It's a lie told to Sarah! She is to blame for the baby's death.
Sarah, plain, and simple (truth).
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She was clearly too inexperienced to be watching so many children including a baby.
"I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going, and she cannot follow.-The Time Traveler's Wife"
the dad said the door was broken, something about the hatch... and she was trying to break up the fight between the 2 boys, it's not her fault.
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Even if the door wasn't broken Sarah still shouldn't have left an infant alone in a whole 'nother room. Especially when the kid is in a walker and can move itself.
"I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going, and she cannot follow.-The Time Traveler's Wife"
Well..... It's very possible that the cellar door appeared to be latched when she last saw it (if it was broken it may have drifted open when she was not looking, and she never saw it). So, I'm not placing too much blame on Sarah. Heck, you could say that the brothers were as much to blame. I got the impression that if they had not been fighting, Sarah would have gone to get the baby the moment she was out of her line of vision---but Sarah was distracted in trying to stop the fight....
shareShe should have taken the baby into the living room with her when she left regardless of whether the door was fixed or not. They were fighting over a remote. I doubt either one of them would have gotten that hurt in the time for Sarah to make sure the baby was safe first.
"I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going, and she cannot follow.-The Time Traveler's Wife"
accidents happen! in this case no one was to blame...they all played their part if the boys hadn't been fighting it likely would not have happened, if the husband/father had fixed the broken latch it likely would not have happened, had the mother bought the right sized screws then the husband or she could have fixed it and it likely would not have happened, had Sara let the boys have their fight to go get the baby then it likely would not have happened, but no one knows...could have happened the next day while the mom was making lunch or something.
yea, it shouldn't have happened, I mean that sort of thing just shouldn't happen, but it's a horrible horrible accident where no one is really to blame and the only thing you can do is try and go on.
Sarah still could've taken the baby with her while she told the brothers to quit fighting.
shareWell she didn't take the baby, what happened is what happened, so everybody shut up.
shareCould have, would have, should have. It's easy to see what could have been done in hindsight.
The mom could have taken note which screws were actually needed.
The dad could have gotten the screws himself, or set up one of those baby gates since both the parents were aware the latch was broken on the door.
The brothers could have been better behaved, they were old enough to know better.
Maybe they should have bought a play pen instead of a walker.
There are so many things that could have prevented this terrible accident. The "blame" does not only rest on Sara's shoulders.
I agree--I thought she was to blame. However, I thought the baby was in a high chair and couldn't understand how she mamaged to fall down the stairs.
shareI guess some people are perfect??????????????????
Those baby gates never kept my kids out of anything.
"Someone beautiful has died." -Damien Spinelli
Or put a baby gate in front of the cellar door. It's up to parents to babyproof a house.
When my son was using a walker, we never used it upstairs. We had baby gates at the top and bottom of the stairway, too.
Any parent who uses a walker knows not to have it near a stairway.
The mom blamed Sarah because she didn't want to face the truth--it was their fault, not Sarah's.
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Maybe so, but what if something clearly unavoidable had happened, like the strap in the walker breaking or something falling over and hitting the baby? The people involved would likely still be looking for someone to blame or feeling guilty, and the same thing would play out. Thus, the specifics of the accident don't really matter in my enjoyment/non-enjoyment of this human drama movie.
shareEvery caregiver knows that you can't watch a child every second. That is why every parenting book and all parenting advice tells parents to baby-proof the home. The most basic baby-proofing -- blocking stairs -- would have prevented this tragedy.
The point that there was plenty of blame to go around was the point of the movie.