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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

This. The rest of the world still allows children to go outside and nothing happens to them most of the time. The neighbors and other kids look out for the kids.
They should have had door locks up high, so the kids can't get out. The 14 year old should feel bad. How do you not help your own mother out?
I took care of 150 cows at 14 from 8 pm to 4 am. None of them escaped.
This country is a horrible place to raise children. Those kids are old enough not to need a babysitter and going outside at 4 means the kids is just looking for a playmate and his sister will get him when she notices that he is gone, which seems to have happened quite fast.

Wasn’t the 14 year old trying to do school work? Why is her education sacrificed so mom can keep popping out babies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That mom is awfully lucky she's white.

Why? Her whiteness didn't stop them from arresting her, putting her in cuffs and charging her.

If she had been black or Hispanic, the newspaper would have published her mug shot not a family photo of smiling kids and the internet would call her a anchor baby-making machine despite being a citizen or a welfare queen even though she was working.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

This. The rest of the world still allows children to go outside and nothing happens to them most of the time. The neighbors and other kids look out for the kids.
They should have had door locks up high, so the kids can't get out. The 14 year old should feel bad. How do you not help your own mother out?
I took care of 150 cows at 14 from 8 pm to 4 am. None of them escaped.
This country is a horrible place to raise children. Those kids are old enough not to need a babysitter and going outside at 4 means the kids is just looking for a playmate and his sister will get him when she notices that he is gone, which seems to have happened quite fast.

Wasn’t the 14 year old trying to do school work? Why is her education sacrificed so mom can keep popping out babies?

The article said mom just recently started working a few hours a day. The 14 year old was probably already out of school for the summer.

[Anonymous]

If anyone should be arrested, it should be the 14 year old for being neglectful despite being a paid babysitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if there's a bitter ex-husband behind this. Maybe he and the neighbor are friends or he's a cop.

That is actually a possibility. If the ex was friends, or even just a good acquaintance of the neighbors, he could have asked them to keep an eye on his kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if there's a bitter ex-husband behind this. Maybe he and the neighbor are friends or he's a cop.

That is actually a possibility. If the ex was friends, or even just a good acquaintance of the neighbors, he could have asked them to keep an eye on his kids.

If there is an ongoing custody case, then this will surely benefit him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/single-mother-wants-charge-dropped-after-toddler-wanders-into-neighbors-house/85-fbbd3259-d39c-4886-8ddf-c391d3670bd5

This is almost unbelievable. What a crappy neighbor! There have been threads where people ask what age it is okay to have a sibling watch younger siblings. Most everyone would agree that it would be fine to have a 14 almost 15 year old watch their younger siblings.

Unless paid regular sitter rates, older children should never be asked to watch younger sibling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/single-mother-wants-charge-dropped-after-toddler-wanders-into-neighbors-house/85-fbbd3259-d39c-4886-8ddf-c391d3670bd5

This is almost unbelievable. What a crappy neighbor! There have been threads where people ask what age it is okay to have a sibling watch younger siblings. Most everyone would agree that it would be fine to have a 14 almost 15 year old watch their younger siblings.

Unless paid regular sitter rates, older children should never be asked to watch younger sibling.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

This. The rest of the world still allows children to go outside and nothing happens to them most of the time. The neighbors and other kids look out for the kids.
They should have had door locks up high, so the kids can't get out. The 14 year old should feel bad. How do you not help your own mother out?
I took care of 150 cows at 14 from 8 pm to 4 am. None of them escaped.
This country is a horrible place to raise children. Those kids are old enough not to need a babysitter and going outside at 4 means the kids is just looking for a playmate and his sister will get him when she notices that he is gone, which seems to have happened quite fast.

Wasn’t the 14 year old trying to do school work? Why is her education sacrificed so mom can keep popping out babies?

+4577864235788754

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If anyone should be arrested, it should be the 14 year old for being neglectful despite being a paid babysitter.

Oh please, 4 years olds are always running off. If I had a nickel for everytime I saw a parent at the playground who had completely lost sight of their kid, I could buy myself a steak dinner.

The neighbor is a rotten person and I don't understand under what grounds the mom was arrested.

The Georgia Department of Human Services said the state doesn’t have a law on the supervision of children, however it does refer to guidelines from DFCS, one of which says children 13 and older can babysit if authorized by the parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a nightmare neighbor. Why take the child inside and immediately call police instead of walking him back home safely?

This.

Wish we could charge the neighbor with something so this nonsense stops.

If that neighbor hadn’t been there the four-year-old would have been in the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

That's what I thought, too! I wonder if there are some special needs involved with the 4 yo. And, I doubt the 4yo has only escaped twice.

It probably happened during Covid but the mom ran out apologizing and this time the neighbor knew no adult was around

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/single-mother-wants-charge-dropped-after-toddler-wanders-into-neighbors-house/85-fbbd3259-d39c-4886-8ddf-c391d3670bd5

This is almost unbelievable. What a crappy neighbor! There have been threads where people ask what age it is okay to have a sibling watch younger siblings. Most everyone would agree that it would be fine to have a 14 almost 15 year old watch their younger siblings.

Unless paid regular sitter rates, older children should never be asked to watch younger sibling.

+1

What? No way. Older kids have taken care of younger kids since families began. Particularly if mom is a single mom trying to make a living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a nightmare neighbor. Why take the child inside and immediately call police instead of walking him back home safely?

This.

Wish we could charge the neighbor with something so this nonsense stops.

If that neighbor hadn’t been there the four-year-old would have been in the street.

Umm no four year olds (unless SN) do not normally run into streets in front of cars. Most four year olds have already learned “look both ways.” My 4 yo knows to check driveways for cars backing out when he’s on the sidewalk. You must not spend time around kids. You are describing a 2yo. This kid went to play with another kid he saw outside. He wasn’t “running wild.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a nightmare neighbor. Why take the child inside and immediately call police instead of walking him back home safely?

This.

Wish we could charge the neighbor with something so this nonsense stops.

If that neighbor hadn’t been there the four-year-old would have been in the street.

Umm no four year olds (unless SN) do not normally run into streets in front of cars. Most four year olds have already learned “look both ways.” My 4 yo knows to check driveways for cars backing out when he’s on the sidewalk. You must not spend time around kids. You are describing a 2yo. This kid went to play with another kid he saw outside. He wasn’t “running wild.”

A 4-year-old who sneaks out of the house multiple times is not a kid being careful about roadway traffic.