Captured Helping with Kitchen Work While Holding Daughter with One Hand
"Child Burns Are Due to Parental Negligence," Criticism Continues
Concerns from netizens continued over the sight of actor Lee Ji-hoon and his wife cooking fried dishes in the kitchen while holding their child. On the 27th, the couple uploaded a video on their YouTube channel 'Jia Life' showing them preparing foods eaten during Japan's holiday 'Obon' (お盆), which is similar to Korea's Chuseok. Obon is Japan's biggest holiday centered around August 15th in the solar calendar, a day to honor ancestral spirits and wish for everyone's health and happiness.
In the video, the couple decided to make dango, fried food, and somen noodles, and started cooking in the kitchen. However, their daughter woke up from her nap while they were preparing ingredients for frying. Lee Ji-hoon entered the kitchen holding their daughter, and Ayane fried the food in oil with the child beside her. In some scenes, Lee Ji-hoon was seen assisting with kitchen tasks while holding their daughter with one hand.
Several screenshots capturing these scenes were posted on an online community. Netizens who saw them expressed concern that the couple's daughter might get burned. One netizen wrote, "Having experience with burn treatment, the baby looks very unsafe," adding, "Most child burns are due to parental negligence." Others commented, "The baby's neck looks more at risk than the burns," "They should use a baby carrier. Holding the child facing forward in the kitchen is dangerous," and "How can they fry ingredients with a newborn nearby?" In response to the criticism, Lee Ji-hoon's side apologized, saying, "We will be more careful."
Meanwhile, types of burns include thermal burns, electrical burns, and chemical burns, with thermal burns being the most common among children. Children can get burned by spilling soup while eating or when a mother holding the child accidentally spills coffee. Other causes include knocking over a boiling kettle used for formula or coffee, steam from an electric rice cooker, or touching an iron. Older children sometimes get burned while cooking ramen.
First-degree burns, which only cause redness of the skin, usually heal without major issues, but second-degree burns, which cause blisters, require about two weeks of treatment. Improper treatment of severe burns can result in unsightly scars that may lead to teasing or, in severe cases, hinder growth. Especially for infants and young children, the treatment process is difficult, and since they are in a rapid growth phase, contractures from scars may develop or scars may widen as they grow.
The first thing to do when a child is burned is to cool the burn area under running cold water for more than 10 minutes. If the child was wearing clothes on the injured area, they should be carefully removed, preferably by cutting with scissors. However, substances stuck tightly to the burn should not be forcibly removed. Sometimes ointments are applied at home before visiting a hospital, but applying ointment can cause blisters to burst and increase the risk of secondary infection, so it is better not to apply any. Additionally, if a young child suffers a burn, prompt first aid should be followed by immediate hospital treatment.
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