Mrs Joe sounds like my kind of Mom/grandmom.
I think my daughters are so concerned about making kids anxious that they don’t warn enough. About daily dangers and rules such as nothing around the neck for any reason.
It isn't that they can't play with things that can be dangerous (what can't?), but there are those things NOT to be done. Anything around the neck is one of them--especially tied. Poking things in/at someone's face is another. The list goes on, but I don't want to hijack the thread.
This is a horribly sad moment for the Tysons.