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Damned if you do, damned if you don't: Mother charged after police say she left 4 children home alone during Las Vegas trip (local12.com)

submitted 1 week ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/childfree@lemmy.world

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For context, she had a babysitter coming in the mornings to check in, make lunches, get them off to school, and prep dinner for them. All the 14 year old had to do was help them get inside after school. Microwave dinner. Get kids in bed and text mom updates. This was a work trip and they threatened to fire her if she did not go. The father has abuse charges and the police handed him their kids on top of arresting her.

Why exactly should women have kids in a world that despises them for it and yet demands they make kids anyway? What is the point?

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[–] bookmeat@fedinsfw.app 2 points 1 week ago

In some counties you can be a babysitter at 12. I don't see the problem.