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November 28, 2008, 7:12 pm PST
Drop your 9 year old off at the mall? Huh?
Ummmm... when I heard the mom go on and on about how she thinks she is teaching her boy independance by dropping off in the middle of New York with a map and subway tokens, and told to find his way home, I actually began to cry. I have 2 kids and I am a relaxed mom. I have a 15 yr old who goes to parties, hangs out with friends, and all she has to do is call and check in. But to leave a child in the middle of town is heartbreaking. In a city where there were 26,000 people who had to register as a sex offender in 2007 alone, its frightening. Anything, anything, ANYTHING can happen! The moms attitude was like "yeah, but it wont." Honestly, its not matter of IFanything will happen, its when. Maybe we should just stay out of her hair and start a fund in her son's name so when he DOES go missing, she has a place to get started. A banner that says "we told you so" can be optional. We are children's are care givers. Let them have independence at the park or at school, but not in a ocean of driving cars, kindappers, drug addicts, child traffickers, mentally ill people, you name it. I myself was invited into a man's van to get some flowers he was looking to give a pretty lady about a year ago. I said no and called the police. Imagine if it was that little boy, all alone and said ok. I hope Dr. Phil had enough sense to talk to this mom and invite her to re-evalute her poor choices. Its illegal to leave a kid alone in a car, or alone at home under the age of 12, it MUST be illegal to just leave your kid in the middle of nowhere. Someone call CPS!
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