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The Injustice of Blaming Parents When Tragedy Strikes

It allows us the false but soothing belief that nothing bad will happen to US because WE are so much better than the person we’re hating on.

The Cincinnati Zoo's Gorilla World exhibit days after a 3-year-old boy fell into the moat and officials were forced to kill a 17-year-old Western lowland silverback gorilla, Harambe, in 2016.
The Cincinnati Zoo's Gorilla World exhibit days after a 3-year-old boy fell into the moat and officials were forced to kill a 17-year-old Western lowland silverback gorilla, Harambe, in 2016. John Sommers II/Getty Images

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