The article says she just moved to Houston (apparently without a job or childcare?). Should the father have simply followed her?

Because Chuck E Cheese is designed for six year olds to be allowed to run loose in, including staff that won’t let the kid leave alone or in the company of an adult whose hand stamp does not match the child’s. The mall food court is not Chuck E Cheese.

We actually do provide those services. This mom hadn't yet applied for them at her new place in Houston. It says right there in the article that CPS can also help her access these services

I actually know this mall, Memorial City. The food court is a weird L shape, with McDonalds making the corner. It's different from every other food court I've seen, and a good chunk of the tables are at angle where you can't really see the rest of them, even if they're only 30 yards apart. The article also states that…

No one should free-range parent in show biz. That style is great in McKinney, TX or something, but not in Hollywood.

I have four kids too. It's not that easy if you can't be home with them

You speak the truth. My kids are 9, 11 and 14. Day camps at this age (except the youngest, to a certain extent) are either an insult to my kids or basically summer school that costs a weirdly huge sum of money. The 14 year olds insist they don’t need a sitter and I tend to agree...but I also don’t like them spending…

Ugh. I know that guy, too. I take an unseemly amount of pleasure in watching him age badly, alone.

This person should listen to Southern Baptist preachers (all male!) pray. The word “just” gets a doozy of a workout in them prayers

Full fat plain yogurt + frozen strawberries and frozen dark cherries (they must still be frozen, do not thaw) + blender = delicious dessert. This is basically all I eat in the summer

Truth. I had twins. My arms were glorious for like three years. Now, not so much.

Aaaah! I'm so sorry that happened to you!

I actually look white, am half-Mexican. The boss in question is Mexican-American. My son’s middle name is a very, very common name in areas with lots of Spanish-speakers, like the city we were standing in. It was bonkers. I’m over people being surprised about my ethnicity, but I was like “dude, you think I couldn’t…

In the same vein: “Wow, your pronunciation is really good!”. This was said to me by my boss after I told him my own son’s full name. He literally complimented me for correctly pronouncing the name I picked out.

I was wondering why you had no thumbs.

He’s going to be tried in a court of law? Not sure what else you think should happen?

The guy who shot Gabby Giffords inspired some of the same thing. “He was creepy as hell; I thought of him just as soon as I heard of the shooting”

And of course some internet pedant is going to gallop in here and tell us that most women are not murdered.

The only thing I can figure is that she have him a sob story about not knowing her real, black dad and he sort of “adopted” her.

Actually she is the mother of one very young biracial (black) son. But not the mother of the 20-ish young black man she was claiming. Weird.