Arkansas Blog

Thank God............

don't ever leave a child out of sight for even 30 seconds.

I was in the area. LRPD did a great job of quickly scrambling many cars to the area. Good job, men and women in blue!

Thank goodness that child is safe. I hope the foster parent (and others) is reminded of this basic rule of keeping children safe. I KNOW it's a pain to unstrap and take the kid in only to have to strap the kid back in, but it's worth the few extra minutes. Every time.

jazzy has said it all.

Whew!
I love a happy ending.

I concur with Jazzy. "Thank God!"

But what a horrible way to have to learn the truth of Jazzy's post.

"The child's foster mother..."

Of course, we simply CAN'T let gay people be foster parents! They'd set HORRIBLE examples and would be a DANGER to the children!

Why does this woman get to be a foster parent and gay people can't? Such blasphemous hipocracy!

Has she been charged with child endangerment?

My, my! People are ready to hang the mother and don't seem to care about the carjacker.

What's wrong with this picture?

>Has she been charged with child endangerment?<

Oh how we love to judge our fellows, don't we?

In no (excuse my political incorrectess) civilized country, would it ever occur that leaving a child in a car to retrieve another child at a childcare facility deserved a reprimand. Ever seen baby carriages unattended in front of restaurants in Europe? Ever seen news stands unattended in London with change in a box for customers to make their own change? Things are not like the "most wonderful nation in the world" everywhere.

But here, automatic punitive reflex.

Here is the Message: Never forget, you slouches, we live in one of the worst countries in the world, and if you forget, you should be prosecuted to the fullest.

I feel sorry for the woman who made this mistake. And it makes me cringe for everytime I have driven to the neighborhood store without locking my back door, forgetting how horrible a place I live in.

Channel 11 website says "She is being charged with endangering the welfare of a minor".

Any parent (foster or otherwise) who would leave their child unattended in a running automobile that was obviously not locked should be charged. Fortunately this situation turned out OK with the child and vehicle located not far way. It could have been so different...

Amen to Jazzy & Conwegian.

Once again - people do not make mistakes - they just commit crimes!! We need to help this prosecutor understand that people are not perfect and that Prosecutors don't need to find a crime everytime something goes unexpected! Anyone who thinks this mother needs to be prosecuted is an %^&*(%^&*()- Period!