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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:52 PM Original message |
2 kids left at home -- parents partied in Las Vegas. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Those kids are lucky they have a grandma |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I agree |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. How does a 10 year old deal with an autistic sibling? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I can't imagine what they were thinking. |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. FOUR DAYS!!! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Daughter is dead. It's a stepmother who left with Dad. |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Sorry... I got to the part about how long and my eyes blurred over |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. My parents used to never let us stay alone |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. hmmm - most 14-year-olds are fully capable of babysitting. I made a fair |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Asthma |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I worried that my post sounded a bit harsh, and hoped that you wouldn't |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. They left a ten-year -old with an autistic five-year-old. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I had an autistic brother |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. well mine died |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. In other developed countries the govt has a system of respite care for |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. yep it was sad really |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. We have respite care |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yes. These people could afford the vacation. AND the sitter. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. well we did not have pets |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. so what? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Did they leave you a lone for a few days?? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. yes |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. more proof that having children is a mistake |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. There's more proof that liberals can't raise children! |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. They left a 10-year-old in charge of his autistic brother?! |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I did the same at 10 years of age |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Thank you for pointing out the cost of doing the same |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. But if someone had died |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. The older brother apparently left the 5 year-old alone |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. my parents did that |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. At ten, I was often responsible for two sisters.... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. These poor kids - mom died two years ago, and the 10-yr-old seems pretty |
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