Mom in trouble for leaving 4 year old with 14 year old sibling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few thing...

1. I don't think we are getting the full story
2. It seems like an over reach on the LEO side.
3. This is the second time the 4 year old escaped. While I completely agree that a 14 year old is able to watch their sibling (I was babysitting at that age) it actually requires her to watch the sibling.

Hopefully the charges are dropped and hopefully this is a lesson for the 14 year old that she needs to watch the 4 year old more closely.

After the first time the 4yo escaped the 14yo, 14yo shouldn't have been babysitting for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids are more independent or curious or sneaky or mischievous than others.
It takes a village to raise these kids.
It takes kind and helpful neighbors.
There was a time when people looked out for each other.
This poor mom wants to work but is afraid to work now.
It takes a village and she does not have one.

Her village is the guy who fathered the five kids. Where is he?

He might be providing some spousal or child support since she just recently tried returning to work.

Or she’s been sitting on unemployment for 1.5 years and decided to stop being a welfare queen this month.

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Good point.

Many here are defending her because she is white and blond and pretty. She is trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.a5ban.com/georgia-mother-of-5-charged-with-reckless-conduct-after-son-4-wanders-over-to-neighbors-house/

This is another article. This looks like a beautiful and happy family. Mom is probably doing her best and her daughter must feel just awful about the whole situation.

Her daughter shouldn’t be responsible for a toddler and has no reason to feel bad. What has the mother been doing this whole time that she can’t afford a certified babysitter? What job does she have? What educational level?

You really have no idea what goes on in the real world do you? 14 year olds babysit and they certainly watch their siblings. Furthermore, my 13 year old is a “certified” babysitter,

[Anonymous]

Wow, DCUMland would surely clutch their pearls at my upbringing. I’m the youngest of four and the oldest was watching us by the time he was 11. Back then, “escaping” was just called going outside to play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.a5ban.com/georgia-mother-of-5-charged-with-reckless-conduct-after-son-4-wanders-over-to-neighbors-house/

This is another article. This looks like a beautiful and happy family. Mom is probably doing her best and her daughter must feel just awful about the whole situation.

Her daughter shouldn’t be responsible for a toddler and has no reason to feel bad. What has the mother been doing this whole time that she can’t afford a certified babysitter? What job does she have? What educational level?

Since when is a 4 year old a toddler?

And since when is 14 too young to babysit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few thing...

1. I don't think we are getting the full story
2. It seems like an over reach on the LEO side.
3. This is the second time the 4 year old escaped. While I completely agree that a 14 year old is able to watch their sibling (I was babysitting at that age) it actually requires her to watch the sibling.

Hopefully the charges are dropped and hopefully this is a lesson for the 14 year old that she needs to watch the 4 year old more closely.

After the first time the 4yo escaped the 14yo, 14yo shouldn't have been babysitting for a long time.

Agreed… Like maybe a year?

[Anonymous]

I would be mortified if I raised a 14 yo that couldn’t babysit. Some of you are outrageous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids are more independent or curious or sneaky or mischievous than others.
It takes a village to raise these kids.
It takes kind and helpful neighbors.
There was a time when people looked out for each other.
This poor mom wants to work but is afraid to work now.
It takes a village and she does not have one.

It doesn't take a village. It takes a responsible parent. Mom CAN work but she needs to get a responsible adult to look after her FIVE kids. A 14 year old is not qualified to watch 4 kids plus manage her own education. She clearly has money for the things important to her like her hair and nails. She can pay for a adult babysitter or have the kids go with their Dads'. Its not the neighbors job to take care of her kids.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be mortified if I raised a 14 yo that couldn’t babysit. Some of you are outrageous.

It’s irrelevant if she can or can’t. Someone else’s kids are someone else’s problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.a5ban.com/georgia-mother-of-5-charged-with-reckless-conduct-after-son-4-wanders-over-to-neighbors-house/

This is another article. This looks like a beautiful and happy family. Mom is probably doing her best and her daughter must feel just awful about the whole situation.

You can be beautiful and still a bad parent. The mom worked part-time. She should have hired someone given she had FIVE kids. That is too much responsibility for a 14 year old.

she could t find someone because of the pandemic. I get that. I couldn’t find a sitter for my kids either for several months. Money wasn’t the issue, Covid was.

[Anonymous]

She didn’t just leave the 14 year old in charge of a 4 year old. She left the 14 year old in charge of all 4 younger siblings. 4 kids is a lot for a young teen to watch.

[Anonymous]

This is ridiculous!!!! That 4 year old is a brat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.a5ban.com/georgia-mother-of-5-charged-with-reckless-conduct-after-son-4-wanders-over-to-neighbors-house/

This is another article. This looks like a beautiful and happy family. Mom is probably doing her best and her daughter must feel just awful about the whole situation.

Did you really write the bolded? Some of you are so predicatable. It's embarrasing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.a5ban.com/georgia-mother-of-5-charged-with-reckless-conduct-after-son-4-wanders-over-to-neighbors-house/

This is another article. This looks like a beautiful and happy family. Mom is probably doing her best and her daughter must feel just awful about the whole situation.

Did you really write the bolded? Some of you are so predicatable. It's embarrasing.

^predictable

[Anonymous]

There must be more to this. Why would the neighbor call 911?