Those poor families [sad][sad]

travelsafar, I thought that but it could be an adult out for a walk on his/her own and tried to help and hasn't been missed . No stone unturned.

I hope lessons will be learned from this tragedy. Every school in the country should now be talking to children about the dangers of playing near water and on ice.... xxx

One of the saddest stories in an endless stream of sad stories we hear these days. The BBC newsreader (Joanna Gosling) saw the story breaking on her screen and couldn't hold back the tears as she had to read it out. It just reflects the scale and shock of this tragedy. I watched it and was weeping with her.

It is a terrible tragedy but it won’t stop it happening again. Just today there has been a thread in our local Nextdoor page about teenagers stepping onto the frozen river in the local park, this after all the news coverage about the Solihull tragedy. They were approached and warned of the danger by a dog walker who then put the warning out to parents on Nextdoor. Among the responses was a man saying ‘why bother warning anybody. They won’t listen’ and he’s probably right. He was immediately verbally attacked for being heartless.
Same thing happens in the summer. A couple of hot days and we start hearing about people drowning in lakes, quarries and rivers, but woe betide anyone who dares to say why are some people so stupid.
This latest horror was about young children so they were perhaps too young to appreciate the dangers but if they’re old enough to be out without an adult then they needed to have it explained to them. Sorry if I seem harsh but it’s common sense to me.

Rest in peace little Christmas angels
Their poor devastated parents will have to dig deep to go forward from the absurd loss of their beautiful children.
Let us pray they find the reserves to do that 🙏

While it was uncomfortable having to wait longer in the freezing cold for my DGS to be let out of school late yesterday I was pleased to find that his class (and presumably all the rest of KS1 & 2) was held back for a talk of the dangers of playing near water and frozen lakes/ponds. I hope this has happened in all schools.

It's natural for some to ask why such young children were out at water area alone, not blaming. Just reaction to tragedy.

Heartbreaking.
And yes absolutely!
Although this gov appears to think that it's not worth the money as they failed to do so in pandemic.
I'm sure we all remember the tufty club about road safety/under 5s kept off streets/ dangers of ice/strangers!/ Kerb drill! And more recently "Charlie says" so popular it was used in a pop song too.
We owed it to our children to advise warn and protect them if only from their own naivety and exuberance. Lots of fun with safety net always.
Bless their little souls and peace to the families too

There Christmas will be sad memories every year now. How very very sad such tragedy 🥲

I cried when I first heard the news. Those poor parents.

Poor families and poor boys. What a terrible way to die 😢

Beyond awful …

Simply tragic 😥
Like others here on Gransnet, when the news broke I commented that Public Information films are no longer shown.
Surely they could be again.

We were talking about this. My DH walked across an icy pond when he was a young boy. Fortunately it was only 18” deep. I used to do the same in our local park. Again, not a deep lot of water. We just thought of having fun, enjoying the iced water and kidding ourselves we were ice skating.
Desperately sad for these families who will never be the same again. 💐

What those families are going through must be unbearable to live with. My heart goes out to them.

We can only hope that the advice we give to our children, no matter how many times about certain dangers are heeded but all too often, children forget and want to join in with what they see as fun with their peers. Adults who take this risk sends a message to any child that this is safe to do. No fault or blame should be put on the parents of these children.

I was totally shocked last night watching ITV news. A woman who had witnessed a colleague prancing around naked and an asylum seeker who died of Dyptheria came before the tragic story of the 3 young boys that drowned.

Sorry terryt I totally agree with you.

TerriT

It is beyond belief to me that anyone can make comment on where were the parents. What does that matter now? Kids go out to play in parks. I assume those making the comments were kept in until old enough to leave home. These peoples lives are forever changed so keep that in mind when the ‘where were the parents brigade’ give out their sanctimonious comments.

Just that teribull

We don’t know how close they were to their homes My 12 year old used to take her brother and sister out to play (nearby though) I know most of my friends talk about their adventures as kids with their cousins and siblings going off for the day and coming back when they were hungry I didn’t have any siblings or nearby cousins so it never happened for me

How desperately sad.

It is beyond belief to me that anyone can make comment on where were the parents. What does that matter now? Kids go out to play in parks. I assume those making the comments were kept in until old enough to leave home. These peoples lives are forever changed so keep that in mind when the ‘where were the parents brigade’ give out their sanctimonious comments.

I dont have words. I am so sorry for their families.

lemsip

there was no 12yr old. they were all under 12 is what was stated!

out playing in the snow

Apologies. I'd read 12 somewhere.

I can’t even imagine how their parents feel just breaks my heart, and the emergency services went through to try and save them

there was no 12yr old. they were all under 12 is what was stated!

out playing in the snow