In my little corner of the world, there was an Amber Alert issued last evening for a one month old child who had been abducted. The baby has yet to be located as I write this nearly 24 hours after the Amber Alert was first issued, and I pray he's all right. All that's known to the general public is that the baby was Hispanic, his kidnapper African American, & that the infant's mother was foolish enough to leave the baby unattended...in her RUNNING vehicle in the parking lot of the local Post Office!
Am I missing something here? Has this become an acceptable child rearing practice since my youngest was born? (Of course, I know darn well that it certainly has NOT!)
What sort of mental deficiency must one be suffering from to think it's acceptable to leave an infant ALONE in a RUNNING car while they go in to conduct whatever business they have? Granted, the person who snatched the baby is very much in the wrong here; she should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law when she is caught (and heaven help her if that child isn't OK when she is!). But there are also laws against child endangerment in our state, which the baby's mother has grievously violated simply by leaving that infant in (I emphasize again) a RUNNING motor vehicle ALONE! It's a wonder to me that the car was still there when she came back out of the Post Office after who knows how long!
The older I get, the more convinced I become that some people should apply for licenses to breed and raise children--because of cases such as this one! I just pray that child is found safe & sound & is placed with sensible, loving parents, because God knows his own mother sure doesn't seem to be that.
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