And we're trusting this woman with children?

Last week at the school carnival, my seven-year-old daughter had her heart set on winning a goldfish. After a few turns in line, she won a fish, but wasn't satisfied. I know I was not modeling self-restraint, but I allowed her to play until we had won 3 fish (costing me about 20 bucks).

That evening, the smallest fish was dead. (I swear I filled the bowl with distilled water.)

Two days later, immediately following a playdate with her best friend, my daughter informed me that the other two fish were now dead. Apparently the girls were using paper cups to get the fish out of the bowl in order to "play with them" and then decided to feed the fish extra food since they looked so hungry.

How can I be entrusted with children if I can't even keep fish alive for more than 2 days?

P.S. I unceremoniously flushed all fish down the toilet.