Stop Blaming The Cincinnati Zoo Mother Summary

In "Stop Blaming the Cincinnati Zoo Mother" Tova Leigh argues that the mother of the zoo incident shouldn't be targeted as a symbol of bad parenting, because her son fell in the pond, since accidents do happen. The targeted audience is people who have come to a conclusion that the mother is at fault for "taking her eyes of her child" but really "there is no way that you never take your eyes off your kid." The purpose of this article is to support the mother and to change people minds on how quick they were to attack the mothers parenting. The effect the author's experience as a parent, causes the audience to feel sympathy towards parents and the responsiblilities they face everyday.