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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They sound pretty neglectful as parents. She comes home after they are all asleep and doesn't wake up until long after they do? The older ones played outside alone before she woke up? And no one checked on the twins? Why does she never mention the dad again? There is no way, even if they do often wake up during the night, that they accidentally fell asleep in a hard wooden box. [/quote]

This is a classist response. She's a restaurant manager. She may get home quite late and Dad does bedtime and mornings.[/quote]

DP. I understand where you’re coming from but I don’t think it’s classist. We have to have general parenting standards regardless of income/occupation.

I do think it highlights a grey area of parenting of what constitutes neglect. Let’s say dad leaves at 7 am, kids typically get up after that and play by themselves until mom gets up at 9 am. Is that neglect? 4 year old twins absolutely need supervision. OTOH, I’ve taken the odd catnap while my children were playing quietly. Presumably mom would’ve gotten up immediately if she’d heard anything.

I personally don’t think it was neglectful per se. Just an unfortunate decision that led to a horrible ending.

No wonder us parents are so burned out when you can’t leave your children for a second. [/quote]

She said in her Facebook post that Don went to look for them, so I figured he was around and in charge while she was sleeping, which is not neglectful (by her anyway). This sentence, "She comes home after they are all asleep and doesn't wake up until long after they do?" puts blame on the mom for her schedule, which is not fair and implies people shouldn't have the kind of job that has those hours, which still feels classist to me.[/quote]

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