Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
That is so sad--making your kid lie so that you can get publicity. People are sick.
Okay.
I wasn't going to jump into topical conversations.
But I don't buy that the parents coerced the kid into doing anything.
The family had been on reality shows (or show) in the past. They have this bizarro balloon. Maybe the balloon was for an upcoming event (i.e., show) of some kind. I don't doubt that 6 y.o's get confused about what a "show" is if you don't provide the context (um...balloon show, or t.v. show? Is an interview with a news reporter a "show"?).
Big bro' could have seen little bro playing near balloon. Ballon takes off. Little bro' not around. Big bro does the math -- 2 + 2 and comes up with 5.
The whole situation was a cluster**** but I don't think it was sinister.
But, maybe I'm just dumb.