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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is this a story about terrible parenting?  It seems to be a tragedy.  You are blaming the mother when you know nothing about why the children were alone -- whether they were alone for five minutes because of an emergency or all evening because she was partying.

Bad things happen to people.  Blaming them does not mean that you will be spared tragedies.

Have some compassion.  This is the face of rural poverty in this country.  You look at it and all you have to say is terrible parenting? I think that says more about you than it does about the people involved.[/quote]

i'll take the bait (not OP).  I think there is plenty evidence of terribly parenting here -- 26 year old mom with five kids (the fifth grader wasn't home at the time of the fire) with at least three different last names living in a mobile home.  mom not home when a fire started.  ALSO bad parenting because where the heck is/are the father(s)?

be honest with yourself -- these kids weren't left alone for five minutes because of an emergency.  that doesn 't mean she was out partying, either. regardless of why and how long they were alone,  he fact is that these kids died alone and in a likely painful way.  it IS tragic -- not only because these little kids died in a fire, but because they likley never had a chance from the start.

if we stopped trying to bend over backwards to make excuses for selfish people who make bad choices that directly affect people who have no other options (i.e. "parents" who have more kids than they can afford/take care of/want), the next generation might be able to rise out of rural or urban poverty.   [/quote]

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