Mother Arrested for Leaving Daughter, 12, Home Alone for a Week

mcurtis2962 ~ I am so sorry for your loss...I can't imagine what it's like to live through losing a child. Yes, you are right - some people have no idea how good they have it and take these things for granted every single day. Those are the people who don't deserve to have children, either. I even think that the word 'loser' is too good for them! Somehow, someway, I hope something good and wonderful comes from what you have been through. *Hugs*

so sorry

i AM SO VERY SORRY FOR YOU'R LOSS. MATTER OF FACT NO CHILD SO YOUNG SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, I HOPE THE STATE NEVER GIVES THE CHILD BACK.

I had a very similar experience with the death of my first child, and you are 100% correct that the mother should not be allowed to see her daughter again. I am going to have to disappoint you though; I was also a foster parent dealing with kids that had similar stories...some very much worse, and the courts always ended up giving these children back to these parents that had completely failed to care for their children.

I am sorry for your loss. I know what it is like to lose a child also and to see some people who take their children for granted.

In this day and age especially with so many predators out there.

Plus if the door unlocks itself and she was afraid to take a shower, anybody could have walked in on her.

Also the fact that the place smelled of dog urine, shows that the child was not in a healthy home. If someone was checking in on her from time to time, surely they would had to smell that.

A parent who is so negligent of their child, doesn't deserve their rights as a parent. They forfeit them when they choose not to be a parent and want to be single and care free. She cared more about some boyfriend or alleged fiance than she did her flesh and blood.

Bad things can happen anywhere or anytime, but that is why people put locks on cabinets or put things in higher cabinets when children are small. And that is why you don't leave a 12 yr old there for a week to fend for their self.

It very sad when peple dont understand the gift that a child is

I would have to agree with poot on this one. I learned how to cook a full meal when I was 12 (by my own choice) and took care of my bathroom and bedroom and my cockateil Mario. Maturity level in every child is different and obviously the child from this article should not have been left alone and im so sorry for what she went through but not all children are or should be treated the same. Her mother should have known better, but not all adults are on the same maturity level either. Let our justice system figure this out.

No one here could say a word about anything. Unless YOU are perfect, in which YOU are not. I know a ton of single Mothers who have NO choice but to leave kids home alone. Besides, it's not like any of YOU offered to watch this kid. If YOU don't like my comment....too flucking bad.

What??? I was baby sitting my 3 younger sisters and helping run the family business at 12. I was plenty mature enough to do it. also held down the show for several days at a time while my parents went out of town on business. These are differant times, and thet is not a good thing. People now really stink.

MCURTIS......No wonder why YOU don't have a child. YOU are way too quick to judge. Your God sees the way you are. God may NEVER let you get over your sadness because YOU wish sadness on others. Don't like the comment.....close your eyes & ya will not see it.

Sorry for you loss. Who's to say if you child didnt pass away at an early age you wouldnt have done the same thing?

Hey dude, sorry for your loss, I have a daughter whose 27 now, and I would not even begin to know how you feel. I wish you the best.

@poot...
Yes, $10 is definitely enough money to leave a child alone with for a week. Completely responsible...

@ melissa...
Really? Whos to say she woudn't do the same thing? Run off for a week to get married and leave her child alone? I think she has the right to say she wouldn't, since it would be her decision to do so in the first place...

@Simzee...
Being a single mother doesn't give you the right to be negligent and irresposible. The fact is no one in the world is perfect, but that doesn't mean everyone should get to act as foolishly, selfishly and irresponsibly as this woman did just because we have that crutch to stand on....And this women wasn't leaving her child home alone to go work and put food on the table, she left her alone to get MARRIED! or more likely, have sex with a random guy from the internet, pretending she didn't have responsibilities at home....

and speaking of crutches....
@LOLOLOLOLOLwhatever....
Your god may find that comment a bit judgemental as well, would he not? If you truly believe in the god you seem to be promoting, you would keep your mouth shut and let him dole out the judgments and punishment, that is of course unless he comes to you to make sure they are up to your standards....

in other words STFU.

What happened to the dogs? Does anyone care about them? Is it only kids that matter? People grow up to be and do terrible things but not dogs. They are innocents. So what happened to the dogs? Euthanised? In some loveless "shelter"? Sorry - a 12 year old can fend for herself but a dog can't open a bag of dog food and certainly can't buy food if he runs out. Poor dogs.

sorry for your loss, my husband and i lost our son at 23 weeks, i know what you all are going through and i agree what a loser for her to do that..how does that woman sleep at night while her child is taken away?? i am thinking of you with your loss. thanks

My bet is that the new husband is in prison

i agree, thats really strange. if the whole story is actually true and not fake, then im thinking the mom WASNT going to her wedding. she was probably going just to meet some guy she met on eharmony or some online dating sight and went to have some private sex, then was planning to bring him home and tell her daughter they were married. stephanie, you are right. it is strange that the girl couldnt at least stay at a friends house for the week. or hire a babysitter.and, her daughter has every right to go to her mothers wedding(if there was one) but most of all, why keep her at home? the girl couldve gone with her mother. that woman is a selfish stupid FREAK. she doesnt DESERVE to be a parent. its things like that that decrease and sometimes even BREAK bonds between mother and daughter. i hope ms. haine NEVER gets her daughter back. she doesnt deserve it.

I think what we have here is a mother who seriously overestimated her daughters maturity level. Remember, it was her intention to leave the girl for a long weekend, not a week. It would be okay to leave a 12 year old for a couple hours at most, so she made a stupid and selfish decision. If the girl were 16, 3 days alone would be okay, but she's only 12. Being a single mother, she probably has a friend-like relationship with the girl and forgot that, at the end of the day, she is just a child. ( She probably didnt go to the wedding because airfare is too expensive.)
What she did was definitely neglectful, but I think they need to look at it very closely before they decide to separate the mother and child forever.