Irresponsible or... progressive?
But what is the worst thing you have forced your angelic children into? Surfing all sandy, painful and awkward? Skiing, freezing cold, also painful and even more awkward? A sedentary life on the couch playing video games and eating frozen pizza while developing diabetes?
I have forced seven-year-old daughter into tennis. I imagine her, one day, impressing the dukes and duchesses of impressive lineages with her graceful forehand. Parking another Porsche in my garage with a wink, after winning the French Open.
She hates it. I don’t care and sometimes shout back, across the net, “You’re lucky I don’t feed you to Great White sharks!” only somewhat in jest.
As it turns out, feeding children to Great White sharks is a true phenomenon and also lucrative. Don’t believe? Oh we must turn to the well-respected child monetization website Traveller for the absolute latest.
A travel blogger couple has been labelled irresponsible after posting a video of their children, one just five years old, diving in a shark cage.
The Bucket List Family, who have a popular Youtube channel, uploaded a video of their dive with great white sharks off the coast of Baja California, in western Mexico.
Parents Garrett and Jessica were happy for their daughter Dorothy, seven, and son Manilla, five, to step into the shark cage.
The children go through the requirements beforehand, taking a safety briefing and signing a waiver.
“I was a little bit scared,” Dorothy said in a post-shoot interview. “But then I was brave.”
The two children don wetsuits and breath with ‘hooker lines’ – essentially long tubes pumping air from the boat above.
Dorothy and Manilla then plunge into the submerged shark cage, their father swimming with them.
As Manilla put it later: “It felt like I was floating in space.”
Dorothy had something else to add: “You’re in the cage. But there are holes. Lots of big holes.”
Holes big enough for those blood-mad Great Whites to swim right through, no doubt, and of course the general public became very angry, calling the escapade “child abuse” and “bad” but… and bear with me here… kids say the darndest things!
Still, the horror goes on and on and on. People declaring that the regulator does not fit in a five-year-old-mouth and the children may drown. People crowing about “safety” and “responsibility” and “common sense.”
But let’s be honest. Would you toss your beatific offspring into a shark cage? If you were paid lots of money? The video has received very many views on YouTube. Over 4 million which equals well over a few thousand dollars.
Leased Porsche coming soon (I recommend the Panamera which comfortably seats two parents plus two earners)!
No?
More as the story develops.
I honestly wish the writer took more research since this article makes too many assumptions without enough facts, not only in the position of sharks, but also the assumption of how much a YouTuber makes (outside of partnerships, Patreon, etc. Only YouTube AdSense) and how they spend their money (what person buys a Porsche to leave it in the states while they’re in Mexico swimming with sharks? Also, gotta factor in paying your ’employees’ by paying yourself by the hour for all the editing, still plenty of money but its a matter of work.)
Read Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart 😉 it’s amazing.
Manila? ffs
I think that’s awesome that That family got to experience that once in a life time adventure together!! If you watched the video you would have seen the parents pulling the kids back from the opening in cage! Its NOT child abuse! Bottom line, at the end of the day everyone has their opinions & you know what they say about those?! Child abuse…😂 SMH
Writer sounds like a dumbass of 9 kinds. Didn’t even finish reading cause it was such a bs piece. Looks like the kid had fun, the sharks weren’t aggressive in anyway and danger was minimal. 🙄
I observe that sharks like meat not fish
I appreciate wanting to expose your children to nature’s wildlife BUT do it within the confines and realms of their environment, always placing their safety first, and not to draw negative attention or worst, be an unfortunate witness and recipient of a tragedy that can be avoided. You catch my drift?
My ancestors lived by and off the sea and land, teaching future generations to respect all wildlife on land and ocean, knowing and understanding limitations kept them and their descendants safe. Don’t provoke what you have no control of in an environment you cannot predict.
“Holes big enough for those blood-mad Great Whites to swim right through, no doubt”
“Blood-mad”
“Holes big enough…to swim right through”
Who writes this sh#t? “Chas Smith?” Word of advice, Chas, do a little research before you mouth off and pearl-clutch
KF, you seem like a nice person, but I just wanted to let you know that the use of emojis in the comments on this site can get you blocked, banned, or worse….
No emojis, no exceptions.
Where do I start with the lack of responsibility of these parents. First no child should be on the deck of a boat without a life jacket at all times, second no child should be in diving apparatus with a regulator and breathing hose at that age, as it can cause damage, and third no child should be put in a diving cage with sharks at that age. The boat captain should be fired, and the parents should be investigated for child neglect. Fame whoring is not a defense. Dictated sorry for errors.
I like the way they put the little monster in a cage to protect the shark from harm …. but I can’t believe they give the prisoner oxygen and deprive the poor shark of calories though ? It is totally inhumane ….. Stop teasing the sharks NOW ! Giggles
Awesome! Beautiful experience as a family.
Cool family. Awesome memories
I want to be around when these kids rebel as teenagers and go all Manson family on their cunty parents
progressive. should be more of it. next.
I note the family is well kitted our with Hurley wetsuits, are they the first influencers Bluestar has recruited to replace the surf team?
The headline of this article is grossly misleading. To be fair, we don’t know that the sharks were ‘hungry’.
HOW DARE YOU imply that the sharks are NOT always hungry, sir!
“Ha ha ha, next time!”, says every Great White who tried but failed to bite a surfer.
I’ve heard ’em talking out there, for reals!
They’re so annoying with their constant jabbering about how Great if not the Greatest they are. Christ!!!! We get it! You’re great! Okay! Get over yourself
Great White supremacists
The devil’s in the details..
SUP/R.E.M./acists (You know, people who judge other people based solely on ace, or the olor of their kin.)
Look, I admit I didn’t get real far into watching that video, but isn’t the main crime the fact that there is a child called ‘Manilla’?
The shark cage was testing whether Manilla is a folder or a fighter.
pushing the envelope for sure
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Beautifully made video, adorable kids, and great experience for the kids, up until the time the five year old had his leg bitten off, (jk.) Seriously, They seemed to do a great job of monitoring the safety of the kids, but I hope this video doesn’t encourage others to do the same, as not all people may be as vigilant about supervising the situation. Kids (and sharks) are notoriously unpredictable, and adults can be notoriously irresponsible. Bad combination. Kudos to the family and producers of this beautiful experience, though. Kids, don’t try this at home 😉.
Thriller in Manila . Shark v Boy …. where’s Don King ?
Who knew the Cage Fight Thriller ‘The Man-Killer got in with Manilla’ would be such a hit on Pay Per View?
Next he will be fighting Magilla Gorilla.
Ringside snacks on the George Foreman Grilla.
Yes
In what can only be deemed some sort of brief moment of clarity woven into the fabric of a sadistic Hostel movie scene where it feels like I got my face duct taped to a microfiche with an endless catalog of Great White shark stories, I believe that you Chas, yes you, are the voice for Great Whites. You are their voice. The scientists seeks where and when, but you speak for the Great Whites. Like warnings from the mouth of a beast born without vocal cords, you have harness their thoughts, their desires, and their many, many misidentified food source follies brought to our ears. If Great Whites could speak, they might say “thank you Chas”.
It’s what I was born to do. I have been illuminated by a Great White spirit.
Vodka, the Great White spirit?
Beach Grit “Great White” Vodka. “The price tag let’s you know it’s got a bite. Live a little.”