[mamelukesabre]

Gimme a break. You don’t know enough about the story to form an opinion.

Example: When I was a little kid, there was a little girl that lived across the street from me (say 5-6 years old) that was very weird. She liked to run around the neighborhood with no clothes. Her mother would chase after her carrying a robe screaming at her to come back and the little brat would laugh hysterically as she ran.

Then there was the little freaks that ate bugs and bird shit not because they were hungry, just because they liked it. It had nothing to do with the parents.

[JRandomFreeper]

I know enough to know that a 12 year old, nekked on the street, eating out of trash cans is wrong.

If the kid is mentally ill, she needs to be under care. If not mentally ill, the kid needs taken care of.

Either way, it bothers me.

So don't jump my @$$ with your BS. I didn't offer an opinion. I expressed my emotional reaction to a situation I find wrong, regardless of the reason.

I'm not asking for the government to fix it. My opinion is that private charities should step in.

/johnny

[Irenic]

When I was a little kid, there was a little girl that lived across the street from me (say 5-6 years old) that was very weird. She liked to run around the neighborhood with no clothes. Her mother would chase after her carrying a robe screaming at her to come back and the little brat would laugh hysterically as she ran.
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This child returned to a car and was trying to warm herself with a floor mat. A neighbor had time to observe the child eating from trash, get food for the child and locate her in the car.

There was no mother running after her with a robe, trying to feed her or take her home. It seems this child didn’t run from or laugh at the neighbor.

Obviously if the child was eating from the garbage, she was hungry, hunger takes some time, too. It seems the mom was so little aware, she missed several things that wouldn’t take the average mom much time to notice/correct.

Mostly being—the child is missing.

[traderrob6]

First off, that’s a pi$$ poor analogy, second off, bite me.

[svcw]

Huge difference between and 5 yr old and a 12 yr old.
The girl was trying to warm herself in the car, she was eating food not bugs, there was no mother looking for her.
I am intrigued that you apparently are not bothered by the story.

[WesternPacific]

Gimme a break. You don’t know enough about the story to form an opinion.

If YOU read the story you would know enough not to make these comments.

The mother took the girls cloths and shoes so she wouldn't leave the car.

[grellis]

Read the UK Mail link at post #11, Mr. Smarty Man. You are the one jumping to conclusions--really disturbing conclusions. I spend a great deal of my time with 12 year old kids from all over the economic, social, and racial spectrum and none of them act like this girl did. What freak community are you from???