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Dad leaves daughter at aquarium touch tank, starfish gets hurt, friend furious—can parenting and friendship survive?

I often take my youngest to the aquarium and leave her by the touch tanks while I work. My friend worries about leaving her unattended around the fish.

Dear Eric: I work in a small aquarium with a close friend of mine named Tom. Because my wife is in the late stages of pregnancy, I often take my youngest to the aquarium and leave her by the touch ...

It’s likely that Tom’s frustrations are rooted not only in his concern for the starfish, but also in an annoyance at a double-standard. If you wouldn’t tolerate this behavior from a patron, is it fair ...

Dear Eric: I work in a small aquarium with a close friend of mine named Tom. Because my wife is in the late stages of pregnancy, I often take my youngest to the aquarium and leave her by the touch ...

"Both of my children have always been very empathetic and careful around animals and have never caused any problems until recently." ...

His wife is pregnant and he'd like to give her a break. But leaving his kid alone while he works likely isn't the best solution.

Within days, Christiansen’s family and the Seattle Aquarium, where he worked for nearly four decades, received hundreds of messages from people in places as far away as Tonga and Iceland.