I was absolutely blown away when I read this story.  This happened in China, but it could very well happen just about anywhere. 

A man was simply installing lights on an apartment building, but apparently he was making too much noise for this 10 year old boy, as the boy cut the man’s safety rope with a knife.  Yikes, right?

The man was left dangling for 40 minutes 100 feet above the ground!  For those of us who have children, we are now asking ourselves what do we do next.  Well, here I show the child’s dad reacted to the boy nearly killing a guy…

So, let's back up for a second because this detail may be important to the story: as the child was reportedly cutting the rope, this poor worker begged him to stop. He says the kid refused to listen. Oh, he also claims the boy "just stood" and watched him. Are you frightened for humanity yet?

One of the man's workmates heard him scream for help and called the fire department. Thank goodness they were able to bring the worker down to safety.

At first, the boy reportedly refused to tell police what had happened, but they say he later confessed. When dad Tang Peng heard about the incident, he reportedly said, "He just didn't think. We have apologized and bought the man a new rope." Oh, also: they apparently gave him a "good talking too" and he promised to never do it again.

Let's start chiming in and filling in the blanks with the "if this was my kid, I would ..." or the "if I did this when I was younger my mom would have .." I sincerely have no idea how I would react if my child did something like this. Age 10 is certainly old enough to know better, isn't it?

What would you do if your child did something like this? Do you think age 10 is old enough to know better?

 

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