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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:39 PM Original message |
Cops Ticket British Mom for Letting Son, 14, Babysit His Pre-K Brother |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Huh? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yup. It's bizarre. The culture of fear is becoming "official." |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. same here. $1/hr! |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. So was I! |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. So was I. I had a girl scout babysitting badge too. LOL. nt |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. No it isn't. Please... How is a 14 year old to defend themselves.. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Oh Good Grief. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Yeah, it's a safer world (at least in the US) than it was 25 years ago. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. How is the mom to defend herself if someone decides to attack her? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. what? it is england the kid and the mom would |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks, helicopter parents! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. and the state will try that 12 yr old as an "adult" if he does something bad |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Yup |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. there was a classic line from an exasperated teacher once |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. oooops, didnt know that. i started babysitting at 11. maybe that is why there are |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Nope, 15 |
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ctaylors6 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Is that a Texas state law re 15 years old to be left alone? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. According to this, it must be a local law. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Nope |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Texas Penal Code 22.041 |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. WHAT!?! My 14 Year old had a JOB |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Kids used to be out and about in the very early morning delivering papers... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Well, you *can* but then it's up to you to argue it in court |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. My brother and I were left alone all day at age 6 and 8. Of |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. parents should just say that the kid was out playing with friends. |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Dang... they would have to write up half this country with that |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Shit like this is why Libertarian ranks expand. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Or thought too much |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. You have GOT to be fricking kidding me |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And when you read books like the Little House on the Prarie series |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. She even slept on the sofa in their bedroom |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. Really??? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. She lost her job |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Much as I agree with the reaction... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. So did I, but I can't find anything that indicates that there is more to the story. |
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Mark Baker (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It's in the Daily Express |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:53 PM Original message |
That may be true, but why wouldn't they pump up something if they could? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Burp. Dupe. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. BBC... |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Good thing the Fuzz in England have got all of the other crime under control...can't let a teen... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. That's insanity. 12-year-olds are more than capable |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. As a 11 year old I used to watch my 9 year old sister and 3 year old brother all the time |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Indeed. |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. Same here. This is nonsense. Fourteen is old enough. n/t |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. It used to be that babysitting was one of the few ways a 14 yo could make a little money. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. It still is, I believe. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Is there more to this story?... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I can't find anything more... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. The UK is royally screwed up, in terms of its laws and punishments. |
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