Stupid FReepers indeed. A father stands up for his daughter but you buy the headlines hook-line-and-sinker.
Cops arrested Kennedy on Thursday. He was charged with harassment and endangering the welfare of a child.
I guess the cops in Mt Kisco are stupid too by your estimation. Did you even bother to read the article at the source?
The question is—and no I have not read the article—is: Did the nurse know the guy was the father of the child?
If she did KNOW he was the father then the course of action on the hospital’s part was likely inappropriate. I say “likely” as the father and mother may be estranged and the father was attempting to remove the baby without the mother’s permission.
If she did NOT know Kennedy was the father, her attempting to stop and verify was clearly the right thing to do.
In any case, the nurse needed to verify what was happening and who was involved before the baby left the ward.
In any case, Kennedy reacted stupidly and with arrogance.
but two days?..makes me think the baby was jaundiced or had to be watched...maybe a little small, preterm...maybe needed to be kept cuddled up...to keep the temp. up...
but you don't think that hospitals and doctors and nurses have to TOW THE LINE to prevent law suits constantly, and for anyone to just leave the floor with a newborn is NOT THE NORM...
first of all, not everyone knows that you're the father Mr.Kennedy...and not everyone knows that you just want to take the little one out for some "fresh air"....
if that was your little baby, freepers, you would want to know that there are people that would stop just anyone from walking out with your kid...
some freepers are on both sides of the street...protect my baby but don't really protect my baby....
those nurse that got accosted had no way of knowing for sure if Mr. Kennedy was the father, or that he was just taking off with somebodys else's kid or if the mother of the baby approved...
good for the nurses....