[OldFriend]

And of course, no perfect family ever lost a child to accidental drowning either.

Not the family of James Baker, nor the famous golfer's family either.

Pure ignorance, deliberate neglect, right?

[linda_22003]

They must have had working mothers; we've seen demonstrated here that that's what causes it.

[happyhomemaker]

I think a lot of posters are confusing the issue of neglect. There is criminal neglect and benign neglect. When I read this story what struck me first was the fact that this mother never called into the daycare all day. I found that bizarre that a mother of an infant never checked on her baby in 8hrs! The second issue was there was no plan in place for her to be contacted if the child did not show up for the day. I am not a perfect mother but if my children are in the care of someone else I still check in frequently.

I brought this up on a mothering discussion board and was scolded and told the parents who call in to check on their children are bothersome, worryworts or distrustful! I guess we are training mothers to concentrate on their day job and let the daycare take care of the kids.