The article portrays a parent's chaotic reaction to their child's accidental destruction of a television using her toy bus. Initially paralyzed by shock and concern over the costs of repair, the parent finds humor in the situation, particularly in the child's obliviousness to the damage caused. As the situation unfolds, the parent makes futile attempts to troubleshoot the problem, all while their daughter cheerfully acknowledges the broken television. The scene captures the mix of parental worry and the absurdity of living with young children who possess no sense of guilt in these light-hearted, albeit stressful moments.
The impact having happened so fast that I've yet to process it at all. My first thoughts, such as they exist in this zen-like state of paralysis, are of the immediate financial cost of what she's done.
I switch the TV off, perhaps hoping the very clearly annihilated screen is a signal fault. I turn it back on, dismayed to discover that no, this was not an emergency broadcast from Smashed Telly Gold +1.
My daughter is now clamped to me, her sorrows already over, pointing at the object she has destroyed and saying, TV broken!' with the cheery bemusement of someone with a spotless conscience.
I share a photo of the carnage on the family WhatsApp group and remember afresh why I tend not to do this when something bad but mildly funny happens.
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