Posted on 01/10/2005 2:10:56 AM PST by kattracks
A 50-year-old nanny has been charged with child endangerment after she was caught on a nursery Web cam hitting and shaking the infant she was supposed to be caring for, cops said yesterday.Fook Moy of Elmhurst, Queens, was arrested after the 6-month-old's horrified mother watched Moy banging the child up and down on the floor, then placing a pillow over his head while smacking the pillow and yelling, "Stop crying! Stop crying!" cops said.
The parents, who live in Roslyn Harbor, L.I., told cops they hired Moy on Jan. 2 to cover while their regular nanny went on vacation.
Two days later, the parents found bruises on their baby's face and decided to watch the camera, which they had installed to keep track of their child's growth.
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This news leaves me utterly speechless....
I am a conscientious libertarian/conservative who believes a respectful fear of God, resulting in self-control and moral living pre-empt the need for myriad laws. Simple laws-- promptly and consistently enforced--preclude the need for infinitely 'nuanced' laws that STILL don't have Bill Clinton in jail and John Kerry-Fonda executed for treason. This government is wholly inadequate for the governing of an immoral people, said one founding father....
That said, sometimes...like this one...
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
is a good thing.
For several reasons. They put in a camera to keep track of their child's growth?
They sound too busy to be tracking the child's growth first hand --- maybe they figure they'd record it and if they felt like watching it would be after they retired or something.
Too busy to care for their own baby, too busy to take the baby to a decent day care or babysitter. Too busy to just drop in on their home and find out what goes on.
Really! What kind of person would leave their kid alone with someone named Fook Moy?! Austin Powers becomes reality TV!
That is what the modern culture tells us, that one can have a child and still continue whatever other pursuits one has.
The child is an after thought.
Did the baby stop crying?
This is what happens when one foregoes one's own responsibilities and pawns them off on others - even for hire - in the name of one's own interests. Don't want people abusing your kids, stay home and take care of them yourself.
Common sense; but, apparently something lacking in America since the 60s
But how can I afford the Mercedes Benz and Antigua vacations if my wife and I don't both work? (>/sarcasm off>)
I really wonder about this family's priorities. Why can't they scale down their lifestyle so one of them can take care of the baby? Then again, this is Long Island. I have friends who bought a 1,300 square foot house in Port Washington, and their annual property taxes are over $20,000. So they aren't living in luxury, but the LI property tax rates sort of ensure that their expenses will be high. They don't have kids yet, but after they do, I wonder how they'll be able to have one person stay home and still pay these insane property taxes.
Good point. One person used to be able to afford to maintain a family in this nation. Perhaps we should be asking why it is not so now and looking at how to get back there. As wealthy as this nation is, there's no excuse for what's been going on.
The answer is dead simple: Government is twice as big as it used to be.
Any Republicans not willing to make cuts that big are NOT family friendly.
You don't have any children, do you?
Government being twice as big doesn't explain why paychecks today are half as much and shrinking in worth. Last I knew, paychecks are issued by companies being worked for.. not the government. And the companies continually seek to make people work for less and do more for it.
Well, having been on both sides of that question, I can say that it can be done...but it's not an easy thing to do. In our case, it's even easier, since we have so many that would have to be in daycare that we would be committing fiscal suicide if I were working.
We moved to a lower cost of living area, since my husband's job is easy to find anywhere, and we have very little debt. Until recently, we never made enough to be able to, and now we've gotten used to it.
However, there are lots of folks who just can't afford it, and they aren't exactly living large and ignoring their kids. It's a bit difficult to manage if one of you doesn't have a well-paying job. Both my parents worked like dogs to provide for us, and we had very little extras. I don't think they were selfish people at all...quite the contrary.
mom, stay home and raise your child
Look at the statistics. Paychecks have not been shrinking (on average, anyway - your milage may vary) while government has grown to at least twice the share of GDP it had in the 1950's.
Cut government in half and you will not only be able to afford to have the wife stay home, but your job will pay better and the whole economy will grow faster, too.
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