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I am shocked that the author couldn't find a place for her kid to live state side. For example, live with grandparents, maybe a boarding school. Now your kid ha
by frozenport 11y ago
I am shocked that the author couldn't find a place for her kid to live state side. For example, live with grandparents, maybe a boarding school. Now your kid has permanent lung damage, thanks Mom and Dad.
- MicroBerto 11y agoYeah, imagine Bram re-reading this article when he's a brittle 25-year-old whose health is failing while his peers are in their physical primes. Because they wanted to write for a newspaper column. I feel bad for all of the children involved, but I feel extra bad for the ones who shouldn't have been in harms way in the first place, yet get thrown straight into it by will of their selfish and narcissistic parents.
- anigbrowl 11y agoToo right. I had bad asthma as a child and although I don't think I ever had an episode as catastrophic as decribed in this article there's definitely a long-term health deficit that's carried forward.
- Dylan16807 11y agoThe way I understand it is that most of the damage was done before they understood the danger. While I'm sure it didn't help to stay for two more years, the effect of that is much more marginal, as long as they do get out. You're rushing too hard to judge.
- jpatokal 11y agoThought experiment: Bram moves to Washington DC, where the air is cleaner than in Delhi, but is instead shot in a mugging gone wrong and permanently confined to a wheelchair. It's well known that rate of gun crime in DC is far higher than in Delhi. Are his parents at fault?
- wavefunction 11y agoHow many children are mugged in Washington DC though... To add some context.
- Frqy3 11y agoIt's about exposure to risk, taking into consideration both the probability of the event occuring and the impact of that event if it does occur.