Working mom arrested for letting her 9 year old play alone at park

Spiceman80 said:
JJs07 said:
It's a different day & age now. ANYTHING can happen when you're either not there or paying attention. There are so many sick people out there, why take chances? I'm kinda torn on the topic. As a parent, I'd never let my kid at 9 play without being in my eyesight. Maybe it's me being overprotective, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
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nawghtyhare said:
Nowadays I wouldn't let my kids play alone at the parkWith all they crazy people around
But honestly 9 years old a person usually in 4th grade and that's ok IMO to be able to play at the park
**** I remember being young I could go outside I just couldn't go past a certain light post and fire hydrant
U gotta give kids a lil freedom to start doing things playing in the park is ok IMO depending on area and age
Haven't read article yet though
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The 7th Mile said:
I would never leave my 9 yr old DAUGHTER alone anywhere unsupervised, maybe a son. I legit see lil girls no older than 6 walking around the neighborhood alone and I just smh I used to walk home from school to my Gma crib when I was in 1st grade but I was with my friends and fam, only thing I feared was a loose pit or rott.
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I hear what you guys are saying, but the difference between you and the mom in this instance is the fact that she didn't have a choice. Nobody would willingly want to send their 9yr old to the park, or anywhere for that matter by themselves. So it is easy to say "I would never............" I'm sure she didn't want to send her daughter to the park, but unfortunately for her she didn't have much of choice.

It is a tough pill to swallow because their are so many variables involved. I just feel like the cops jumped the gun by arresting the mom. Every situation is different, and should be treated as such. Even if CPS or whatever it they are called in her State got involved, a thorough investigation should reveal no bad intent on the mom's part. They are quick to disrupt a decent home, but let the most vile "parents" retain custody of kids.
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I feel like there is always a choice. Leaving your 9 year old kid unattended should never be an option. For as mature as some of you all may have thought you were at that age, you are still only 9. There are too many stories out there of awful things happening to kids who are left unsupervised. It's not a good choice by the parent. I don't agree with her decision.
 
KingKoopa said:
JJs07 said:
I feel like there is always a choice. Leaving your 9 year old kid unattended should never be an option.
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I hate that phrase so much.

Some choices are grey, not black and white.
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Tell me how you don't have choices in life...

So the lady who left her child in the car at MD Live while she worked her 8 hour shift, didn't have choices?

The people who bring their newborns to midnight showing of movies don't have choices?

It goes on and on...

There are ALWAYS solutions...leaving your child unattended at 9 is not one of them. I'm sorry, but I don't see it any other way.

Get in contact with the local Y...churches......inquire about reduced or free tuition for summer camps...look for neighbors to help...ANYTHING. I'm not at all saying she should be arrested, but it was negligent.
 
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from the way they make it sound, the kid wasnt just playing at the park, but was playing alone. that kid could've been snatched man. no bueno.
 
JJs07 said:
Tell me how you don't have choices in life...

So the lady who left her child in the car at MD Live while she worked her 8 hour shift, didn't have choices?

The people who bring their newborns to midnight showing of movies don't have choices?

It goes on and on...

There are ALWAYS solutions...leaving your child unattended at 9 is not one of them. I'm sorry, but I don't see it any other way.

Get in contact with the local Y...churches......inquire about reduced or free tuition for summer camps...look for neighbors to help...ANYTHING. I'm not at all saying she should be arrested, but it was negligent.
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Sheltered much? Very black and white choices.

Did you even read the article?

At the end of the day, I think she made the wrong decision but that's all in hindsight.
 
JJs07 said:
I feel like there is always a choice. Leaving your 9 year old kid unattended should never be an option. For as mature as some of you all may have thought you were at that age, you are still only 9. There are too many stories out there of awful things happening to kids who are left unsupervised. It's not a good choice by the parent. I don't agree with her decision.
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We all agree that it wasn't a good choice, but like I said maybe it was her only choice.

KingKoopa said:
I hate that phrase so much.

Some choices are grey, not black and white.
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Exactly.


JJs07 said:
Tell me how you don't have choices in life...

So the lady who left her child in the car at MD Live while she worked her 8 hour shift, didn't have choices?

The people who bring their newborns to midnight showing of movies don't have choices?

It goes on and on...

There are ALWAYS solutions...leaving your child unattended at 9 is not one of them. I'm sorry, but I don't see it any other way.

Get in contact with the local Y...churches......inquire about reduced or free tuition for summer camps...look for neighbors to help...ANYTHING. I'm not at all saying she should be arrested, but it was negligent.
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Nobody is riding for the moms or any parent to leave their kids unattended, all I'm saying is for some of us it is easier for us to say we wouldn't do xyz than it is for others. The police jumped the gun by arresting her, at the very least social services should have been called and an investigation should have been conducted.

heLiumcLinton said:
Everybody got the answers until they in that situation
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Truth, that is why I stopped running my mouth on a lot of things I hear now. It is easy to speak about **** when you not in that position.
 
Freeze said:
from the way they make it sound, the kid wasnt just playing at the park, but was playing alone. that kid could've been snatched man. no bueno.
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Ummmm the article stated it was a popular park with 20-30 kids at anytime.

One of the parents noticed her alone and snitched.
 
KingKoopa said:
Freeze said:
from the way they make it sound, the kid wasnt just playing at the park, but was playing alone. that kid could've been snatched man. no bueno.
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Ummmm the article stated it was a popular park with 20-30 kids at anytime.

One of the parents noticed her alone and snitched.
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That's what I'm saying, the kid had to have been playing alone. How does a parent pick out 1 child out of 20-30. If you see 20-30 kids playing tag and then you see a child off alone in the sandbox, it looks suspect.
 
Freeze said:
 
KingKoopa said:
 
Freeze said:
from the way they make it sound, the kid wasnt just playing at the park, but was playing alone. that kid could've been snatched man. no bueno.
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Ummmm the article stated it was a popular park with 20-30 kids at anytime.

One of the parents noticed her alone and snitched.
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That's what I'm saying, the kid had to have been playing alone. How does a parent pick out 1 child out of 20-30. If you see 20-30 kids playing tag and then you see a child off alone in the sandbox, it looks suspect.
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what make you think the parent noticed this one child out of 30?

and why was the kid even playing alone?
 
I'm torn on this

At 9 i was out of house all damn day during the summer

but its a totally different animal out here these days it seems

I struggle with this now because i have kids and would like to grant them the same independence I had but I just don't know
 
KingKoopa said:
JJs07 said:
Tell me how you don't have choices in life...

So the lady who left her child in the car at MD Live while she worked her 8 hour shift, didn't have choices?

The people who bring their newborns to midnight showing of movies don't have choices?

It goes on and on...

There are ALWAYS solutions...leaving your child unattended at 9 is not one of them. I'm sorry, but I don't see it any other way.

Get in contact with the local Y...churches......inquire about reduced or free tuition for summer camps...look for neighbors to help...ANYTHING. I'm not at all saying she should be arrested, but it was negligent.
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Sheltered much? Very black and white choices.

Did you even read the article?

At the end of the day, I think she made the wrong decision but that's all in hindsight.
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:lol: so what the **** is your argument then?

The child was unsupervised at a park for the entirety of the mom's shift. Negligent.
 
Hand2HandKing said:
Freeze said:
 
KingKoopa said:
 
Freeze said:
from the way they make it sound, the kid wasnt just playing at the park, but was playing alone. that kid could've been snatched man. no bueno.
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Ummmm the article stated it was a popular park with 20-30 kids at anytime.


One of the parents noticed her alone and snitched.
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That's what I'm saying, the kid had to have been playing alone. How does a parent pick out 1 child out of 20-30. If you see 20-30 kids playing tag and then you see a child off alone in the sandbox, it looks suspect.
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what make you think the parent noticed this one child out of 30?

and why was the kid even playing alone?
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They probably noticed the kid because it was the 3rd day that the child was at the park. If you have kids and frequent parks, you know who is there with an adult. Simple as that. There are most likely a lot of regulars and the fact this kid didn't have anyone with them was obviously suspicious.

Like I said...I don't think the arrest was warranted, but this was a negligent act by the mother.
 
I believe it was the amount of time, if the mother worked a full shift give or take 8 hours then that is ridiculous and negligent on the mothers part. A 9 year old can be responsible enough to carry a house key worst case scenario. If it was a couple of hours or an hour i can maybe understand but still it is an iffy situation.
 
9 is too young, but let's be serious things shouldn't be so black and white, what should have been done by the authorities was taken the child back to her mom, citing her with an order to see a judge, not so that they can take her kid away and cause her to lose her job, so that the judge can find a way to help the parent, at the end of the day this woman is doing what it takes to make ends meet, obviously with a mcdonalds salary she can't afford a sitter, obviously this child shows no signs of abuse.

They now spilt a family, caused a woman to lose her job and probably will cause far more damage with this girl in foster care...all because the state wanted to flex muscle...taking the child away is not fixing the problem, fixing her mothers situation so that she can provide better care is the solution.
 
I just keep thinking about to when I was 9...I was just learning long division and that I shouldn't take my shoes off in public...no way I should've been left alone out in these streets. What if a rain storm happened? What if she got hungry. What if she got bullied, or bothered. What if she falls and hurts herself. There's so many possibilities that makes this a bad decision it's not even funny. I don't think the mother should've been arrested, or the daughter taken, she wasn't intentionally trying to neglect her, imo, but a warning should've been issued, so she could find other means of care for her daughter while she worked. Maybe a boys & girls club or something. I mean, she's 9, think about summer camp. I don't know her finances, but if she could afford those, I think they would've been a good idea.
 
KingKoopa said:
JJs07 said:
:lol: so what the **** is your argument then?

The child was unsupervised at a park for the entirety of the mom's shift. Negligent.
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I only quoted and argued you comment on choices.
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Based off of what was provided in the article (which was next-to-nothing) about her exhausting all her other options, all you have as a reader is an OPINION. I didn't see one thing posted as far as what she's tried to do to keep her child busy while she's working. So again, tell me about the lack of choices in this world....thanks.
 
Another thing I noticed and well experienced it myself growing up was being outside in the hood at the age of 9 or younger unsupervised playing with all my other friends, that still happens in the hood...cops drive by all the time and don't even ask questions
 
ksteezy said:
Another thing I noticed and well experienced it myself growing up was being outside in the hood at the age of 9 or younger unsupervised playing with all my other friends, that still happens in the hood...cops drive by all the time and don't even ask questions
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How would you know anything about the hood?

Your not a street cat.
 
Since she didnt have the means then shes prolly workin full time.
Thats 8 hours that lil kid is at a park.
 
I used to go to the park and shoot around dolo around that age.. for like an hour.

8 hours alone at the park is a little much imo.
 
sckid20 said:
Since she didnt have the means then shes prolly workin full time.
Thats 8 hours that lil kid is at a park.
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Not necessarily true. Just because she "doesn't have the means" doesn't mean McDonalds automatically gave her a full time job. For all we know should could have worken a part time job and was only working a 3-4 hour shift. 3 hours isn't that long at the park.
 
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