Current Events > Mom Arrested For Leaving Her Kids Found Home Alone Watching the Movie Home Alone

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/mom-arrested-leaving-her-kids-190958057.html

Sometimes, life is better off not imitating art. In an interesting twist, an Indiana mother was arrested this week after police in the town of Muncie, Indiana discovered she had allegedly left her two young sons home alone while watching Home Alone. (Home Alone, the 1990 holiday classic film starring Macalauy Culkin, is about the perils of leaving a kid unattended in a house, of course.)

In the Home Alone movie, Kevin McAllister is a precocious eight-year-old who is able to more or less adequately care for himself after his parents accidentally leave him behind on a trip, and he even manages to outsmart a team of thieves who attempt to burgle his house, serving them up some inventive justice.

The Indiana boys, meanwhile, were just four and seven years old. According to police, the mother who was at work had difficulty finding a babysitter, so asked her elder son to skip school to watch the younger one. A concerned neighbor had called in to report the unattended minors, at which point the police arrived to find the boys watching the movie, unraveled the story, arrested the mom and charged her with two counts of neglect of a dependent, according to local news. As for the boys, theyve been placed in the care of a relative.

A reminder: adequate childcare can be challenging to find, and Home Alone is a great movie, but the law advises parents against leaving kids unsupervised before theyre mature enough to care for themselves.

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If the cops left them alone they would have setup a bunch of traps.
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...I guess 7 is a bit too young but I dont think I was much older when I started staying home by myself when my mom had to run errands and stuff. It's not like she left for a week she just went to work
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Seems like a mom working extra hard before Christmas for her two kids shouldn't be a crime. Unless there's more to the story, it seems like... the police should have just found a proper caretaker. That said, it seems like that concerned neighbor could have offered their services as well.
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but did they get to finish the movie?

how did the neighbor know that there were kids in the house alone
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Maybe she should get her neighbor to watch over them since they wanna be so fuckin' nosy.
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Kineth posted...

Seems like a mom working extra hard before Christmas for her two kids shouldn't be a crime. Unless there's more to the story, it seems like... the police should have just found a proper caretaker. That said, it seems like that concerned neighbor could have offered their services as well.

Wow what a bad post
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home aloneception

That sucks. Hope she doesn't lose her job.
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Lol. 7 year old left home alone for a few hours and everyone panics. Yet I got left home with an abusive asshole for 10 years and no one did anything about it. I remember even telling the teachers I was being hurt and nothing happened.

seriously? this is some bullshit
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Serious question, what should one do in her situation? Bring the kids (or maybe just one of them if he other could have gone to school) to work with her?
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Nidhoggr posted...

Lol. 7 year old left home alone for a few hours and everyone panics. Yet I got left home with an abusive asshole for 10 years and no one did anything about it. I remember even telling the teachers I was being hurt and nothing happened.

"B-but what about MEEEE?!"

Leaving a first grader in charge of a four year old isnt exactly a smart move.

Reckless behavior. If she cant find someone then she has to take them with her or figure something out
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That neighbor is a huge asshole and I genuinely hope they die.
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Concerned neighbor my ass.
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That SOB neighbor...

Ive been taking care of myself since that age

My dad wouldve beat the fuck out of that neighbor too
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Is there a legal age where a kid can be left home ? 7 is young, but I definitely think my 10 year old niece is mature enough.
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I really feel for the mom here. If the rubbernecking neighbour felt so strongly about unsupervised children, maybe they could have babysat, huh? Nice of them to criminalise a working mom and make it more difficult on her.
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That neighbor is a shithead

Shitty neighbor feigning concern, the more likely reason they called in is because they have beef with the mom and wanted to get her in trouble on purpose.
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Alucard188 posted...

I really feel for the mom here. If the rubbernecking neighbour felt so strongly about unsupervised children, maybe they could have babysat, huh? Nice of them to criminalise a working mom and make it more difficult on her.

Inferno Dive Dragoon posted...

Shitty neighbor feigning concern, the more likely reason they called in is because they have beef with the mom and wanted to get her in trouble on purpose.

These.
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That's really sad. It doesn't sound like she would leave them alone if she had any other choice.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Kineth posted...

Seems like a mom working extra hard before Christmas for her two kids shouldn't be a crime. Unless there's more to the story, it seems like... the police should have just found a proper caretaker. That said, it seems like that concerned neighbor could have offered their services as well.

Wow what a bad post

Shut up UR
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not fair that she's being arrested. what else was she supposed to even do?
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