Mother's smoking "lesson" for son gets her jailed

[Bluebear]

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. – A woman has been charged with forcing her 5-year-old son to smoke a cigarette.

A Carter County deputy told the Johnson City Press that a 24-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday night on charges of child abuse and neglect, disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana.

A jail officer said the woman was being held on a $12,500 bond. Jail records did not show if the woman hired a lawyer.

Deputy Cory Tidwell said that in response to a complaint by a witness he stopped the woman in a car and she told him she she had forced her son to smoke a cigarette because "she was teaching him not to smoke."



Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2010/05/11/20100511smoking-lesson-for-boy-arrest.html#ixzz0ng9Cl1UJ

[RandomThoughts]

1. Thats not an accurate analogy. n/t

[Bluebear]

3. What is not an accurate analogy?

[Codeine]

12. Random Thoughts indeed.

:evilgrin:

[Brickbat]

2. Well, that's how you used to do it.

If the kid asked for a cigarette, you gave him one and said he could have one if he smoked the whole thing. That usually cured the curiosity right smart quick. If that's what she was doing, I don't agree with the charges.

If she was sitting with him holding it in his mouth as he tried to get away from it, I don't agree with that. But I'm guessing that's not what happened here. I could be wrong.

[EFerrari]

4. It's hard to figure out who acted more stupidly here.

It's a parfait of stupid.

[msanthrope]

6. Just layers of Jello-stupid--followed by creamy, Dreamwhip stupid.....n/t

[Bluebear]

7. mmmm

Dreamwhip :)

[Nye Bevan]

10. Who acted more stupidly here? Hmmmm...... let me think about that for a minute.....

..... that's a tough question.....

...... oh I GOT IT! It was the *MOTHER WHO FORCED HER 5-YEAR OLD CHILD TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE!*

[EFerrari]

11. Congrats. You got half of my point!

[donco6]

13. giggle.

"Parfait of stupid."

Love it.

Parfaits are great you know.

[Bluebear]

5. You agree on her technique for a five year old?

:wow:

[Brickbat]

8. I don't recall saying that at all.

[Bluebear]

9. Oh OK