Originally Posted by
vagabond
"I was devastated. I was absolutely devastated."
Williamson said Riley was locked in the compartment for about 10 seconds in complete darkness.
Riley, now 20 months, has seen various specialists since the incident, said Williamson, and is suffering from anxiety and withdrawal.
"He won't leave my sight now. He sleeps with me. If I'm not in the same room as him, he will scream and yell 'Mum, mum, mum,' " she said.
NOT that I condone the FA's action (by any means), but kids take their cues off of their parents.
Because the Mom is so "devastated" and making such a big deal out of this, the kid is too. If the parents had simply downplayed the incident in front of their child it wouldn't have been a big 'life altering' issue that required "various specialists".
20 seconds? Seriously? My toddler daughter closed herself in a dark closet for longer than that and hasn't had any apparent emotional distress. Hell, she did a swan dive off of the couch the other day and hit her head on the coffee table. While I was concerned for her (and she cried), I jumped up, laughed a bit at her while I consoled her and she was back up and running within a minute (despite having a good egg on her forehead).