Mother facing charges for letting 4 year old play alone in playground

[Newell Steamer]

She had a back up plan: if someone kidnapped her son, there is a stick of dynamite in him that would go off.

 

[SearchMaster]

Ugh.

Talking to Tomahawk and asking where he was from, and then talking to another parent would have been way too difficult.

Nope. Call CPS and totally eff up someone's decade.

Sooooooooo much this. It would have taken the "hero mom" probably 10 minutes of her incredibly valuable time to ask the boy where he lived, walk with him to his home, and talk to the boy's mother for a couple of minutes to assess the situation.

4 probably is too young but it's not a criminal offense FFS.

I actually like the name but then I'm a Florida State grad . I'm sure people will call him Hawk which certainly isn't any worse than some of the other names I've heard. I grew up with a guy named Thor and I always thought that was the most badass name ever. Then I met another Thor in my adult life and he was about 5'10", 130 pounds of nonbadassness. Cool guy though.

 

[purbeast0]

i got hit by a car on my 4th birthday and dragged 100 feet by my skull on the pavement when my friend who was 6 years old told me it was okay to cross the street. i ended up being med-evac'd to childrens hospital in DC on a helicopter and in the hospital for 6 months and a busted up femur and many scars. this was in 1985.

had this happened today 30 years later, my parents probably would be in jail for "allowing" all of that to happen.

 

[twinrider1]

Too young to be left alone, but the penalty they're touting is too severe.
But honestly, when I took my kids to the park, most parents were so buried in their phones they might as well have been absent completely.

 

[OutHouse]

And what's the difference between then and now? There were child molesters and bad men in the 30's.

Laws and more laws.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Do they even have a editor?

4 years is too young to be on the playground by himself. I wouldn't call the cops on them though.

He was 120 feet away from his mother. 120 feet. If pressed, the mom could be at her son's side in 5, maybe 10 seconds (If she was extremely slow).

As a parent of two young kids (6 and 3), I find stories like this to be both ridiculous and infuriating. It is not the state's job to protect my kids from all possible harm. Period. And it sure as hell is not my neighbor's job to do so either.

What is next? Will I be charged for child endangerment because I let my 3 year old play upstairs in her room by herself? What about my 6 year old son? If I can't see them are they suddenly in danger? FFS that is just stupid.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Too young to be left alone, but the penalty they're touting is too severe.
But honestly, when I took my kids to the park, most parents were so buried in their phones they might as well have been absent completely.

The mom being 120 feet away does not constitute the kid being alone. 120 feet isn't even 30 yards. Hell, its shorter than the distance from one side of my backyard to the other.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Laws and more laws. Overreaching government and a-hole neighbors

FTFY

 

[SunnyD]

When I was 4, I would probably have been about half a mile away from my parents. Routinely.

Media is the reason why life sucks these days.

 

[keird]

My 6-year old kid was making a mess in the living room yesterday. I told her that I had had enough and to go outside and play. I saw her 120-150 feet away feeding the horses and goats from outside of the electric fence. Every creature respects electric fences or will.

 

[DisturbedRamm]

parent of the year, too many pedophiles and whack jobs out there, can't leave a 4 yr old by themselves ever

 

[Blackjack200]

As a parent of two young kids (6 and 3), I find stories like this to be both ridiculous and infuriating. It is not the state's job to protect my kids from all possible harm. Period. And it sure as hell is not my neighbor's job to do so either.

I agree 100%, though I don't have kids. Bad enough how many parents want to helicopter and manage every second of their kids' lives. Now they have to force their insane parenting style on others too.

 

[Cuular]

The mom being 120 feet away does not constitute the kid being alone. 120 feet isn't even 30 yards. Hell, its shorter than the distance from one side of my backyard to the other.

I know right, it's like a whole 40 yards!

 

[Capt Caveman]

The mom being 120 feet away does not constitute the kid being alone. 120 feet isn't even 30 yards. Hell, its shorter than the distance from one side of my backyard to the other.

The article says the front door of their house was 120 ft away. It doesn't state if the money was outside or inside the house, watching the kid or not.

If the mother was inside the house watching tv, would you feel the same way?

 

[twinrider1]

Do they even have a editor?

...

an editor.


Couldn't resist. But the lack of copy editors in this world saddens me too. Journalism is dying.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

I know right, it's like a whole 40 yards!

Derp! Thanks

 

[Sho'Nuff]

The article says the front door of their house was 120 ft away. It doesn't state if the money was outside or inside the house, watching the kid or not.

If the mother was inside the house watching tv, would you feel the same way?

In most cases, yes. My kids play in the yard while I am inside all the time. I don't watch them every second they are out there. And <gasp> there are spots in my yard that are over 120 feet away from either door! Better call CPS on me right now. My kids are in extreme danger! /sarcasm

 

[Sho'Nuff]

parent of the year, too many pedophiles and whack jobs out there, can't leave a 4 yr old by themselves ever

I really wish there was a study comparing the number of pedophiles and "whack jobs" now to the number of such individuals in the 1920s, 30s, 40s, etc. I'm betting that on a percentage basis, it is roughly the same. Excepting the meteoric rise in the number of whack job parents, of course.

 

[skyking]

The culture of fear is much stronger now, thanks to media hype and knowing every bad thing that ever happens to a child.

 

[JTsyo]

an editor.


Couldn't resist. But the lack of copy editors in this world saddens me too. Journalism is dying.

d'oh

 

[preslove]

I'm glad my wife doesn't want to have kids.

Raising a kid right, i.e. letting them roam around outside instead of keeping them permanently inside in front of a screen is illegal now.