behead placard - pru gowards comments, page-15

this is what Goward said, my opinion is Goward doesn't see it as cute but she is suggesting that perhaps the mother did:

"She apparently said the child had been brought [to the protest] because they didn't expect it to become violent, which you might disagree with, but that was her account," Ms Goward said.
"The police then went back to the house and assessed the children and assessed that they were safe. So that is where they remain.
"But I think there is unfinished business in ensuring that the messages about mutual respect and non-violence are applied to all of us and that all our communities understand that that's what we certainly particularly expect from children.
"Parents do crazy things; she might just well have thought it was a giggle to get him to hold the sign, a cute little photograph.
"But it is just unacceptable to the rest of us.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/behead-sign-child-deemed-safe-as-mother-talks-to-police-20120918-26368.html#ixzz26mpeVURD