“A Disaster Waiting To Happen”: 5-Year-Old Breaks 3,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Jar At A Museum

Anyone blaming the museum is an AH. Parents are responsible for the behavior of their children. Period. If they aren't old enough to behave appropriately, they don't belong in that setting. It doesn't matter that they were 'just out of frame'. Were you watching your kid? No? Then you were being negligent. Did you bring a kid into a museum that wasn't capable of behaving? Yes? Then you are responsible.

If the kid touched it it's the parents fault . You know, that you are not supposed to touch stuff in museums.

Who would think that parents would instruct their children to behave properly in a f*****g museum? This not parenting thing is getting out of hand. If my mother said, "don't touch anything in here" I'd put my hands in my pockets.

The jar was behind glass. How do you knock something over that is behind glass? By hitting the glass hard enough to flex it, or repeatedly so that the thing on the other side rocks over. This wasn't a simple sleeve brush Where were the parents?

The museum could and should have protected the artifact better. But that doesn't remove the fault from the parents in the least. If a kid isn't able to understand the value of the artifacts, how to respect others or how to behave in a place like that, they shouldn't be brought there. Or then parents shouldn't let them out of their sight even for a second.

I see these things all day long in our store! Parents come in with their brats and let them do whatever they want. Hang on clothing racks like a monkey? Check. Run around the store while crawling UNDER the cabinets? Check. Throwing clothes on the floor? Check. One time I told a parent: I hope you are aware of, and understand, that if YOUR child gets one of these clothing racks with heavy leather jackets on the head, I won't be calling the ambulance because this is the third time I am telling you NICELY, to tell your child to stop. Got a blank stare in return.

How, in any way, could it be anyone's fault except for the kid? Them being a kid doesn't excuse what they did, they still destroyed history.

Unpopular, unfair, impractical opinion, as I sit two rows up in an airplane from a petulant toddler (literally the type that just randomly angry shrieks at full volume): children shouldn't be brought in public. (Obviously I'm totally joking but holy s**t this little guy is loud).

If a 5-year old came into my home and broke something, I'd blame whomever was supposed to be watching him at the time.

As a parent to a five year old, I do believe this is mostly the parent's fault. I say mostly, as there is a problem with the fact that many museums do offer areas where you may interact with objects and that's very confusing to children. So sometimes, no matter how diligent the parents are at explaining that you don't touch, and watching over, curiosity takes over. Still I have three young kids, I've seen how enamored they get in a museum and I never let any of them out of my sight or reach for a second because I know that when a kid is excited about something they want to touch. I do think you should definitely take young kids to museums. They might not understand everything, but they do learn a lot. And ask many questions they would never think of in a different learning situation. Just prepare them for the experience.

If your child is not housebroke do not take them to the China shop. And the parents should be grown up enough to take the responsibility of their misbehaving children. They weren't there to go to the museum if they were really at a wedding reception

I don't blame the Museums, and parents should pay attention to their kids, definitely, but no surprise that peeps touch things they shouldn't (and not just kids). Maybe all precious items in museums/ Art Galleries should be behind security glass, even if it's not a regular incident. In London, we have The Household Cavalry (a union of the two most senior regiments in the British Army; The Life Guards and The Blues & Royals - Kings (Horse) Guards), and tourists (adults) grab the reins of their horses/touching them, while the guards are on Sentry Duty, and even touching the Guards (You can see them on YT, too) - even people aren't safe from grabby hands. So, yeah, touching what/who you shouldn't is a big thing, and I doubt that will change, so go for glass protection, museums (not so easy for the guards, though, sadly). It's not worth the loss.

I think they should give this to those people who repair broken items with gold (Kintsugi if im correct). as wiki states; highlighting cracks and repairs as events in the life of an object, rather than allowing its service to end at the time of its damage or breakage

Why does the article uses the term "a museum in the middle east" but avoids saying it is in Israel?

Just imagine a cat at that museum... perfect playground!! Sorry seriously if you ask me the museum need more security of the pieces and parents needs to teach their kid a little about going to a museum. The kid is not at fault.

So tired of parents who are just bad parents. Putting their desires ahead of their child and other patrons. You think for one moment that child wanted to be in a museum? But mom and/or dad WANTED to go to the museum, so who cares if the child hates the experience. Every time I travel I see parents dragging their infants to places having zero interest to the child, where the child acts up, and everyone else has to tolerate the results. Museum should sue the entitled parents for a million dollars.

If you bring a child (under 12) to a museum or a baby to a movie theater, you’re a piece of s**t. And if your reasoning is “we couldn’t find a sitter”. Well then, you don’t get to go to the museum/ movies. That’s how that works. You obviously can’t keep an eye on YOUR kids. It drives me batshit crazy when parents are at restaurants/ grocery stores and the kids are just running around screaming, bumping into me or my wife. It’s like the parent are like “YOU people watch them. I need a break”

Phew, lucky it wasn't new. 😁👍