Community Chat

[insomniac2]

I just read that a child strapped in a car seat was left by the side of a nearby highway.

I am appalled: this is so dreadful, so sick.

A man stopped and rescued the baby, who is now in the hospital.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH SOME PEOPLE?!

[CrazyDaisy]

Is there more to this story?

[Lipstickdiva]

@CrazyDaisyyou can Google the story.  It happened in Flint, Michigan.  Last I read, the authorities don't know what happened.  The parents of the child were contacted but they don't know if the child was returned to them.

He was wearing no shoes or socks and a driver said she saw the kid walking with the seat strapped to him.   

[Carmie]

The article I read said this happened in Florida. A couple left their small child outside in a car seat beside a road to their mobile home park.

The child has cerebral palsy.  A man cruising the mobile home park for yard sales saw him and then about 45 minutes later he noticed the child was still there and called 911.  Paramedics arrived and the child was check out and not in any medical distress.

The parents were arrested.

Why?  My guess would be some kind of substance abuse.  It usually is.

Hopefully, this child will now have a better life than his sick, uncaring parents could provide.

OMG!  This apparently happened more than once in different states.  

[Grouchomarx]

I swear nothing even shocks me anymore. People are doing this type of thing every day. Yesterday some guy in NYC jumped onto the subway tracks while holding onto his 5 year old daughter. She survived, thank god. People are the worst.

[mimomof4]

Every week there is some story on the news that amazes me.  

I live near Flint, MI so that is the story which I heard about this morning.  In Flint, while it doesn't make the situation any better the child was on the side of a busy road but it wasn't a highway or interstate.  In reading our local news article someone saw the child walking down the road with the Carseat strapped on his back.  If that is that case who knows where the child was left or how long he had been wandering around.

Last weekend it was someone who left their child locked in their car in their driveway.

[Bri369]

I've heard this several times.  I can't even imagine how whacked out you would have to be to do this to your child. 

My heart aches for these children.

[Helen852]

Here in Buffalo a few weeks ago a woman found a 3 year old on her porch. About a mile away there was a burned out car with human remains.  The police believe there is a connection to the child. CCTV cameras have the child being walked away from the scene by either a third of fourth person of interest. The grandmother traveled up from Florida for the boy because she saw a post on FB. There was also 4.4 lbs of drugs found in the parents hotel room.  It's a huge mess. In the meantime, the little boy is with CFS until they can verify the GM's home is investigated. The GM is the mother of the boy's father who was apparently one of the victims of the car fire.  

[PamfromCT]

Anytime I am tempted to say I have heard it all, I stop myself.

You just couldn’t make this up.  I can’t conceive of anyone doing this to an animal.  But such cruel and inhuman treatment to your own child....I just know there are good people out there who would adopt this helpless child and give this poor tyke a home filled with love.  

[Mz iMac]

I am not shocked.  Happens every day.  It's the new normal.