Recently, according to CCTV's "China News", an 11-month-old baby boy in New Taipei City, Taiwan, China, suddenly lost his breathing and heartbeat when he was in a public nursery school, and died after being sent to the hospital.
Surveillance footage shows that after the boy was put on a mask by the staff and cried, tears and snot soaked the mask, suffocating his mouth and nose and making him unable to breathe. This caused an uproar among parents, netizens and society.
The boy's mother saw her son's plight on the monitor and suddenly realized that the child had been suffocated to death by a mask. The last picture is him and the teacher asking for help, however, the teacher didn't care but waved to him and ignored him, and what is even more heart-wrenching is that the last golden rescue moment was missed. The child's father described his son's mask as it was soaked and sticking to it all over, and his grief and indignation were overflowing.
After the news spread, netizens on social media were furious. A series of denunciations questioned why 11-month-old babies should be masked and criticized staff for ignoring children's pleas for help. Netizens empathized and expressed their anger and grief over the tragedy. The suffocation incident became a focus of collective outrage and an opportunity for a broad reflection on the nursery's mask policy.
This series of details reveals the fragility of human nature and the flaws of the nursery system. The pain of the parents and the anger of netizens formed an emotional intersection with the baby boy who was ruthlessly ignored. The suffocation incident is not only distressing, but also triggers a deep reflection on parenting and social responsibility.
Nursery staff have been accused of negligent death. However, the incident also raised questions about the choice of parents. Why do parents choose to send such young children to nursery schools? I don't think people should abuse their parents online. The main reason is that the teacher in charge is irresponsible, and the child is so young that he can't speak, shouldn't he be more concerned and observant? If the teacher had a strong sense of responsibility, this tragedy would not have happened.
Surveillance footage reveals the negligence of the nursery staff. Babies who are covered with a transparent soak mask are ignored when they call for help, which is irresponsible for life. The so-called "mask order" issued by the nursery has forced children who should not be able to bear such a small age to wear masks, which has aroused widespread concern in society. This suffocation incident has become a ruthless revelation of the management system of the nursery and is thought-provoking.
However, it is not a rash move for parents to choose to send their children to daycare. Socio-economic realities have put many families in a dilemma between work and childcare. Sending children to the nursery is not only for work, but also for the livelihood of the family. The financial burden of the family leaves parents with a difficult choice between career and parenting responsibilities.
Nurseries need to learn from this incident and improve their management to keep children safe. The mask policy should make scientific and reasonable provisions based on age and physiological characteristics to protect the lives of infants and young children. Society also needs to provide more support for families so that parents can better balance their career and parenting responsibilities.
The suffocation incident is a harrowing tragedy, but it also evokes a deep reflection on parental responsibility, child safety and child care management. We cannot simply blame any one party, but we need to work together to build a healthier and more balanced society.
The choice of parents between career development and childcare responsibilities, the responsibilities of the nursery in providing services, and the support of society for families all form part of the shared responsibility of society. The suffocation incident has revealed the loopholes and problems that exist in this chain of responsibility and require the joint efforts of society to fix them.
This tragedy provides us with an opportunity for deep reflection and reform. We need to carefully formulate policies that not only focus on the management of nurseries, but also consider the combination of family and career. Society should provide more flexible and caring policies, so that parents can better accompany their children to grow up while juggling their careers.
I hope that in the future, we will be able to build a more caring, understanding and supportive society. Family and career are no longer opposing choices, but complementary elements. Nursery schools become places where children grow up safely and happily, not tragedies. Through continued reform and efforts, we can usher in a better and more balanced future.