My opinion would be that the parent of that child is an idiot.
Kinda like a story a couple of years ago about a teenage girl getting her grad photos taken with a tiger. She squealed, he killed her. Good idea, mom!!!!
Tiger's fault? Nope.
Whale's fault? Nope.
Any human who interacts with any wild animal is knowingly putting themselves at risk, and apparently it is a risk they are willing to take. Hell, even an "adorable, harmless" kangaroo can kill a grown man.
People are stupid when it comes to this crap.
Yeah, well, great. That’d be one hell of a dose of solace to the parents.