Can’t stop thinking about those little boys

Christmaskiss · 2022-12-15T06:21:40+00:00

Feel so tearful after waking up and reading that the 6 year old has also died. Such a very dreadful thing to happen. I don’t know what the point of this post is but thinking of them all ❤️

Crazypaving22 · 15/12/2022 06:24

Me too... first thing I thought about this morning. Holding my children so close atm. My heart breaks for their families.

FTMbg · 15/12/2022 06:25

I feel the same. Those poor families.

FlairBand · 15/12/2022 06:26

Me too, utterly heart breaking. I don’t know how you ever learn to live with it

AWaferThinMint · 15/12/2022 06:27

My DH and I talk about most news stories but his one neither of us can. It's just so upsetting. Those poor poor children and the families they have left behind.

ApolloandDaphne · 15/12/2022 06:31

FlairBand · 15/12/2022 06:26

Me too, utterly heart breaking. I don’t know how you ever learn to live with it

My DD died when she was aged 5 in terrible circumstances. She would have been 32 now. I can tell you first hand that you do learn to live with it. It's always there but the rest of your life grows up around it so it is no longer quite as prominent as it was. These parents will be hurting badly right now but they will, with the right support, be able to recover to some extent. I know it is a cliche but it takes time. I really feel for them right now.

pompomsandtinsel · 15/12/2022 06:32

I'm the same. Sometimes a news story affects me so badly and I don't know how to control my thoughts. I rarely watch the news but somethings you can't avoid.

I wondered if it was actually one family as when I first read it the report said thoughts were with the family and friends. As in singular family and now I'm too scared to look at the news to read an update.

The only shred of hope I can grasp from this is that education about the dangers of playing on ice are at the forefront. Our school has talked about the story with the key stage two children and then have talked to the parents of the younger ones. Education about this will save lives but obviously that doesn't help these poor boys.

FlairBand · 15/12/2022 06:33

ApolloandDaphne · 15/12/2022 06:31

My DD died when she was aged 5 in terrible circumstances. She would have been 32 now. I can tell you first hand that you do learn to live with it. It's always there but the rest of your life grows up around it so it is no longer quite as prominent as it was. These parents will be hurting badly right now but they will, with the right support, be able to recover to some extent. I know it is a cliche but it takes time. I really feel for them right now.

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I’m so sorry to hear this, I hope they have the love and support they need over time xx

pompomsandtinsel · 15/12/2022 06:33

@ApolloandDaphne thanks for giving that hope. You must be so strong

Crazypaving22 · 15/12/2022 06:36

@ApolloandDaphne thank you for sharing your story.

DrMarciaFieldstone · 15/12/2022 06:37

Me too, it’s awful. I have DC those ages, I can’t bring myself to read all the details. Those poor, poor families. And also those who tried to help, what an awful situation for everyone.

Dorsetdingle77 · 15/12/2022 06:38

I feel the same. I cant stop thinking about the families. Given the boys ages I feel sick to my stomach that they may have been siblings. I just hope they somehow find the strength to go on.

Mummieslncorporated · 15/12/2022 06:45

I can't imagine what the families are going through right now. My understanding is that there is more than one family, but fewer than four. Two, maybe three, of the boys are siblings, from what I've been told.

I never want to know what that feels like. My hope for them is that they find a way through this.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 15/12/2022 06:50

Me too. I've also wondered if by of the boys were brothers. I kept thinking about it. I s see Leo have an 11 year old.

I fell through the ice on the pond in my local park when I was 9, but it was shallow enough for me to get out. I remember DM being furious. I mentioned this to her this week - she remembers the fury was disguising how terrified she was. She marched me home and stick me in a hot bath, (we had just moved back from the Netherlands, and I hadn't realised that ice in London was not the as ice in the frozen polders).

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 15/12/2022 06:51

@ApolloandDaphne thank you for sharing.

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BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 15/12/2022 06:55

Kids honestly think they are invincible. It is just so incredibly sad. One of the boys was a stranger to the rest, he tried to help them.

TimeToFlyNow · 15/12/2022 06:57

I read something yesterday where the eldest gran said he didn't even know the other boys and went in to try and help

Poor boys and their families

Bumpsadaisie · 15/12/2022 06:59

It's awful. My own boy is 11 and young boys are so loving and fun, awful to think four families have lost their young sons.

Thedemigorgonsbehindyou · 15/12/2022 06:59

God that’s even worse with 6&8 yos out on their own in that weather

Battlecat98 · 15/12/2022 07:02

It's so heartbreaking. Was really hoping the 6 year old would pull through. Those poor families just devastating.

SweetRascal · 15/12/2022 07:02

Thedemigorgonsbehindyou · 15/12/2022 06:59

God that’s even worse with 6&8 yos out on their own in that weather

Were they out on their own?

MeJane · 15/12/2022 07:04

Thedemigorgonsbehindyou · 15/12/2022 06:59

God that’s even worse with 6&8 yos out on their own in that weather

You don't know what happened, none of us do.

Now is not the time for blaming anyone to make yourself feel better that it wouldn't happen to you.

Four young children have died in absolutely terrible circumstances.

Shunkleisshiny · 15/12/2022 07:09

Such a tradegy, life will never be the same for those poor families. I keep thinking the children's Christmas presents will have already been bought and hidden away, never to be opened.

Festivfrenzy · 15/12/2022 07:16

@ApolloandDaphne so sorry to hear your story - thank you so much for sharing your story. It really does give hope.
I'm exactly the same about these poor boys- keep crying to think about them and their families and it's just terrifying to think that an accident can just come out of the blue like this.
So comforting to know that somehow you learn to live again- I keep thinking about their siblings too 💔
I guess all we can do is give our kids some extra love and some more safety advice - I've told mine about ice but also about listening to your parents/grown ups when they tell you to be careful about stuff.
Kids / teens definitely think they're invincible and walk around in a bubble on phones etc. Hopefully this can raise general safety awareness not only about ice which is so rarely a risk here hence this tragedy x

AllyCatTown · 15/12/2022 07:21

I’m the same OP. I kept checking the news for updates on the 6 year old. I was hoping since some days passed he might be improving. So heartbreaking to hear none of them made it. Also been thinking of the rescue services who were there and what they’ve gone through. And of course the family. So sad.