Posted on 02/21/2008 7:54:03 AM PST by Pyro7480
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Police say a mother of 4 teenage boys has been charged with neglect after saying she was going "on strike" because she was fed up with them.
Ocala police say 43-year-old Melissa Dean told the Department of Children and Families that she went on strike because no one would help her with the boys ages 17, 16, 14 and 13.
Police have gone to Dean's home 12 times since September 2007 due to the boys' misbehavior.
Dean tells the DCF that she thought there would be peace if she gave up her bedroom to 1 of the children.
She said she supervised them by making frequent calls and bringing meals to the house.
It would probably be cheaper in the long run, too.
WHERE’S THE DADDY!
Sweet Young Thing.
Me neither. Even a 13 year old should be able to take care of himself. All of these kids should be able to fix their own meals and should know how to behave. All they need is family therapy.
Heh - I thought it was “Silly Young Thing”.
She looks like a reasonable woman, her boys must be monsters.
I’m wondering if they all have the same father?
As a foster parent myself, there is NO WAY I’d have those low lifes in my home! They would go to a “shelter” of some kind but it sounds like they’d be in “juvi hall” within a week.
I live in Ocala...am 43 and thought the same thing.
With the help of the village, obviously.
Three evictions/foreclosures within 4 years. Sorry, I don’t give her any slack. I’m a landlord in the same county and have run across her type too many times. I’ll bet once she got into a place she almost immediately stopped paying the rent/mortgage. I’ll also bet that she and the boys trashed each place they were thrown out of.
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