It's insanity I tell ya!

OK, so Cody * Chelsea are at the beach this week with their mom. Every year when they go to the beach, Tim worries the whole time they are gone. Their mom kinda lets them do their own things. (they are 10 & 14) She doesn't watch them in the ocean (and NC is FAMOUS for our ripcurrents and undertows). She let's them go to the ocean by themselves, go for walks alone, etc.

So, yesterday, we got a call that my stepson had been attacked by a Portugese Man O war. Apparently, it was pretty bad. One of the tentacles was wrapped around his leg. When he felt it, he reached down to pull it off, so he had multiple stings on his legs, hands, and arms. Poor kid was in agony!!!

Here's the crazy part:

We found out later that the lifegaurds had advised people to not go in the water. The current was bringing in a large schools of jelly fish & the man-o-war, so they were just advising people to stay out of the water yesterday.

And his mother IGNORED the warning. Well, she told them to only go in knee deep so they could see what was in the water.

WHAT?!?!?!?!?


Can any of you imagine hearing a warning like that and still letting your kids get into the ocean? I mean, they have a swimming pool at their condo. There is a million other things the could have chosen to done that day. Knowing there was a large increased risk of stings---why let your kids into that water?

I just want to ask her what she has planned for next summmer.....swimming with sharks?