Murdered and something really unpleasant will happen before that.

Why doesn’t some group go into one of these religious family planning clinics and video tape them lying through their asses for real?

I KNEW IT. I’m always so unreasonably proud when I recognize a nail polish color. This is not a skill that helps me in real life.

Gildew.

Gilded Mildew?

Uhmmm nice try but there’s no way you’re going to distract me from that crazy wooden keyboard behind you.

Bottom line...why is it too young? At six, I was outside playing with my friends unsupervised until the street lights came every single day. And we didn’t stay in a yard, either, or where our parents had line of sight on us. What danger were those kids actually in, especially since the mother could see them?

Stranger kidnapping is exceedingly rare. As in your child has less than a 1% chance of being taken by a stranger. Almost all kidnappings are by people known to the child, typically a family member.

I guess I don’t agree that it was a bad decision. She was trying to provide for her family. She could see her children, and besides seeing mommy arrested, no harm was done to them. She got the job, something I highly dought would have happened if they were sitting in on the interview. This shouldn’t have to happen.…

They were in her line of sight the whole time. She should never have been arrested. At MOST a warning from the police might be warranted, but arresting and charging her with child abandonment is ridiculous.

Oh no, it’s clear you don’t know what’s going on here. See, a woman couldn’t find childcare, so she decided to try to get the money to afford childcare by interviewing for a job, while her children were within eyesight. She was then arrested for this attempt to provide for her children. Bullshit, right?

It might not be splitting hairs in the sense that 90’ is triple the original distance of 30’, but it is splitting hairs in light of the actual reality of caretaking- if anything happens, Mama’s gonna cover that ninety feet in about five seconds. If someone tried to run off with the kids, it wouldn’t exactly require…

Se could see them and was in the same area. Assuming they weren’t crying or causing any problems I don’t see it as anything more than a basic thing that needs to be checked on.

I think we’re supposed to be snarky because “brunch?”

“I’ll reserve judgement” IMMEDIATELY followed by “Perhaps we should agree with Browder that this was ‘not so smart.’” And then in your reply to me “90 feet really is too far.” Good work on withholding judgement!

Minor correction - “when well-to-do white moms do this shit...”

You and your calculator sure are doing the lord’s works here, Copernicus. Gosh, I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt over 30ft, but 90ft?? BURN HER AT THE STAKE

I’m pretty sure she didn’t have a measuring tape, so it might just be a guestimate. Besides she could see them for where she was. So yeah, it’s bullshit that she was arrested. She could’ find a baby sitter, so she did what she had to do. It might had been that smart but she was in a bind and it’s not something to be…

This was my first thought as well. One of those times where I hate to be proven right. I hope the company that offered her the job stand by their offer and that as she says, this too passes.

Yes all the snark here is weird and misplaced. Any kid whose been through a screaming, petty divorce can appreciate the effort these two are making. Good for them.