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Homeless mother charged with neglect (IN)
WTHR.com ^ | 9/4/07 | Steve Jefferson

Posted on 09/04/2007 5:53:18 PM PDT by Kimmers

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I was willing to cut this women a break and then I read the contents of her car...port-o-potties and used contraceptives..... I hope the kids are better off with dad....who knows
1 posted on 09/04/2007 5:53:21 PM PDT by Kimmers
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contraceptives that had been used
contraceptives that had been used
contraceptives that had been used

UUUGGGGHHHHHHHH


2 posted on 09/04/2007 5:58:46 PM PDT by PinkDolphin (I see dumb people. They're everywhere. They don't even know they're dumb.)
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This sounds to me like a mental health case. The woman sounds nuts.

Poor kids. :-(


3 posted on 09/04/2007 6:00:40 PM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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I agree, I feel so sorry for the kids...I am so glad the 13 y.o. was able to get help.


4 posted on 09/04/2007 6:04:23 PM PDT by Kimmers
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Yeah that bothered me too. Other than that, people doing the best they can in hard times need help, not jail IMO. I’m thinking there is more to this story.


5 posted on 09/04/2007 6:05:55 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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She should have went to Madison WI instead.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887913/posts


6 posted on 09/04/2007 6:06:44 PM PDT by sheana
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While I agree people need help (and I wish the govt would get out of the business and let charities and churches do it, but that’s a pipe dream) this really sounds like a woman with mental problems. It’s one thing to be poor and trying your best. It’s another to put your kids into filthy conditions (especially when alternatives exist) and attack police officers.
I’msure there is more to the story. Sad. I’ll pray for the kids. And the Mom too. And that the contraceptives worked.
susie


7 posted on 09/04/2007 6:10:22 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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50-year-old mother

<one wonders aloud>Doing some math here, I am wondering if we have a case of a 50 year old woman with a 13-year old child who decided at 36 years old or so, perhaps when life wasn't giving her lemonade, that she needed a kid to complete herself.</one wonders aloud>

8 posted on 09/04/2007 6:12:30 PM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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Yeah, I guess that’s what I was trying to say. I don’t want the government deciding where and what kind of “homes” we should have. I can see do gooders trying to make it illegal to sleep in a car. In this case , it sounds more than just homeless though.
9 posted on 09/04/2007 6:13:52 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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I totally agree. I think the woman sounds like she is nuts. I don’t mean garden variety weird nuts, I mean mild brain injury nuts.


10 posted on 09/04/2007 6:15:00 PM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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I feel sorry for the 13 y/o though. It says he went to get help. It sounds like they didn’t have a choice but he more than likely saw his mom go to jail and will probably never trust LE again.


11 posted on 09/04/2007 6:19:41 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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I agree & will be praying for this family too. I think there is more to the story, hopefully she hasn’t made a habit of hitting her children. I hope the father is in better shape then the mother & the children can be with him. Sad story.


12 posted on 09/04/2007 6:23:27 PM PDT by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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I think we agree. I am leery of Big Bro deciding how we raise our kids. As I said I REALLY wish that churches and communities would handle people problems. It’s always better to handle things closer to home, with communities reaching out to help their own. That used to happen, but the govt stepped in and now most people don’t feel like they need to give someone a helping hand. True charity is as good for the giver as it is for the receiver.
susie


13 posted on 09/04/2007 6:23:41 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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So many kids have marginal parents. I don’t know if it has always been that way or not. I think probably in the past families lived nearby and probably stepped in often. And of course, bad things still happened to kids.
susie


14 posted on 09/04/2007 6:25:13 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: krb

I hadn’t thought of brain injury. Perhaps.
susie


15 posted on 09/04/2007 6:25:43 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: shibumi

Just thought you’d enjoy #13.


16 posted on 09/04/2007 6:29:16 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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To: shibumi

Beg pardon.
#10.


17 posted on 09/04/2007 6:29:58 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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To: brytlea
I took in 2 boys who were friends of my daughter & sons because their parents just abused them. For me it was a blessing. I never got a dime but we always seemed to be lucky enough to always have enough. To me they are my sons just as my my two natural sons are. I hope these children can go back to the dad or at least not get separated. At least the 13 yr old was smart enough to get the help they needed as the mom wasn’t.
18 posted on 09/04/2007 6:32:38 PM PDT by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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I think it’s pretty weird that you see something sinister about a 36-37 year old having a baby. More notable is the 5 year old sister, since the mother would have been 44-45 when the girl was conceived — that’s the outer limits of normal fertility, and women who are living out-of-control lifestyles (STDs, smoking, drinking, etc.) usually become infertile even earlier.

Even for a healthy woman, it’s VERY unusual to have a child at that age unless she’s having sex VERY regularly. Where is this girl’s father? The article indicates that she is only a half-sister to the boy. I wonder if the woman even knows who the girl’s father is. Living in a car littered with used contraceptives suggests prostitution, and with rock-bottom lowlifes for clients.


19 posted on 09/04/2007 6:38:16 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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They need to make sure that they are actually her kids.


20 posted on 09/04/2007 6:45:58 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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