When Mothers Get Arrested for Mothering
www.theatlantic.com
Raising independent kids shouldn’t be this hard.
  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    321·
    9 hours ago

    Yes.

    The government decided that children that young should be supervised. She failed to provide that supervision.

    The child coming back safe that time doesn’t count- it’s a dangerous world.

    • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      141·
      9 hours ago

      But they didn’t charge her with endangering him, that’s a different thing.

      Edit to add: And I suspect they didn’t because he was, self evidently, not in danger. So I remain confused about why this became an entire affair.

      • dermanus@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        9 hours ago

        Because prosecutors are elected in the US, they do all kinds of stupid things.

    • dermanus@lemmy.caEnglish
      41·
      9 hours ago

      The government decided that children that young should be supervised.

      And we all know that the government is always just and never gets it wrong.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        35·
        8 hours ago

        did I say the government was right?

        the good news here is that, as part of that government by means of voting, you can go and change yours.