This is so tragic. Was this mother leaving her kids alone because she couldn’t afford to pay anyone while she worked? She had only been working for 2 wks—was she waiting for a paycheck? Now she faces jail time and what will happen to her 2 other children?

chicago.cbslocal.com

Where are all those people who claim they care about kids? Where were the social workers when the cops were called the 2nd time? Why weren’t they notified—they might have been able to find care for those kids while their mother worked.

“Wednesday was the third time the children were left home alone in the apartment in the past 10 days, Dibler said. A neighbor found the 6-year-old and 2-year-old naked in the hallway about 7 p.m. Dec. 1. The children also knocked on a neighbor’s door looking for food Dec. 9.

“The first time the children were left home alone the neighbor took them for the night, Dibler said. The neighbor called police the second time, and the infant’s father took her and the 2-year-old. The 6-year-old stayed with the neighbor.

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“She is the “sole support” of her two surviving children, public defender Steve Stach said. She has a high school degree and has been working at the Sears/Kmart warehouse the past two weeks.”

I would like to give this young mother the benefit of the doubt because I had to work to support my kids, too, and know how difficult it is for mothers who get no support and have to work to try to raise their kids on their own. But it doesn’t look good for her, unfortunately.