A little 3 year old boy recently died in Toronto when he left his apartment one night dressed in diapers and boots. Someone started a crowdfunded donation site to raise money for funeral expenses and it raised $173,000 in 24 hours. It raised concerns about flash philanthropy, a new social media phenomenon in the internet age. The person who started the crowdfund hopes the family will donate some of the money to charity, the family has not said anything. Son K is of the opinion that their little boy died tragically and so if they want to keep the money and it consoles them in some way, so be it. Here is the article with more details on the story.
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What a tragedy for the family. If my kid died that way, I would be out of mind with grief. I say, keep the money.
We heard the story on the news, too. No amount of money can replace a dead child though. Valerie
I heard about that little boy; so tragic.
To be honest it kinda depends on how the child got out, but I assume the parents aren't to blame if there are no neglect charges being thrown around.
As far as flash philanthropy goes, it sounds pretty cool to me. There are going to be times like this when an exuberant amount of money is spending but I want to enjoy people making other people happy for a bit longer.
agreed on the flash philanthropy Mark. Oh there was no negligence in this case.
Why weren't the parents held accountable?
The picture is cute. I'm so sorry about that little boy. The parents must be so overwhelmed. It's just so sad. It's very sweet that people contributed so much to help.
Oh this is really tragic. I read the article in the German newspaper as well. I felt so sorry about that.
It seems the toddler slipped out the front door of the apartment in the wee hours of the morning. The security cameras saw him leave in his diapers, a t-shirt and his boots. He was found in the neighbourhood too late as the temperatures were really cold that night.
never heard about the boy, that's very sad
It is sad that the originator of the fund is now putting provisos on how it is to be spent.
Just getting back into blog visiting Christine - re your champagne post, a sommelier once mentioned to The Golfer that a bottle of champgne should sigh like a woman as it is opened - not go pop like a tart!
Take care
Cathy
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