The Tyson Tragedy

i keep reading "parents should lock up exercise equipment". GMAB -- most treadmills are either kept in the basement, or maybe a bedroom. I doubt many of us have locked exercise rooms. Treadmills are not real portable. very tragic accident.

this is a very sad subject...also one that requires all of us to be alert. we need to keep a more closer eye on our children and be sure to wrap up loose cords and to nail down loose floor board nails...basically taking every precaution to protect the ones we love.

I am sympathetic to this story. Any parent will find it hard to lose a child. I hate this happened to him and the child's mother. It makes me keep a more careful eye on my child. Especially if she is out of my view for more than a minute.

I agree that sometimes people don't watch their children like they should, but to assume that the mother was at fault for the child dying is mean and judgemental. Unless people personally know the mother and her supervising habits, then they have no room to speak. We always kept free weights in the house when my boys were little, but they were in a room that the boys were not allowed to go into without supervision. If we didn't have a spare room, they would have gone in the garage.

Ive always been careful with my exercise equipment and my kids... I keep it in a seperate locked room because i was always afraid that the same equipment i use could be folded up to take less place could also fall and take something i care about, whether it be a child or an animal.. You have to watch all of your equipment anything can be dangerous. I feel this was an unforeseen accident and how terrible it was.

Plugged in or unplugged, a cord is dangerous. I watched as my 4-year old took the cord from an unplugged computer keyboard & wrapped it around her neck, pretending it was a scarf. I was in the room the whole time; the keyboard was on our kitchen table where she was eating her breakfast & I was getting my son's bottle ready. Luckily, she didn't pull it tight, and I removed it & told her that we don't put cords around our necks EVER!! (and then put the keyboard in a closet.) As far as our exercise equipment goes, we only use it when the kids are asleep & they're not allowed near it when they're awake. All of their toys, etc are on the opposite side of the basement & we supervise. We're in the process of trying to get a very wide gate to block off the are entirely, but that will be very expensive.

Just a point of clarification the treadmill was reportedly unplugged. So they were safe. What room in any of our homes don't kids get into? I can only pray that Mike and his family will keep their hands in Gods hands to get them through this.

I think it's a shame about Mike Tysons baby girl.

its really sad to hear what happend. I have a 6 year old daughter and I dont let her out of my eye sight. Ya she is 6 but I know the temtations that all childeren have. What they see us do as parents they allways want to try out themselves. But you got to think how safe was the tredmil? Why was it on? I have a tredmil i dont dare to let my child or let alone any of my neices or nephews around it if im not there.

It is really sad, that a child's life has been lost. That's never an easy thing to live with. Yes, accidents do happen, but supervision is key.

I have to agree with CrystalBurgard. People don't watch their kids anymore. And, in general, if your four-year-old is REALLY quiet for more than two minutes, you should be checking on them. Children get quiet when they're getting into mischeif. It really angers me that people don't watch their children anymore. Almost all child deaths from household objects would be avoided if parents were to keep their children in their line of sight and look at least every three minutes! It's not hard! All you have to do is look at them. And children under the age of 6 shouldn't be left to their own devices anyway! They may be able to sit and play by themselves for a few minutes, but they don't have enough reasoning and common sense to stay out of trouble. They're too little. PLEASE, people, watch your children. God gave them to you, so keep them safe.

that could have prevented this. People need to stop looking at everything under a microscope trying to place blame and look to the people who are responsible for that child's safety - the parents. But we all also know that accidents do happen, that's why they are called accidents.

While I feel bad that a child's life has been lost, I really dont see what the difference is between her having the cord of a treadmill around her neck, or the cord of a table lamp around her neck - both are equally as dangerous in any given situations. Yes, now more people are aware of the "dangerous" treadmill, but there are cords and everything else in every house across the country and it is plain old PARENTAL SUPERVISION

This was so sad. Please don't realize how easy it is for children to get into things.

I just recently saw Mike Tyson on tv and he was talking about how his life is so much better than it had been. What a painful turn of events for any family to experience. May their whole family find peace and comfort.