Mum Reveals ‘Heartbreaking’ Reason Her Daughter Is Stood On A Toilet In Viral Post
A mum, from Michigan, USA, took what she thought was an innocently funny photo of her daughter to send to her husband - after the three-year-old took to standing on the toilet seat.
What seemed initially to be classic little kid behavior, turned out to be something significantly more chilling when her little girl said she was practising for lock down drills taught to her at nursery, following the recent mass shootings.
Stacey Wehrman Feeley, the mother in question, decided to post the picture to Facebook in attempt to show people the effect of lax gun laws in the USA on the country’s young children.
She wrote:
“I took this picture because initially I thought it was funny. I was going to send it to my husband to show what our mischievous little three-year-old was up to.
However, the moment she told me what she was doing I broke down. She was practising for a lockdown drill at her preschool and what you should do if you are stuck in a bathroom.
At that moment all innocence of what I thought my three-year-old possessed was gone.
Politicians - take a look. This is your child, your children, your grandchildren, your great grand children and future generations to come.
They will live their lives and grow up in this world based on your decisions.
They are barely 3 and they will hide in bathroom stalls standing on top of toilet seats.
I do not know what will be harder for them? Trying to remain quiet for an extended amount of time or trying to keep their balance without letting a foot slip below the stall door?”
She goes on to say that she doesn’t know if gun control will eliminate all gun crime, but if it can make any sort of difference - it’s worth it.
She ends her powerful note with a statement calling people to action:
“I am not pretending to have all the answers or even a shred of them, but unless you want your children standing on top of a toilet, we need to do something!”
Read her post here.
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