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originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
a reply to: reldra
I don't care if your house is burning down.
You don't leave young children unattended.
Read carefully where it says "when she returned"
You can only return if you "left"
Therefore she "left" her kids.
In a food court , from 30 feet away. I can return from the door to the room I am in, I am still returning.
That's great but she said she was "30 yards".
That's 1/3 of a football field.
Ever been in a mall where you go 30 yards without several kiosks, planters, staircases, advertisements getting in the way not to mention all the people milling about.
No way you could be watching 2 children sitting unobstructed unless you were above them on a balcony.
This is just a bad try at a sympathy story where the mother made a mistake in leaving her kids.
I actually don't think she made a mistake. The Galleria in my area doesn't have planters and garbage cans willy nilly, they are usually in lines at intervals. I could sit in the center of the food court and see the food establishment across clearly and I am nearsighted.
The court agreed, kids released to her. Again, if I saw something like that, and was concerned, I might walk by and say "where's mommy?" The 6 yr old would point at her. Case closed.
originally posted by: queenofswords
Wouldn't it have been nice if there was a program in place where someone required to do volunteer work to earn a portion of their welfare could volunteer to babysit for others who are trying to find work?
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
well crowds,shopping centers.....yeah both the 2 and 6 year old needed to be right next to mum or dad,the 6 year cannot look after him/herself let alone the 2 year old....bad move...i am not sure charges are appropriate perhaps a big kick up the ass and a reality check .....
How many times have you who are parents had a close call---something that could have gone south soooo easily? You know, that time you fell to your knees and thanked whatever powers that your error didn't cost your child's health or life?
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Urantia1111
Get job first, THEN get pregnant twice. She's got those all out of order. There was no one she could have gotten to watch these kids?
Apparently not. Thanks for your logic lesson, but it fails. Maybe she was married befiore. Maybe a contraceptive failed. Maybe she had a business that failed.
You certainly assume a lot, and not in a nice way.
originally posted by: Urantia1111
Get job first, THEN get pregnant twice. She's got those all out of order. There was no one she could have gotten to watch these kids?
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: alienjuggalo
You're right, she could've done all that.
Or forked out $20 for a sitter.
Or asked a family member to watch them.
Or asked a friend to watch them.
Or asked to sit at the next table.
Or any number of other things that don't include leaving a two year old in the "care" of a six year old while their parent is "only" 30 yards away engaged in a conversation with somebody. "Only" 30 yards? Super that's "only" a 30 yard head start for a predator. Or "only" 30 yards to cross in the event of an emergency. Had her child been kidnapped I'm confident she would be getting slated for leaving them at a table in the food court while she went for a job interview.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: Aazadan
That's a whole lot of assumptions to make about her and her situation.
Turns out she had only recently moved to the Houston area and is attending college. And accepted the interview "last minute" without trying to secure child care before accepting it. Then decided to go use food as a babysitter.
Do poor people move to attend college? The poor people I run across don't have the money to move, let alone move and attend college.
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
a reply to: reldra
I don't care if your house is burning down.
You don't leave young children unattended.
Read carefully where it says "when she returned"
You can only return if you "left"
Therefore she "left" her kids.
In a food court , from 30 feet away. I can return from the door to the room I am in, I am still returning.
That's great but she said she was "30 yards".
That's 1/3 of a football field.
Ever been in a mall where you go 30 yards without several kiosks, planters, staircases, advertisements getting in the way not to mention all the people milling about.
No way you could be watching 2 children sitting unobstructed unless you were above them on a balcony.
This is just a bad try at a sympathy story where the mother made a mistake in leaving her kids.