Posted on 04/02/2025 11:59:12 AM PDT by DallasBiff
A man who was arrested after leaving his children in a McDonald's to attend a job interview has received an outpouring of support from the general public.
Chris Louis, a 24-year-old father from Augusta, Georgia, took his 10-year old, 6-year old, and 1-year old children to a McDonald's with a playground close to where his job interview was on March 22, and left them for a short time so he could try to get employment, according to The Augusta Press.
A customer called the police, and Louis was arrested and charged with "deprivation of a minor." Now, his story has caught the attention of the public, including ex-NFL player Antonio Brown, who set up a GoFundMe to support Louis and his family.
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He did go to a job interview, also a father at 14 years old?
He made stupid choices in his past but at least he was trying. Not being a section 8 mom who has that yacky tacky crap in her hair and raptor claws on her fingers.
I would have watched his kids for free had I known and been there.
Sometimes when your back is against the wall, you do the best you can do. Honestly, hiring a babysitter is no guarantee. How many times have we read about babysitters beating and punching and burning children.
Sounds like he is trying. Better than leaving them at home or somewhere while runs the roads with a gang.
He wants to work, so that speaks well of him there. He put the eldest children in charge of the younger children, probably for no more than 2 hours or so. I think we all used to do that or it was expected of us take that burden from our parents on occasion.
Although I can’t speak about him personally, I would think that what he did is something that was reasonable. I’d give him a chance if I had been the interviewer.
Sounds more like a case of free-range kids than any kind of abuse.
When I was growing up, this would not even have been noticed.
Now, it’s international news.
And we wonder why kids these days are so infantilized.
The mother picked the kids up.
If he belonged to a church, he probably could have gotten someone there to watch his kids for the interview. Having a church family to rely on in times of need is priceless. People don’t always realize that.
He didn’t do anything wrong, I think. In my day as a child, this was a norm for the eldest kid to watch the other kids.
I babysat my youngers, when I was 10, for short periods of time.
This sounds like a “concerned Karen” made something out of nothing. Perhaps not.
I’m sure there are some laws somewhere to apply, but for an hour and a half, with other adults in the building? I don’t see prosecuting this guy.
“but at least he was trying”
A one year old.
If it works, better to leave the three at home——many ten year olds are capable of handling two younger kids. That the youngest is a 1 year old means most likely over 1.
THat said—without knowledge of the living arrangements and proximity to the interview, who am I to judge? Maybe the interview was 45 minutes from home and the McD’s two minutes from the interview site. I can imagine other reasons to use the McD’s instead of home.
THe world needs to mind its own business.
“He didn’t do anything wrong,”
Your parents dropped you off at McDonald’s when you were one? I doubt it.
Not by myself, but with my elder sisters they did. As I understand it, the man’s eldest child was looking after the children.
“Maybe the interview was 45 minutes from home and the McD’s two minutes from the interview site.”
McD’s was close to his apartment.
“I can imagine other reasons to use the McD’s instead of home.”
The playground.
“THe world needs to mind its own business.”
What would you do if you saw a man drop off a one year old and leave?
“Not by myself, but with my elder sisters they did. “
When they were one?
With two older sibs to hang out in there contained park for less than two hours while he walked to and from a job interview.
While he seems to have made some mistakes and can still use a hair cut, the Karens and the state need to be put in stocks.
Was the one year old the eldeest child?
Yes, when my brother was one, my mother was known to leave him alone in the care of his sisters. It was a family thing.
A one year old with a ten year old? I’d mind my own business unless the ten year old looked like she did not have things under control, in which case I might offer an assist—like buying something to keep the younger kids happy. The six year old is likely a net asset in the situation.
Out of curiosity, how many kids have you raised, and what is the age spread? I’ve got six with a spread of 12 years.
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