Wow, that poor poor child, and of course the other people who had to witness it (especially the fellow children that were probably there).
The mom on the other hand, good god! There's a reason there's a damn rail there and a ten foot drop, because to the surprise of many WILD ANIMALS CAN BE DANGEROUS IF YOU GET CLOSE! Not to mention dangling your kid ten feet from the ground isn't a good idea in the first place.
Seriously America, we already have the stupidity of Honey Boo Boo and her family representing our country, do we really need more?
But I suppose however people do make stupid mistakes, lets hope many of our citizens can learn from it.