Most people are still stunned about the sudden death of a child as news of it streamed into the bowels of Twitter. What many people seem to be struggling with the most, is how the mother could be Tweeting after her son fell into the pool. And being this is her expressing grief after the fact. Regardless, this article by the Inquisitr indicates that the idea of Twittering about this at all, is done so in poor taste in the minds of some folks.

What does this mean to you?

What troubles me about the situation is that we are living in a society so transparent, that we are Twittering about such personal events like this. Blogging at home as a stay at home mom – why would I have a problem with this? Great income opportunity, more power to them. And accidents, no matter how heart wrenching,  happen. But what I find unbelievable is sharing a personal tragedy over Twitter. I too am a blogger and live a public life. I talk about my life, wife, pets, home, problems, etc. But I will be damned before I EVER Twittered about a tragedy like this in my own life.

My father died some months back – should I have stopped helping wrap up the loose ends with him still in front of me so my “peeps” could be hip to the latest on Twitter? Give me a break, this author at the Inquisitr is missing a larger point that is so obvious, it’s screaming. The mother lacked tact – simple as that. And I say this as I too, lost a loved one recently. And no weak argument about me not “understanding” is going to hold water. Grief has nothing to do with it. Direct messages or email, I TOTALLY understand. But Twitter is like using a bull horn. Would any of you use a bull horn to share a tragedy like this?