'NO COMMON SENSE!'
Little People fans slam Tori and Zach Roloff for ‘bad’ parenting move with son Jackson, 5, during walk at local creek
LITTLE People, Big World fans have accused Tori and Zach Roloff of bad parenting following the show's latest episode.
The stars let their 5-year-old son, Jackson, stand on a rock in the middle of a creek while on a walk.
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Tori and Zach took their children, Jackson and Lilah, two, for a walk by a creek near their house.
They got their boots on and went outside for some family time.
"There's been a lot of rain in the area, so our creek is really flowing, so we're going to go check it out," Zach said in the episode.
They walked to the creek and Jackson asked if his mom would carry him there.
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"Last week, the water was even higher," Zach said while standing on the side of the creek.
Tori seemed shocked and said, "Really?"
She picked Jackson up and walked into the creek, placing him on the rock in the middle of the water.
After Tori found a shoe in the stream, she warned her young son: "If you fall in, I'm not coming in after you."
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He squatted down as Tori walked across the water, holding Lilah in her arms, and then walked to the other side, leaving Jackson unattended.
Fans were quick to react as they took to the comments section of an online thread.
'SEVERE ANXIETY'
"This show is giving me severe anxiety with every episode," one user captioned a post showing Jackson on the rocks.
Another said: "I think they're trying to be so chill about raising these kids that someday they may regret it. I can just see one of those sweet little ones heading out to the 'creek' when the parents are distracted..."
A third slammed: "Nothing like letting your kid with messed up legs stand on a sketchy rock/cement slab. With basically toilet waste running by. Parents of the year!"
"The creek also worries me because they are so little and the water can be very fast that they could get in trouble very quickly. It’s scary," added another fan.
However, some defended the TV stars: "As if most parents haven't said this s**t? Same with 'if you break your arm I'm not taking you to the hospital.'"
"You can't be hovering over your kids all the time," another bargained. "You need to teach them independence and to learn from their own mistakes. They were both standing right there."
When the scene was filmed, Tori was pregnant with her third child.
PARENTING DRAMA
This isn't the first time LPBW fans have ripped the couple for bad parenting.
In the same episode, the family was putting together Lilah's "big girl bed" as she transitioned out of her crib.
Zach and Tori were preoccupied with assembling the bed.
As the parents put the bed together, Jackson picked up the metal ladder and put it in front of Lilah's face telling her to "reach the ladder."
He then laid back and accidentally whacked her in the head with it, which caused her to cry.
She was then seen playing with metal rods, screws, and scissors, after being told by her mom to "go over there."
After watching the episode, fans criticized the parents for leaving the sharp objects around.
"I was like they need to get the baby away from choking hazards and make Jackson stop bullying her," wrote one fan.
Previously, fans were shocked when Lilah was spotted handling scissors.
Lilah was standing behind a baby gate sporting a maroon flower dress and matching glasses.
However, what the tot was holding sparked backlash from users who called out the parents for letting her play with the "sharp" scissors.
"Let’s just hope there are no cuts with the scissors," one person remarked.
"This is so uncomfortable. What if she runs and falls? There is no reason for her to hold scissors in the first place," said another.
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Tori and Zach moved into their Washington home at the end of last year.
Along with Jackson and Lilah, they are parents to 2-month-old Josiah.
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