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The effects of poisonous gases that leaked from the <keyword id="23933468" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Union-Carbide" source="keywords">Union Carbide</keyword> factory in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal 40 years ago were seen in the next generations of those who survived the tragedy, a former government forensic doctor has said. At least 3,787 people were killed, and more than five lakh were affected after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory in the city on the intervening nights of December 2 and 3, 1984. Speaking at an event held by organisations of gas tragedy survivors on Saturday, Dr. D. K Satpathy, former head of the forensics department of Bhopal's Gandhi Medical College, said he performed 875 post-mortems on the first day of the disaster and witnessed 18,000 autopsies the next five years. Sathpathy claimed Union Carbide had denied questions about the effects of poisonous gases on unborn children of women survivors and said effects would not cross the placental barrier in the womb in any condition. He said blood samples of pregnant women who died in the tragedy were examined, and it was found that 50% of the poisonous substances found in the mother were also found in the child in her womb. Children born to surviving mothers had the poisonous substances in their system, and this affected the health of the next generation, Sathpathy claimed and questioned why research on this was stopped. Such effects will continue for generations, he said. Satpathy said it was said that MIC gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant, and when it came in contact with water, thousands of gases were formed, and some of these caused cancer, blood pressure, and liver damage. Rachna Dhingra of <keyword id="24137747" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bhopal-Group-for-Information-and-Action" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Bhopal Group for Information and Action" meta.hostid="83" meta.entityid="Bhopal Group for Information and Action">Bhopal Group for Information and Action</keyword> said Satpathy, who carried out most autopsies, and other first responders in the 1984 disaster, including the senior doctors in the emergency ward and persons involved in mass burials, narrated their experiences during the event. Rashida Bee, president of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh, said a poster exhibition covering every aspect of the disaster will be held till December 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy. An anniversary rally will be organised, with a focus on global corporate crimes such as <keyword id="20335495" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="industrial-pollution" source="keywords">industrial pollution</keyword> and climate change, she said.

Bhopal gas tragedy: Effects of leak seen in next generation of survivors, says ex-forensic doctor

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Spain's eastern province of Valencia was hit hard by intense flooding last week.</li><li>The government has pledged $11 billion to help it recover, but local authorities want $34 billion.</li></ul>Spain said it will give about $11 billion to help restore Valencia after flash floods hammered the province last week — but local authorities there want three times that amount.Historic, deadly flash floods — brought about by torrential rainfall — hit the area last week, killing at least 211, regional emergency services <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/GVA112/status/1853698255730942163">said</a> on Wednesday.Spain's State Meteorological <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spain-flooding-51-dead-in-valencia-region-economic-hub-2024-10">Agency</a> said last week that it was the province's most severe storm since 1987.During a press conference on Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said his government had <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/sanchezcastejon/status/1853796678265938374">approved</a> $11.55 billion in loans and grants to help storm and flood victims.However, a day earlier, the province's president, Carlos Mazón, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/carlos_mazon_/status/1853555363678728545">said</a> local authorities had asked for an initial package equivalent to about $34 billion."The measures will serve to rebuild, relaunch, and mitigate the effects" of the storm, Mazón told reporters.<div type="image" title="Satellite images of the Valencia province before and after flash floods on October 25, 2022 (left), and October 30, 2024 (right)." height="480" width="640" msid="114986283" hostid="261" sizebytes="62758"></div>On Saturday, Valencia's Chamber of Commerce <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.camaravalencia.com/noticias/informe-sobre-danos-provocados-por-la-dana-en-los-municipios-mas-afectados-y-consecuencias-sobre-la-actividad-economica/">estimated</a> that up to 4,500 businesses had suffered notable damage, with potentially 1,800 severely impacted.The floods affected many economic sectors, including agriculture, industry, and services, it said.Automaking remains Valencia's most <a target="_blank" href="https://www.investinspain.org/en/regions/comunidad-valenciana/industrias-destacadas?#nameRegion">important industry</a>.Cristina del Rey, the communications director for Ford Spain, told BI last week that her company's Valencia plant had not suffered direct damage from the floods but was shut on Wednesday and Thursday.According to a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://fundacionaon.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BAROMETRO-DE-CATASTROFES-2021.pdf">report</a> from the Aon Spain Foundation, a private foundation that works to prevent and assist with natural disasters, the annual cost of natural disasters in Spain between 2016 and 2021, including floods, was between $940 million and $2.5 billion.Local authorities on Sunday <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/GVA112/status/1853692672327721128/photo/1">said</a> that the heavy rains — part of a phenomenon known as "cold drops" — had caused "unprecedented" damage to infrastructure and human life.The provisional death toll put it among the most serious natural disasters in Western Europe in recent years. Widespread flooding in July 2021 killed more than 200 people in Belgium, Germany, and surrounding countries.At a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ynJODVpRdXxR">press conference</a> on Tuesday, Sánchez declared Valencia a disaster area, paving the way for extra funding for local authorities.He said about 15,000 soldiers and police officers had been dispatched to the province, as well as 287 forest brigaders, around a hundred customs officers, 44 forensic physicians, and 600 specialized vehicles for pumping, cleaning, and supplying the affected areas.Sánchez added that 98% of affected households now had power, and about 25 miles of roads and 46 miles of railway tracks had been repaired."We must continue working with more resources, more coordination, and greater effort until normality returns to all the municipalities and to all the homes affected by this tragedy," he said.

Counting the cost of Spain's hellish floods, the government pledged $11B, local officials want $34B

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A deadly superyacht sinking off the coast of Italy during a storm will likely spark legal drama, experts said.</li><li>Maritime legal experts say lawsuits are likely, but negligence would need to be established.</li></ul>The operator of the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-tycoon-mike-lynch-missing-sicily-superyacht-sinking-missing-2024-8">superyacht that sank</a> during a violent storm off the coast of Italy this week is likely to face legal troubles over the deadly tragedy, according to maritime law experts.But the success of any potential lawsuit is up for debate.Three maritime legal experts told Business Insider that the operator and owner behind the now-sunken luxury sailing yacht called the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/search-superyacht-sicily-mike-lynch-sink-causes-bayesian-survivors-2024-8">Bayesian</a> should lawyer up in anticipation of possible claims from families of the dead or the survivors themselves."There's always the possibility of claims when there's a casualty," said Martin Davies, the director of the Maritime Law Center at Tulane University School of Law in Louisiana. But based on what is currently known about the incident, Davies said it is "unlikely that any claims would succeed."Michael Sturley, an expert in maritime law and professor at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Law, agreed. "Based on what we know now, I would not be optimistic about the chances for any claims," he said.However, Sturley noted, "There is still a lot that we don't know."Bad weather does not automatically absolve a party of liability, but it would be challenging to make a wrongful death or personal injury claim as negligence would need to be established, according to the experts."Under English law, they'd have to prove fault and I don't think there's much prospect of anyone proving fault," said Davies."Bad weather at sea is not at all unexpected, which is why you can't just simply say bad weather and hope to get off the hook," Davies said. "What seems different about this case is that it came suddenly."Still, said Oregon-based maritime lawyer Gordon Carey, "It doesn't spell defeat" for a potential legal claim "just because it's a weather event."<h2 id="263a06c2-cf3c-4cfa-b1f9-87e01f3a92e2">The yacht was carrying 22, including UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and a Morgan Stanley exec</h2>The British-registered 184-foot yacht was anchored about a half-mile off the Italian port of Porticello near Palermo, Sicily, and carrying 22 people, including UK tech tycoon <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lynch-missing-tech-tycoon-codefendant-died-before-yacht-sank-2024-8">Mike Lynch</a>, when a fierce storm hit and quickly sank the vessel just after 4 a.m. on Monday, according to reports.The body of the yacht's chef, Recaldo Thomas, was found on Monday. Six other passengers — Lynch; his 18-year-old daughter Hannah; Lynch's friend and Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer; Bloomer's wife, Judy; Lynch's attorney <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lynch-lawyer-christopher-morvillo-wife-dead-yacht-bayesian-2024-8">Christopher Morvillo</a> and Morvillo's wife Neda — went missing during the disaster.Divers on Wednesday <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2-bodies-found-divers-inside-mike-lynch-sunken-superyacht-2024-8">found the bodies of five of the missing</a> inside the sunken yacht that was around 164 feet below the surface.Lynch's wife, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wife-mike-lynch-walk-on-broken-glass-bayesian-superyacht-tilted-2024-8">Angela Bacares</a>, was among the 15 people who were rescued in the aftermath of the tragedy. Reports said Lynch had been on the boat <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-20/mike-lynch-was-celebrating-his-acquittal-when-violent-storm-hit">celebrating </a>his recent <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-life-of-mike-lynch-autonomy-hp-2017-5">acquittal on fraud charges</a> in the US.According to the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://apnews.com/article/italy-sicily-bayesian-lynch-hewlett-packard-9f4f3b6d7b48bb3c76dd98e35ab973c1">Associated Press</a>, documents show Bacares as the sole owner of Revtom Ltd., the Isle of Man-registered company that the online international maritime database Equasis lists as the owner of the Bayesian.The Bayesian was being managed by the global yachting company Camper &amp; Nicholsons. In a statement posted to its website, the company said it can "confirm that the vessel encountered severe weather conditions and subsequently sank near Palermo, Italy."There were a total of 10 crew members and 12 guests on board, it said."Our priority is assisting with the ongoing search and providing all necessary support to the rescued passengers and crew," the company said.It was not immediately clear who the captain and crew of the vessel were employed by. Camper &amp; Nicholsons declined to comment beyond the statement posted online.The maritime legal experts BI spoke to said that the operator of the Bayesian could potentially face liability claims, depending on the circumstances, if it hired the captain and crew and managed the vessel.Davies said a boat like the Bayesian is bound to have "all kinds of insurance.""And so someone may make a claim in the hope of getting some money from the insurance," he said.<h2 id="c753b0d3-8140-4158-a5e3-35810237acc1">English law would likely apply if any claims were made</h2>According to Davies, it is more likely that English law would apply should the family of any of the victims or a survivor try to take legal action since the yacht was a UK-flagged vessel. US law could be applied if jurisdiction could be established, said Davies and others.Under US law, crew members, not passengers, could potentially make an "unseaworthiness" claim, according to the maritime experts."The advantage of unseaworthiness is it's a strict liability claim," said Sturley. "You don't have to prove negligence. For other losses, you'd have to prove negligence."To make an unseaworthiness claim, Davies explained, "you'd have to argue that there's something about the vessel that makes it unfit to withstand a sudden storm like this."However, he said, "I find it hard to see there was any unseaworthiness of the vessel here."Also under US law, the families of the dead could potentially make a legal claim under the Death on the High Seas Act, the experts said."People are supposed to take precautions against weather, but you take precautions that are reasonable under the circumstances, and sometimes you have a freak weather event that nobody could see coming, and it would not have been reasonable to have guarded against that," Sturley said.He added, "Nobody prepares for hurricanes in the Sahara Desert. And if a hurricane happens to hit the Sahara Desert, that doesn't mean that people who didn't guard against it were negligent."The AP <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://apnews.com/article/yacht-bayesian-lynch-sicily-waterspout-missing-sinking-7eb9496d2f22f85b82e9cfccaa397657">reported</a> that Italian civil protection officials believe that a tornado-like waterspout hit where the yacht was anchored, likely causing it to capsize."If it was a water spout, which it appears to be, it's what I would class as like a 'black swan' event," Matthew Schanck, chair of the UK-based Maritime Search and Rescue Council told the AP.

The superyacht tragedy will likely spark legal drama

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Kay Eskridge has let her now 9-year-old daughter trick-or-treat without her since first grade.</li><li>She introduced her to many neighbors first and taught her safety skills, especially around traffic.</li></ul>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kay Eskridge, 48, a social worker and director of communications for a church in Louisville, Kentucky. It has been edited for length and clarity.My daughter, Julia, was 6 when she went trick-or-treating for the first time without me or my husband, Troy, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/halloween-through-the-years-2019-9">on Halloween</a> 2021.She's a pretty smart kid with her head screwed on. Troy, 54, and I support the kind of independence we had growing up in the 1980s. It would have been humiliating if our parents had gone trick or treating with us.So, when she was in first grade, I suggested she go with a 10-year-old girl called Johnae, the daughter of my best friend, Jonetta. They don't live in our town but attended our neighbor's campfire party, where many people were milling around, eating food, and having fun.Jonetta, a fellow social worker, was a bit unsettled. "What if somebody grabs them?" she said. We'd met as colleagues at <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-who-posed-cps-worker-charged-child-enticement-burglary-impersonating-2023-6">Child Protection Services</a>, where I'd worked for 12 years. I reminded her what we'd learned from being on the front line for so long: it's not strangers who are kidnapping kids.Of course, there is the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-smart-kidnapped-14-now-very-protective-of-her-kids-2022-11">occasional case of stranger abduction</a>. There is no worse tragedy. But the statistics show it's far more likely to be a domestic situation — often related to a dispute over child custody.<h2 id="e0557874-ae90-426d-a0dd-4150a3b35d45">We told our kids to return by a certain time</h2>Jonetta and I were close and good at checking each other. "It's OK," I said. "Your daughter's 10 and shouldn't have to be helicoptered. Let her have some independence."So the girls left the party and trick-or-treated together. We gave them an appointed time to return before sunset because we were more nervous about distracted drivers who might not see them. They came back with the biggest smiles on their faces. Nobody had grabbed anyone. When Jonetta saw Johnae's pride, she realized it was a good decision.It was such a success that Julia and I started to plan for the following Halloween — and to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dad-lets-eight-year-old-grocery-shop-alone-foster-independence-2024-9">open up more freedoms </a>in general. I'd introduce her to people as we walked or cycled around the neighborhood. We're lucky because it's a grid of three or four streets with around 200 houses. It's almost impossible to take a wrong turn.<div type="image" title="A mom in a witch outfit with her daughter dressed as a cat for Halloween." height="1769" width="2359" msid="114783064" hostid="261" sizebytes="318398"></div>"This is Miss Dee, and she lives at Number 80," I'd tell Julia when we met a neighbor doing yard work. "You can ask Miss Dee if you need help with anything." I encouraged my daughter to strike up conversations and not be shy.It was a process with a lot of basic rules and common sense. "Is it safe to cross the street here and right now?" I'd ask Julia. "What do we need to do here?" I'd say, pointing to a stop sign. We wore brightly-colored clothing and used flashlights after dark.In 2022, Julia went trick-or-treating with two friends, one 7 and the other 8. The parent of the 7-year-old wanted to tag along, and although she was a bit disappointed, Julia went with the flow. She understood that different families have <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-mom-lived-in-denmark-compares-american-and-nordic-parenting-2024-10">different parenting styles</a>.Still, I've been encouraging other parents we know to give their children more independence. I said I was OK with the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/unsupervised-play-outdoors-kids-neighborhood-benefits-2024-5">kids playing alone in our neighborhood park</a>. "They're at a good age where I trust that, if something happened, the other one would come and get an adult," I told them.We're holding out against giving Julia a cellphone until high school. Troy is a high school teacher and has seen the addiction firsthand among the kids. Instead, Julia will grab a walkie-talkie if she goes cycling or stays in the park off-hours.Our friends are coming around to our way of thinking. Last October, the same mom who had trailed behind in 2022 was the most vocal advocate for the friend group to trick or treat without supervision. "Wow, I've made a difference," I thought.But we're not complacent. We continue to talk to Julia about personal safety and traffic precautions. As a third grader this year, she will join friends her own age — or maybe go alone. She'll leave around sunset because the dark is a big part of the scary experience.She has proven to us time and again that she can be trusted. She has earned her Halloween freedom and fun.Do you have an interesting story to share with Business Insider about your parenting style? Please send details to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:jridley@insider.com">jridley@businessinsider.com</a>.

My daughter started trick-or-treating without adults when she was 6. We wanted to give her the independence we grew up with.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>My husband and I stopped using a baby monitor after our second daughter was born.</li><li>I realized the monitor wouldn't help prevent SIDS and was making me anxious.</li></ul>Technology can be a blessing and a curse. For me, a baby monitor was more of a curse.My friends said having a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/parenting/nanit-plus-smart-baby-monitor-review">high-quality monitor</a> with a clear picture and sound was crucial for parenting. My husband and I spent hours reading reviews and debating different models before selecting one for our first daughter.We positioned it <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pediatricians-reveal-things-theyd-never-have-babys-nursery">in her nursery</a> so that we could clearly see her as she slept or rolled around in her crib, and the monitor became a pseudo-safety blanket for me. I would <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/parenting/vava-video-baby-monitor">constantly check the monitor</a> even though I could hear her cry from anywhere in the house. At night, I would leave the volume turned up high so that I could hear every rustle of her diaper and every cough, whimper, or wail despite her bedroom being mere feet from mine.My obsession with the monitor was probably a coping mechanism due to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-post-partum-anxiety-2020-12">postpartum depression and anxiety</a>. After starting antidepressants and becoming further removed from the newborn days, I started to see that all of the checking was just fueling my anxiety and was not productive. <h2 id="220dc019-a92b-47e0-89e3-25dec1dc34d6">When my second daughter was born, I only used the monitor for a few months</h2>I didn't purposely set out to stop using a baby monitor with my second daughter, but I kept forgetting to charge it. As a tired new mom of two under two, it felt like too much of an effort to go up a flight of stairs to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-choose-right-wireless-charging-pad-for-iphone-android-2018-10">get the charger</a>.For a while, I <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/parenting/vtech-rm5754-baby-monitor-review">used the monitor</a> when I remembered to charge it and didn't when I had forgotten. I felt guilty at first that I couldn't see my youngest on the camera, but I reminded myself that my parents' generation had relied purely on audio monitors and that I could always hear her cry. As the weeks went by, the balance of time that I had the monitor vs. not slowly dwindled until it was rare to have it on.<h2 id="01b4d7ee-88ad-4408-9cae-c74fd4a57291">I realized the monitor wouldn't help prevent SIDS</h2>Part of my obsession with the monitor was worrying that one of my babies would die of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prevent-baby-death-new-advice-sleep-alone-flat-2022-6">Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS</a>. I thought if I was constantly watching the screen I would be able to detect a change in my sleeping baby and be able to prevent anything bad from happening.My husband and pediatrician helped remind me that SIDS is a silent killer. Unfortunately, babies just stop breathing, which meant unless I watched the rise and fall of my daughter's chest every second, there would be no way to help prevent a tragedy. With their reassurance, I realized having the monitor volume turned up at night was only negatively affecting what little sleep I was getting and contributing to my heightened anxiety, which helped me let go of my reliance on the tool.<h2 id="a55ff7cd-c111-4d3c-8ae1-5fcf7e8c7174">Babysitters are baffled, but not having a monitor works better for us</h2>When <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/signs-you-need-a-new-babysitter-2022-6">we have a babysitter</a>, they're always baffled that we don't have a monitor. We always assure them that they'll be able to hear our girls if they cry out, but we've had a few tell us that they were so worried without the monitor that they made several trips up to the girls' room over the few hours that we're away to check on them.At this point, I haven't seen the charger in more than six months and my girls pretend the monitor itself is a phone. My husband and I still get woken up plenty without having the device next to our bed, and we still hear the cries for extra stuffies, hugs, or water if we're watching TV downstairs before we go to sleep. There's plenty to be anxious about being a parent, but I'm relieved that I don't have the baby monitor stressing me out anymore.

I stopped using a baby monitor after my second baby. It gave me anxiety.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A former OceanGate contractor said that the company used a partially manual system to track the submersible.</li><li>They would first transcribe the details into a notebook and then transfer it to Excel, she said.</li></ul>A contractor for OceanGate's<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/passengers-titan-submersible-dead-oceangate-titanic-2023-6"> ill-fated Titan submersible</a> says that the team tracked the vessel's position using a system that involved a notebook and an Excel spreadsheet.Antonella Wilby, a former OceanGate contractor, said during a Friday <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOaatO7CBOw">hearing</a> on the Titan submersible's implosion that the team would manually update the vessel's coordinate data.According to Wilby's testimony, OceanGate's team would first transcribe the details into a notebook and then transfer the numbers to Microsoft Excel.She said the data was then imported into a mapping software to track the submersible's position. "There were delays because there was this manual process of first writing down the lat-long coordinates and then typing them in," Wilby, who testified virtually, said."We tried to do that every five minutes, but it was a lot to do," she added.Wilby said that she made a comment to the team about the system, during which she told OceanGate that she thought it was "an idiotic way to do your navigation."Wilby said she recognized calling the method "idiotic" wasn't "the most tactful way" to communicate her concerns."But I do stand by that. It was. It just — the whole system was absolutely idiotic," Wilby added. "But that, of course, wasn't received well after the dive.""Wendy Rush told me, 'Well, we can retrain you so that you understand how the mapping works, because we've had this foremost expert design it for us,'" Wilby added, referring to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush's wife.Wilby testified during the hearing that she was removed from the navigation team after she raised concerns about the safety of the company's procedures. Wilby added that she was told that she "wasn't being solution-oriented."According to her LinkedIn profile, Wilby has worked on several projects involving underwater remotely operated vehicles.She worked as a robotics engineer for a maritime exploration company. She was also a exploration roboticist and conservation technologist for a National Geographic program, per her LinkedIn bio and a listing on the National Geographic <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://explorers.nationalgeographic.org/directory/antonella-wilby">website.</a>Wilby is not the only former OceanGate employee who raised concerns about the vessel's readiness for diving. OceanGate's former engineering director, Tony Nissen, testified in a Thursday hearing that he had <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/titan-engineer-told-ceo-not-getting-in-it-test-dive-2024-9">refused to take a dive in it</a>.According to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3898222/coast-guard-releases-titan-marine-board-of-investigation-hearing-schedule-witne/">press release</a> by the US Coast Guard, the OceanGate hearings aim to "uncover the facts surrounding the incident and develop recommendations to prevent similar tragedies in the future."It started on September 16, and is expected to last for two weeks.The hearings come more than a year after the Titan submersible set off on June 18, 2023, to explore the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, nearly 13,000 feet underwater.But less than two hours after the dive started, the submersible went off the radar, sparking a frantic search and rescue operation.The US Coast Guard and OceanGate <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/passengers-titan-submersible-dead-oceangate-titanic-2023-6">announced on June 22</a> that debris found on the sea bed confirmed that the submersible had imploded and that the five men on board were dead.The victims were Stockton Rush, British billionaire <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hamish-harding-billionaire-titanic-submersible-titan-space-tourist-blue-origin-2023-6">Hamish Harding</a>, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-shahzada-dawood-pakistani-millionaire-son-suleman-titanic-sub-2023-6">British-Pakistani</a> multimillionaire Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, and the former French navy diver <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/french-diver-paul-henry-nargeolet-on-board-missing-titanic-submersible-2023-6">Paul-Henri Nargeolet.</a>

A contractor says OceanGate tracked the Titan submersible using an 'idiotic' navigation method that involved pen, paper, and Excel

<ul class="summary-list"><li>OceanGate employees are set to testify in a hearing about the doomed Titan submersible.</li><li>The Coast Guard announced that the hearing will start on September 16.</li></ul>OceanGate employees are set to testify at a hearing about the doomed <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/passengers-titan-submersible-dead-oceangate-titanic-2023-6">Titan submersible</a> more than a year after it imploded in the North Atlantic.The Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation released the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Portals/11/Headquarters/Investigations/Titan-Submersible/Schedule-%20Titan%20Marine%20Board%20of%20Investigation%20Hearing%20Website%20listing.pdf?ver=Q5ReVMhSlR74S2tZQfeuxA%3d%3d">schedule</a> and witness <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Portals/11/Headquarters/Investigations/Titan-Submersible/Witness%20List-%20Titan%20Marine%20Board%20of%20Investigation%20Hearing%20Website%20Listing.pdf?ver=FWRTpGg7VZe2k3hKm0aSwg%3d%3d">list</a> for the hearing, which will start on September 16 in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is expected to last two weeks."It aims to uncover the facts surrounding the incident and develop recommendations to prevent similar tragedies in the future," the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3898222/coast-guard-releases-titan-marine-board-of-investigation-hearing-schedule-witne/">press release</a> on Friday said of the hearing.The witness list includes ex-OceanGate staff members like Tony Nissen, its engineering director, Bonnie Carl, and David Lochridge, its operations director.The entire hearing will be live-streamed on the Coast Guard's YouTube channel, per the release.The Titan submersible set off on June 18, 2023, to explore the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, nearly 13,000 feet underwater.But less than two hours after the dive started, it went off the radar, sparking a frantic search and rescue operation.The US Coast Guard and OceanGate <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/passengers-titan-submersible-dead-oceangate-titanic-2023-6">announced on June 22</a> that debris found on the sea bed confirmed that the submersible had imploded and that the five men on board were dead.The victims were British billionaire <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hamish-harding-billionaire-titanic-submersible-titan-space-tourist-blue-origin-2023-6">Hamish Harding</a>, British-Pakistani multimillionaire <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-shahzada-dawood-pakistani-millionaire-son-suleman-titanic-sub-2023-6">Shahzada Dawood</a> and his 19-year-old son Suleman, and the former French navy diver <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/french-diver-paul-henry-nargeolet-on-board-missing-titanic-submersible-2023-6">Paul-Henri Nargeolet.</a>OceanGate CEO <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/missing-titanic-sub-ceo-told-reporter-safety-pure-waste-2023-6">Stockton Rush</a>, who had previously complained about how strict regulations held back the marine exploration industry even though it was "obscenely safe," was also one of the victims of the implosion.After the tragedy, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oceangate-likely-protected-from-titanic-sub-lawsuits-legal-expert-2023-6">legal experts told BI</a> that OceanGate was likely protected from future lawsuits because passengers on the missing sub signed a waiver that mentioned the risk of death several times.But in August, Nargeolet's family <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/french-explorer-estate-filed-50m-lawsuit-oceangate-titan-submersible-rush-2024-8">filed a wrongful-death lawsuit </a>against OceanGate and Rush's estate for over $50 million, saying the implosion resulted from "carelessness, recklessness and negligence" by the company.Representatives of the Coast Guard didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, sent outside business hours.

The investigation into OceanGate's doomed submersible is set to go public as the company's insiders gear up to testify        

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Timothy Piazza was a Penn State sophomore who died in 2017 after being hazed.</li><li>His parents spoke to BI about their son, his death, and how the legal system fails hazing victims.</li></ul>Jim Piazza can pinpoint the moment he knew his critically injured 19-year-old son Timothy would die.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/penn-state-fraternity-pledge-hazing-death-parents-speak-2017-5">Jim and his wife Evelyn</a> were en route to Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania, where Timothy had been life-flighted. At the time, all the college sophomore's parents knew was that he'd fallen down the stairs and suffered a brain bleed."In my head, I thought, 'OK, they'll drill a hole, they'll release the pressure on the brain, it'll be OK. If it's a little bit worse, maybe he'll have some speech problems or some gait problems,'" Evelyn told Business Insider. "Never, never in my imagination could I ever come up with his real medical condition."Jim, on the other hand, recalls an eerie moment of prescience earlier that day when he met with a college student for a career talk.The conversation that morning had turned to fraternities, and Jim mentioned to the student, who was in one, that his son Timothy was looking to join Beta Theta Pi, a social fraternity founded in 1839 and known for its "Men of Principle" philosophy. According to Jim, when he found out Timothy attended Penn State University, the student issued an ominous warning."He ended the conversation with, 'At Penn State, they haze pretty hard, and people could die from hazing,'" Jim said. "I didn't think much about it, but then when we were in the car driving to Hershey Medical Center, I said to Evelyn, 'This better not have anything to do with that effing fraternity.' And she said, 'Well, it was the first night of pledging.'""At that moment, I knew my son was going to die," he said. "I just reflected on that conversation earlier in the morning, and I was like, 'That was a sign.'"<h2 id="a9c8b462-6e54-43eb-a9ed-3ee1a1c6646a">Timothy's parents never expected his fate when he left for college</h2><div type="image" title="Timothy Piazza, a young man wearing an orange sleeveless Vols shirt" height="1556" width="2075" msid="112875348" hostid="261" sizebytes="62220"></div>Timothy's parents, who were interviewed for the new A+E series "Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life," weren't particularly worried when their son told them he wanted to join a fraternity. More than anything, they were a bit surprised at the choice and concerned that it could detract from the rigorous mechanical engineering program he was in.Jim believes that Timothy saw Beta, which was first established at Penn State in 1855 and has chapters on 141 college campuses across North America, as an opportunity to build a community and a network for his future career.Their older son Mike, who was also interviewed for the A+E series, expressed surprise that his younger brother decided to pledge fraternities, mostly because he himself hadn't been involved in Greek life while at Penn State.<div type="image" title="Mike and Tim Piazza" height="1585" width="2113" msid="112875345" hostid="261" sizebytes="76004"></div>According to his parents, Timothy had followed Mike, who was only 18 months older, to Penn State. They recalled that he initially intended to stay closer to home, looking at schools like Lehigh and Rutgers, which weren't as far from the family's home in Lebanon, New Jersey."I think he didn't want to be too far from us. He liked that security," Evelyn said."But at the end of the day, I think he saw his brother's there, and thought 'This could be a cool thing to be in school with my brother.' I think that's what drove him there," Jim added.The mom of two recalled expecting to be "devastated" by her empty nest after both of her sons went away to school but came to find she enjoyed it.<h2 id="d52e5d4c-3c4a-4b9c-916e-c13f502d2567">Timothy Piazza died as a result of hazing in February 2017</h2><div type="image" title="The Piazza family" height="1596" width="2129" msid="112875349" hostid="261" sizebytes="114618"></div>On February 2, 2017, Timothy was among the pledges who arrived at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house at about 9 p.m. for the first night of pledging. Much of the ordeal that led to his death was captured on video from surveillance cameras that had been installed in the frat house after a recent renovation. (Evelyn told BI she has seen the footage, but Jim hasn't.)According to the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2017/images/12/15/penn.state.hazing.grand.jury.report.pdf">grand jury report</a>, Timothy and the other 13 pledges were made to run "the gauntlet," chugging an excessive amount of alcohol, including a handle of vodka, cans of beer, and red wine. Timothy's intake reportedly totaled <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/13/563840154/penn-state-student-given-18-drinks-in-82-minutes-before-hazing-death-prosecutors">18 drinks in 82 minutes</a>. This spiked his blood alcohol content level to as high as 0.36.Aaron White, the former program director for College and Underage Drinking Prevention Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-what-it-means-to-blow-a-341-bac-2013-9">previously told BI</a> that vital functions begin to shut down at around 0.35 BAC, but any BAC over 0.3 is considered life-threatening and poses a significant risk of death.But the young man's death was ultimately caused by an intoxicated fall down a flight of stairs to the frat house's basement. Several Beta brothers were observed carrying an unconscious and visibly injured Timothy back up the stairs, where they left him on a couch, according to the grand jury report. He later awoke and stumbled again around the room, even attempting to find his way out of the house, before once again staggering off camera toward the basement stairs and seemingly falling down them again.By the time the Beta brothers carried Timothy upstairs again, he was unconscious. Instead of calling 911, according to the report, they covered him with blankets, attempted to get him dressed, cleaned up the party, and searched the internet for head injury symptoms.Kordel Davis, a Beta brother present the night of Timothy's death who was interviewed for the A+E docuseries, described in the episode how he attempted to convince the young men to call 911 before being told to leave the house. No one called for help until it was too late.Fourteen hours after arriving at the frat house, Timothy was finally rushed to the hospital. The next day, he was dead.In the show, Jim recalls how he spoke to a doctor in the hospital when he and Evelyn finally arrived and saw Timothy's dire condition. The doctor confirmed to the distraught father that his son could have been saved if someone had gotten him medical attention sooner.<h2 id="32a6c6d6-a543-45fe-9109-b7e658bc3088">The Piazzas say the legal system doesn't take hazing seriously, and colleges need to crack down</h2><div type="image" title="Timothy Piazza" height="1524" width="2032" msid="112875347" hostid="261" sizebytes="56208"></div>Timothy's death was tragic and avoidable. But he was far from the first college student to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/students-on-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-truth-about-fraternities-2017-7">lose his life after fraternity hazing</a>. His case was, however, among the rare ones that actually resulted in criminal charges.In May 2017, 18 Beta brothers were initially charged with nearly 900 charges related to Timothy's death. Most of the defendants faced lesser charges of tampering with evidence, hazing, reckless endangerment, and furnishing alcohol to minors, but eight of the 18 were also charged with involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault.Ultimately, the most serious charges, including involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault, were all dropped by the judge.For Jim and Evelyn, the dropped charges were a "severe" disappointment — especially with all of the proof in the form of the security footage showing what had happened to Timothy."To me, it just indicated that either they're not taking it seriously or they don't understand the laws well enough," Jim said.Legal proceedings in the criminal case are still ongoing. Additional charges were brought against Beta members (both those previously charged and other members who weren't initially charged) in November 2017, after prosecutors recovered deleted footage from the night of Timothy's death.The majority of the defendants pleaded guilty to the lesser charges related to alcohol and hazing, with many only being sentenced to house arrest, probation, and/or court-ordered community service. At least two former defendants had all charges against them dropped.In April 2019, four of the Beta brothers charged pleaded guilty and were ultimately convicted of hazing and conspiracy to commit hazing. One was ordered to serve house arrest, and the other three received short sentences ranging from 30 days to nine months in jail, though those were ultimately downgraded to house arrest and probation. Two other Beta brothers pleaded guilty in July 2024 to charges including misdemeanor hazing and reckless endangerment and are scheduled to be sentenced in October.The Piazza family has also filed civil lawsuits against more than 20 former Beta members, which are also ongoing.The Piazzas <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/05/timothy-piazza-family-deceased-student-settles-suit-against-frat/1200155002/">settled with Beta Theta Pi's national organization</a> in September 2018 for an undisclosed monetary sum and several safety reforms, including requiring all Beta chapter houses in the country to go alcohol-free by 2020. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/02/us/piazza-penn-beta-theta-pi-wrongful-death-suit/index.html">Penn State settled with the Piazza family in 2019</a>, which included several safety reforms and Beta Theta Pi's permanent ban from their campus.The university's statement, appended to the episode, states that "student safety is of paramount importance at Penn State, and the University has consistently implemented comprehensive, evidence-based measures aimed at curbing excessive drinking and promoting responsible behavior among students."After their son's death, Evelyn and Jim fought to pass the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/r-pennsylvania-law-to-make-hazing-punishable-as-felony-2018-10">"Timothy Piazza Anti-Hazing Law" in Pennsylvania</a>, making fraternity hazing a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison in the state. Though the law is a step in the right direction, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-state-banned-fraternities-after-hazing-death-2017-11">following states like Florida that have similar legislation</a>, the Piazzas say they're disappointed that legislators seemingly aren't using the law to level charges against offenders.They say they know of instances of hazing that have occurred since the law passed, even at Penn State, where it doesn't appear legal action was taken against the perpetrators."I've sent emails to the Centre County District Attorney [where Penn State is located] to say, 'Hey, I understand it was hazing at Penn State. Where are the charges? Where's the arrests?'" Jim told BI.According to Jim, his emails went unanswered. "The legal system doesn't seem to want to deal with it."The Centre County District Attorney's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.The Piazzas also believe that colleges need to take a harder line when disciplining students for hazing, which they think the institutions are hesitant to do because they "like to have the money" in donations from former fraternity members and tuition from the students in frats."You need people held accountable by the schools, the universities. They need to expel the students. You need accountability by the fraternities. They need to kick them out," Jim said.Penn State didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.Evelyn also pointed to the larger fraternity organizations that oversee individual chapters as being culpable in hazing deaths. She recalled seeing that at least two fraternities had announced their intention to take civil action against their own members over hazing."If they actually did that and were successful, then it would just be another proof that it is not tolerated and that you are definitely on the hook should something go wrong," she said.A representative for Beta Theta Pi's national organization said in an email statement to BI that the fraternity "continues to grieve the loss" and "remains heartbroken" for the Piazza family's loss."The events that took place that fateful evening were reprehensible and the Fraternity has consistently advocated for those involved to be held fully accountable. Simply put: Tim deserved so much more from the young men he sought to join in the name of friendship and brotherhood," the statement continues. "Hazing has no place in college fraternities, and Beta Theta Pi will continue to champion efforts at all levels aimed at ensuring a safe environment and experience for its new members and guests."<h2 id="fe9d7db7-e53a-4a13-a803-732f24cae2e2">Tips for parents of college-aged kids to prevent hazing deaths</h2><div type="image" title="Piazza family" height="1440" width="2880" msid="112875350" hostid="261" sizebytes="106656"></div>Now, the Piazza family is left only with the memory of their funny, hot-tempered, athletic, smart, video game-loving, and good-hearted son — and the determination to help other parents avoid this tragedy.Since Timothy's death, Jim and Evelyn have been outspoken against hazing, including educating parents about the dangers of it and what they can do to deter it.First, they want parents to know that even seemingly innocuous hazing rituals can, and likely will, lead to more dangerous activities.The Piazzas also underscored the importance of warning college-aged kids about the very real potential dangers of Greek life. Evelyn advises other parents to "open up that dialogue," making sure your college-aged kids know "how important they are, how much you love them, how they are not invincible, how you trust them, but that other people do bad things."The Piazzas also stress the importance of pledges banding together and walking away if they're asked to do anything illegal or damaging to themselves or someone else."Say no as a group. They're not going to throw you out. They need your money," Jim said.Evelyn and Jim also want parents to give their kids tips about how to seek help for someone else, even in the face of group intimidation."If somebody does need help, you're not a doctor. Don't question it. Call for help," Jim added. "If you feel uncomfortable calling for help in front of the rest of the organization, walk outside and call for help. Do it anonymously. It's all fine."In Timothy's memory and in honor of the career he'd hoped to have developing prosthetics for children and injured soldiers, Jim and Evelyn have set up the Timothy J. Piazza Memorial Foundation. The organization provides monetary support to those who need prosthetic devices.

Their son died after a horrific hazing ritual at Penn State. This is what they want other parents of college-aged kids to know.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Critical Role's new podcast, "Moonward," is a wild, four-episode dive into cosmic horrors.</li><li>"Moonward" builds on the "Midst" podcast, which Critical Role acquired in 2023.</li></ul>It's now all but official that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-dungeons-dragons-sold-out-live-show-wembley-arena-2023-9">Critical Role</a> is in its expansion era.Once best known for the show where eight nerds played "Dungeons &amp; Dragons" on Twitch, the business has now grown, with an aggressive push into podcasting and publishing, including novels and comics slated for release well into 2025.CR also has two <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-the-legend-of-vox-machina-season-three-trailer-2024-8">Amazon-backed animated series</a> in the works, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-mercer-critical-role-tease-legend-of-the-mighty-nein-2024-4">one of which will premiere on October 3.</a> Through its games publishing arm, CR released a major role-playing game <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-candela-obscura-liam-obrien-gothic-horror-gaming-2024-4">"Candela Obscura"</a> last year and just rounded out its open beta for its new gaming venture, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/critical-role-launches-daggerheart-disruptor-dungeons-and-dragons-2024-3">"Daggerheart."</a>CR rolled out <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/first-look-critical-role-moonward-trailer-liam-obrien-marisha-ray-2024-7">"Moonward"</a> in August, a spinoff of the company's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/critical-role-acquires-midst-podcast-1235567942/">2023 acquisition of the "Midst" audio drama</a>. In "Moonward," CR cofounders Liam O'Brien and Marisha Ray step into the space Western-style, cosmic horror narrative that Xen, the narrator of "Moonward," wove to explore the ruins of a fallen moon.BI sat down with O'Brien and Xen to talk about the new podcast venture and what comes next.<h2 id="66fceae0-1051-46b3-987d-37ad700f7515">Into darkness</h2><div type="image" title="The cast of Critical Role's new &quot;Moonward&quot; podcast — from left to right: Liam O'Brien, Sara Wile, Xen, Matt Roen, and Marisha Ray." height="1080" width="1920" msid="112902940" hostid="261" sizebytes="143070"></div>"Midst," the podcast series that "Moonward" builds upon, was originally created by Xen, Matt Roen, and Sara Wile. <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/critical-role-acquires-midst-podcast-1235567942/">Critical Role acquired "Midst" in 2023</a>, and "Moonward" is just one part of a larger story.Spoiler alert: In the podcast's third and fourth episodes, O'Brien's character, Walden Orlock, contends with a boatload of personal trauma. But the series ends on a hopeful note, as Orlock, piloting his spaceship, manages to help get Wile's character back to the relative safety of the planet of Midst.Orlock, who O'Brien describes as a "nice, grumpy bear," was a homage to some of the men in his family. And the inside of Walden's spaceship was a tribute to the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/first-burning-man-muddy-disaster-still-going-back-2024-8">Burning Man</a> community, of which O'Brien considers himself a "junior member."<div type="image" title="A screengrab from &quot;Moonward,&quot; featuring Liam O'Brien and Sara Wile." height="1180" width="2360" msid="112902944" hostid="261" sizebytes="77424"></div>"The most in-depth characters I've done on our channel are really just exploring things about my life," O'Brien said. "I love fluff. I certainly love romps, fun, and light stuff, but if anyone is familiar with my past work, I like cracking open the coconut and seeing what's in there."And unlike CR's usual "Dungeons &amp; Dragons" games, the narrative control in Midst didn't rest on dice rolls. As the lead narrator, Xen gave all the players the license to choose when to fail."Moonward" listeners will also hear Xen create the soundscape for the podcast live with their guitar and other instruments. And they'll hear Xen play the role of the enigmatic non-player character, Mother Trauma."There's something wonderful to me about a kind of haunted therapist who is borderline inhuman," Xen said. "Possibly some kind of potentially undead person — but he's also a mental health professional and a guidance counselor."<h2 id="77560351-534c-49b7-83fe-2863c86a3680">And beyond</h2>CR's acquisition of the "Midst" podcast doesn't just mean there'll be more of Xen, Roen, and Wile's content — there's also <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3013-739/Midst-The-Valorous-Farmer">a series of upcoming comics</a> set in the "Midst" universe that are rolling out soon.Each comics issue will be a stand-alone "Midst" story, Xen said."We've always been pretty adamant that 'Midst' is and has always been more than just a podcast," Xen said. "We're still exploring new ways to expand that cosmos."O'Brien, too, tells me that he's been doing a lot of "reading behind the scenes." Each of CR's eight co-founders has their own focuses, he said, and he's been helming the company's push into book publishing and graphic novels.<div type="image" title="A wide shot of Critical Role main cast member Liam O'Brien. He's wearing a brown blazer and a black button-down shirt, and he's holding a red, leather-bound book." height="800" width="1067" msid="112902941" hostid="261" sizebytes="64814"></div><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760753/critical-role-vox-machina--stories-untold-by-critical-role-aabria-iyengar-rory-power-sarah-glenn-marsh-and-more-foreword-by-liam-obrien/">"Critical Role: Vox Machina — Stories Untold,"</a> for one, is an anthology scheduled for release in March, and O'Brien wrote the foreword."We hope to get into original, brand-new things that have nothing to do with a table or dice," O'Brien said. "And it's all just different flavors of storytelling. And I love filling my days with it."

Critical Role's Liam O'Brien talks the tragedy and cosmic horrors of 'Moonward,' teases the crew's next big publishing moves

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Dating again as a single parent can bring up complex emotions for your child.</li><li>It can be hard when introducing a new partner doesn't go well, but there are ways to make it easier.</li></ul>Dating comes with enough challenges already, and dating as a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/single-parent-dating-new-partner-kid-introduction-2024-5">single parent</a> can feel even more daunting. You have to consider how the romantic connections you form will impact not only your life but also that of your child.If your child is having difficulty adapting to a new partner's presence in your life, it may raise some initial concerns. However, there are steps you can take to make that transition a little easier.<h2 id="e8902d03-9332-418f-a025-246e8205a644">Try to understand the emotions your child is feeling</h2>Your child may be feeling a range of emotions after meeting your partner. Laura Markham, clinical psychologist and author of "Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting," told Business Insider that your child could be experiencing anything from hope, grief, anger, resentment, and even jealousy simultaneously.It might be easiest to focus on the most visible emotion — say, anger — but there could be others underneath the surface. It's important to try to understand what else could be going on that you're not seeing, as well as what's fueling those emotions so that you can help your child work through them."Children always respond with some confusion about their parent's new partner and what's different," <a target="_blank" href="https://rondeal.org/">Ron L. Deal</a>, a licensed marriage and family therapist and creator of SmartStepfamilies.com, told Business Insider. "Confusion means 'I'm not sure what to do with you, where to put you in my heart, or what role you're going to play in my life.'"Deal offered additional insight and said that what parents perceive to be a negative reaction can often be more about their child experiencing confusion rather than an outright rejection of their partner.<h2 id="6e305908-fed1-4fe8-ac56-f9bd11a0fd41">Increase communication with your child throughout the transition</h2><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/talk-to-your-kids-to-help-their-thinking-2018-11">Communicating with your child</a> may seem like an obvious tip, but the type of communication that will more positively impact your child's transition to getting to know your new partner requires intentionality.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.drpsychmom.com/about/">Samantha Rodman Whiten</a>, a clinical psychologist and host of "The Dr. Psych Mom Show" podcast, told Business Insider about the importance of parents having an open discussion with their child where they center the idea that the adult is free to live their own life.Deal agreed that it's important to keep an open line of communication and that it's also important to talk with your child about decisions you're making in your relationship. Deal said having a conversation with your children where you ask questions such as "What if I went out with him exclusively?" and "What if you met his children?" and "What if I got engaged?" could help facilitate the process of keeping your children a part of your growing relationship.<h2 id="a9134612-6946-4525-9979-c034791cd3e7">Slow down the pace</h2>When you've found yourself in a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/signs-youre-in-a-strong-relationship-2017-2">positive relationship</a>, your initial reaction may be to dive headfirst into the new connection. While your new relationship could increase your overall quality of life and, with time, the life of your child, they may still need grace during that process. It's important to remember that your child's timeline for establishing a level of familiarity with your partner may be different from yours, and you should allow it to unfold organically."I recommend a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/single-parent-dating-new-partner-kid-introduction-2024-5">slow warming-up period</a>," Whiten said. She also said that "with some people, all of a sudden the partner is joining every activity from go," which can potentially lead to a resentful emotional response from a child.Markham agreed that slowing the pace down can be helpful and said, "It's just a hard thing for a child of any age to have their parent move on into a new relationship."Just as you and your child may be responding to your new relationship differently, it's important to remember your child's experience of you separating from their other parent may be different than your own."The divorce might not be a tragedy for you. You might be so liberated from that divorce, but it's a tragedy for the child," Markham said.<h2 id="25ec7fbe-ead0-4612-a1a9-71d97253179b">Reach out for support</h2>If you feel that dealing with your child's struggle with your new relationship is outside your wheelhouse, it's OK to outsource help from professionals.Markham said that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mom-took-6-year-old-to-family-therapy-2022-7">family therapy</a> for parents and children when the child is struggling to adapt to their new relationship provides the opportunity for the parent "to really hear your kid" and allows the child to cry about the loss with their parent present in a way they may not have otherwise.No matter what your child is dealing with as they adjust to your new partner's presence in your lives, there are tools you can use in your home and through the support of others.

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