In JW Land, it's wrong to place children on a pedestal or honor them like worldly people do with birthdays, etc.. But it's OK to place them on a pedestal in front of 100 people and then give them a great round of applause (as long as this will help remedy their youth retention issues)...
Another point I'd like to make.... S A F E T Y F I R S T ! ! !
Who was the idiot who put this kid in harm's way by making him climb on a chair with flip-flops on... that's an accident waiting to happen... after many decades of j-dub children giving parts from the platform, you'd think the WT would have already fabricated podiums for children by now... morons...