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Iowa mother left 4 kids home alone while she went to Europe, police say
Fox ^ | 9/29/17 | Paulina Dedaj

Posted on 09/29/2017 8:27:39 AM PDT by workerbee

Police were called to the Johnston home of 30-year-old Erin Lee Macke on Sept. 21 after receiving a report that children had been left unsupervised, the Des Moines Register reported.

While conducting a welfare check, police found Macke’s four children – two 12-year-olds, a 6-year-old and a 7-year-old -- alone.

Police discovered that Macke left the U.S. a day earlier and wasn’t set to return until Oct. 1, the Register reported. She did not arrange any supervision for the children, authorities said.

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To: Nevadan

Gotta wonder what quality level the man is who wants this mess? 4 kids. And ya just know there were, at minimum, two Baby Daddies.


41 posted on 09/29/2017 10:13:31 AM PDT by riri
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To: workerbee

Local story here.
I first heard and thought maybe mom had gone to a local German restaurant and left the kids for a few hours.
But no she went to Germany!


42 posted on 09/29/2017 10:14:08 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: apocalypto

They are twins.


43 posted on 09/29/2017 10:15:47 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Seruzawa
Children are capable of far more responsibility than they are given credit for in the US.

Yes, and that is why politicians/government want to make sure nobody is allowed to actually grow up and mature. If a person becomes responsible, especially at an early age, the politicians can't rule them.

44 posted on 09/29/2017 10:16:34 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Kipp

Who stayed with the children at night?


45 posted on 09/29/2017 10:19:11 AM PDT by CaptainK (No collusion.No obstruction.He's a leaker.)
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To: workerbee

the logical extension of liberalism.


46 posted on 09/29/2017 10:19:27 AM PDT by drewh
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To: CaptainK

“Who stayed with the children at night?” I did. I spent the entire week (day and night) at their house. I think I was paid $40 and the parents brought me back a silver roadrunner necklace with turquoise in it (I still have the necklace).


47 posted on 09/29/2017 11:48:33 AM PDT by Kipp
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To: apocalypto

Hey, it takes a village.


48 posted on 09/29/2017 12:27:34 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: morphing libertarian

wrong

you only have the self serving gov‘t agents tale of what happened.


49 posted on 09/29/2017 12:50:44 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: vooch

LOL then how do you know it’s wrong. take a hike!


50 posted on 09/29/2017 1:04:24 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: workerbee

Let’s see, when I was 12 years old, I took a bike ride to Cape Cod with my friend. Are kids today immature or is it that the news warns us about kids today being in danger of X?


51 posted on 09/29/2017 1:30:57 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: Deplorable American1776
It's curious to me that lots of comments are focusing on the assumed "shortcomings" of these kids.

Are kids today immature or is it that the news warns us about kids today being in danger of X?

I don't know, probably some of both. I do know a woman who leaves pre-teen kids alone, unsupervised, for 10 days and leaves the country is not someone most people would consider a responsible parent.

52 posted on 09/29/2017 1:53:10 PM PDT by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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To: morphing libertarian

worship of the state is not libertarian my good friend and fellow freeper.


53 posted on 09/29/2017 3:14:53 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Sounds like the US Senate.


54 posted on 09/29/2017 3:19:53 PM PDT by ameribbean expat (Veritas Vincit)
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To: Ace's Dad

You need to remember that these kids are being raised in the 21st century in the United States. This is pretty bad IMO. Not to say she had a stable mind to begin with.


55 posted on 09/29/2017 3:20:55 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: workerbee

She was charged with making a gun available to a person under 21? Huh? They would lock up most Freepers and throw away the key on this one.


56 posted on 09/29/2017 3:23:38 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: cornfedcowboy

In my own defense, it was Iowa. There are a lot of facts missing here, and the fact that the government was involved is a + for the mother. Smells to me of “nanny state.” But you may be correct.


57 posted on 09/29/2017 4:59:39 PM PDT by Ace's Dad (BTW, "Ace" is now Captain Ace. But only when I'm bragging about my airline pilot son!)
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To: vooch

worship LOL. And letting children be abused is worshipping the state? You have a very interesting logical framework. not common, but interesting.


58 posted on 09/29/2017 7:17:28 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: morphing libertarian

the state always says they are protecting the children


59 posted on 09/29/2017 7:19:21 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: vooch

and there are always children who need protection. so see how that works?


60 posted on 09/29/2017 7:32:14 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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