IIRC from my growing-up-on-a-farm days, the idea is that if the dog gets a taste for chicken (LOL, but mostly if they get away with killing chickens), they will always be getting into the coop and eating your or your neighbors’ chickens.

it’s the internets dude. the only place where we can all be self righteous, judgmental prigs and remain anonymous. why ruin the fun?

The dog shooting thing is an ethos a lot of my neighbor farming friends and family have. If the dog gets the chickens, the dog gets shot.

As long as Blake gets custody of Adam Levine, you’ll be fine Miranda.

Shh. You don’t want people to stop being panicy busybodies do you?

Not just a good call, but a good use of everybody’s tax dollars! Way to build a stronger community, Anonymous Busybody!

I think there’s some room for discussion here without calling for this poor woman’s head. I’m a mom too. A six year old could probably be that far away from mom for a few minutes. I wouldn’t want to leave him in charge of a two year old and go to a job interview. She did what she had to do. I don’t think she should be…

He has known how to wash his own clothes and cook since middle school, too. Ugh, go ahead and make the call. I deserve it.

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

brb calling the cops

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

Yes! I live in the Bahamas and if this was thing over here, 90% of the parents I know would be in the lock-up.

I was born in 89 and, once a month during the 90s, my mom left me in the toy section of a department store for 30 minutes while she went to pay her credit card some 70 feet away. I imagine she should be rotting in jail.

And in some cultures people leave infants outside in the snow while they drink coffee inside. Parents don’t need to be touching their kids every minute.

You’re being conservative. ‘84 here, and my mom would have gotten the needle.

I have VERY clear memories of being a preschooler and wandering way out in the woods, digging in streams and wheat fields with the other neighborhood kids with NO parents in sight. I can even remember, once I learned to ride my bike, riding down the side of a very busy highway/street down about a mile towards a gas…

Having little to no available childcare is a serious problem. I’ve heard so many stories like this. While these women are quick to be criminalized, there is never any information or resources to offer options when you’re in a bind. Supporting the mothers helps the children.

This is horrible. If you were born before 1982, almost all of our parents would have been arrested.

I have no idea how my son has made it to the ripe old age of 16 since there were times in his life when he wasn’t physically touching me or tethered to me with a leash. OMG I’m such a terrible mother.

Fuck! Need more accessible childcare in this motherfucker.