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Originally Posted by TonyB06
The mom's in a tough situation but consistently leaving a child unspervised, even while holding down a daily
8-hour shift, is a problem. It's made even worse by leaving the child in a public space where who knows what could happen.
What if the child had been abducted or otherwise violated? Who wouldn't be saying "how could the child have (consistently) been left unsupervised?"
I'm interested in what steps the mother took initially, and up until arrrest, to find supervision -- family, friends, etc... Don't know her background so don't have a firm opinion on whether she should have been arrested vs. sternly warned. But, from facts presented, I can't argue with the arrest.
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When I was that age, I was riding my bicycle all over town with friends. That was the 1980s and IIRC, child abductions, etc., are far more rare now than they were then. I lived, so did nearly all of my friends.
Kids, depending on their maturity level don't always need 24/7 supervision. Parents these days are overly paranoid and overly protective of children. Some of the dangers we're so worried about just don't exist.