts, which fits snugly in line with the subject of the article. The real tragedy, however, is that the young man lists "My Chemical Romance" as his favourite band, and "EMO" as his favourite musical genre. Unfortunately, no amount of Little League Baseball could possibly undo the humiliation that this youngster's father has to endure.
The story how I FIRST heard it, its not just about the tweeted request for prayers. The mother tweeted a generic unrelated message at 5:22. 1 minute later at 5:23, basically at the same time, 911 receives a call from her oldest son about the the drowning boy. Its that she was ON twitter instead of watching her kid. So it appears as a bit of negligence to some...and that this whole "tweeter thing" is a distraction. 5:22 - tweet 5:23 - 911 and drowing death 6:00 - tweet -prayer request 11:00 - tweet - rememberence
What do we know? nothin. One one hand, grieving is personal, twitter is as valid a communication as any, etc. on the other hand, we've all seen how this tweet about yourself crap gets so pervasive that some people put their lives on hold/ignore while they tweet about said life to the rest of the world. This lady tweets every however many minutes, a pool gate was left open, and she didn't call the paramedics her son did, but she tweeted about it and his death within minutes. I dunno. I have no hate/problem with her doing it in general, but it is somewhat ... weird and I can understand that some people would see this as inappropriate. People grieve in their own ways, but that doesn't mean I don't find it strange or inappropriate that she'd immediately notify everyone she "knows" (using the term loosely) about the drowning death of her son in the same place that she probably tells her friends "Lolzies, just saw my bff at the mall eating ff." Overall, not that newsworthy, but I'd have to be on the critic's side of things in general based on the facts, while still being on the side of someone who lost a loved one in general. Translation... I wouldn't have written the story, but i don't agree she should be doing it.
"Please pray like never before, my 2 yr old fell in the pool" What part of this tweet is about her? That's a bit of a different criticism, but I still don't think it has much merit. I have a 2-year old too. Do you think I watch her every minute of the day? Sometimes, 2-year olds can play by themselves. This mother happened to be on the computer at the time. If it were me, I might not have been paying attention because I was doing the dishes. But there isn't anything objectionable about leaving a child to his own devices to wash dishes or to get on the computer. Twitter has nothing to do with this. If there is something to reproach her for, it would be for having a pool without sufficient child safety. But, I wouldn't reproach her now for that either. It was an accident. It makes me feel sick thinking how this woman is getting internationally criticized when her son just died.
She did it as her son was drowning. And the fact that she has 5000+ followers on Twitter does not help her case. I know she doesn't have over 5000+ family members that need to know her baby is dying in front of her. I'm looking at it from a parents POV, if she wouldn't have been all up in Twitter she may have been able to avoid her child's death.
If she is constantly twittering and it's at the expense of attention to her kids, I'd say it is at least mentionable. I'm not saying this was the case, or that it wasn't. Just that it's mentionable. I agree, it's sad she also has to deal with this now, but if you TWEET TO 5000, word gets around. ...the irony.
Sure, if she was negligent with her children, it's worth mentioning. But, I've seen no indication of that. In the meantime, why put the poor woman through this crap?
Ya that doesn't look right. You tweet a mere minute after the kid falls into the pool? I can understand you doing that when the paramedics are there. There's nothing you can do at that time. Most people would pick up the phone and call a loved one. But this would be after the paramedics are there. While you're the only adult around you'd think the only reason to get on the computer is to google "heimlich maneuver".
AS her son was drowning? How do you figure? Not help her case? What case? Now, I will agree that if she was up in Twitter, that may be negligence, but then there are confounded telephones, and restroom breaks, and naps, and tending to other children that can cause enough distraction for a child to slip out of the house and into the pool.
I never understood the whole "pray for this and that requests". I guess we all cope with loss and traumas in different ways, but in this case I do find it odd. If this happened to me, you would most likely find me crawled up in fetal position in a dark closet. I don't even think my brain would work properly to write a coherent paragraph. Nope, sorry. I do not understand this lady at all.
I agree. Said as much in a response on the 1st page of the thread. It comes down to - Father : What were you DOING while he outside?! Mother : I...was on Twitter while it happened, but... Thats where the uproar stems from. Its close to the texting while driving issue. In the old days men rode with their kids on their lap with no seat belt, after downing a couple brews before getting in the car. Now Twitter poses a risk to our personal safety.
