Baseball lesson

I saw this baseball clip of a father and son at a pro baseball game. The father caught a fly ball. He was quite pleased and the crowd cheered his catch. The father hands his son the ball looking pleased at the crowd. His son was holding the ball and then threw it back to the field. The crowd gasped and the father turned in shock. He whispered something to his son and then his son's face fell. I read the comments on the video and most made fun of the kid, but one comment resonated with me. This was the dad's failure. He did not properly prepare the kid, "if we are lucky enough to catch a fly ball we get to keep it!" This was the dad's failure to explain expectations the boy has no idea. 

One of my kids got in a car accident and this story came to my mind. As a parent were expectations and proper teachings taught for this accident to be avoided? Probably not. Oh the pangs of parenting and of growing up....and being videoed at a baseball game.