Topic : 12/22 Parents Falsely Accused

I live in New York City.  Everyday you read the paer, there is a story about a child, found dead, or severely injured, where the family had been investigated by Children's Services, MULTIPLE TIMES, and deemed the cases "unfounded". 

Then you read where parents are TERRIFIED to bring their children to the hospital, due to a legitimate accident, as the hospitals, in looking to cover their as*, are likely to report the parent as an abuser.

Common sense has gone out the window...children DO get bitten, and the MOTHER is NOT the one at fault, in the majority of cases.  It usually IS done by another child...some children do bite.

Caseworkers are in no position to make these determinations, as is proof by the number of mistakes made every day.

I agree...get RID OF THEM, and call the Police.  THEY seem to have the expertise, along with the common sense to act within the scope of reason.

I'm finished raising children.  I had three, my youngest will be 19 in Jan.

Were I to be in a position of starting off today, I'd think 1,000,000 before I'd put children, or myself in the New World of "parenting".

     I'm old enough to remember being sent to the car to wait if I misbehaved. Times have changed. I think what bugs me about this story is that the woman felt that she was entitled to just pull over, BLOCKING AN ACCESS LANE, to do what she wanted to do. People using handicapped spaces or blocking emergency lanes " for just a minute' should be prosecuted.

I'm wondering what all these parents do that are so adamant about not leaving a child in the car for a short bit of time even while in view.  Do they never take their children to the park and let their children play while they sit on a park bench and chat with a friend.  What about when you leave them in a room unattended while you run to the bathroom.  These situations could be just as dangerous.  I think that you do need to define the terms unattended/ attended.   If my child is in view or ear shot, I don't consider that unattended.  No I wouldn't leave a child in the car and go in to a store and go shopping, but what about when I need to pump gas.  Based on the way several people have responded they see this as being negligent if I leave my child in the car while I'm pumping gas.  I'm not even talking about running in to pay, I pay at the pump.  Does this make me negligent.  Where does it stop? 

I was watching today's show and they had a women on who was arrested for leaving her kid in her car and she was 30 feet away.  Well there was just a case in New York were a mother who left her kid in the car and someone jumped in it and stole it. They got the kid back and the kid was safe. The problem I have is the mother who's car was taken they let her go without arresting her because her husband was a NYPD cop. I would like to new why she was not arrested and this women on your show was? Just because hehusband is a cop the law should apply to her 2.

Thanks Jenn

Sorry...I cannot buy this poor pitiful me crap!

First of all..she was in a NO parking zone...again a NO parking zone!! ok?  It was designated a fire lane..there again she should not have been PARKED there.

If she had used her brain, she should have driven up to where the Salvation Army kettle was, rolled down the window and motioned to the attendant come over (possibly explaining the situation that she could not leave her car) and given the donation to them, watched them place it inside and drove away once that had been done.

In the words of Forest Gump...stupid is as stupid does!