re: Mom faces 1 year prison time for letting 14 year old babysit kids while she worked

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So what are the rules on ages and leaving kids at home?

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From the story

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He cites a Georgia Supreme Court ruling in 1997 that ruled that charging a mom for a normal parenting decision is unconstitutional. In that case, Hall v. State, a mom left her 11-year-old babysitting her younger sibling who died in a tragic accident.

The court ruled at the time that the state's reckless conduct statute is susceptible to 'arbitrary enforcement,' with the majority ruling that the state failed to 'contend that the [reckless conduct statute] is violated by the many parents who on a daily basis, often due to necessity, leave an older child to care for their younger siblings while the parents work or attend to other business.'

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14 y.o. is fine babysitting, sure. Not when the kid is doing online classes/other activity herself. 4 younger kids need fully attentive supervision. That is bad parental decision making.

The prison time thing is absurd.

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14 yr old watching 4 kids? What could go wrong?

also "crazy eyes".

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those kids look old enough to consent in other countries and work in other countries.

I started working at 14.

I was going to the local swimming pool two blocks from my house at four years old—all day every day. It was the town babysitter.

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Within about 10 to 15 minutes, Linley noticed he was gone and found him at his friend's house down the street.

But in the meantime the friend's mom called the police, and about two weeks later, Henderson was arrested in front of her children, according to Reason Magazine.

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This is the problem here. frick that bitch. What is she doing calling the police instead of the kid's mom?

This is bullshite. I know I had friends in middle school that were 13/14 that had babysitting jobs for other people's kids. And we pretty much all were left in charge of/left in the care of younger siblings/older siblings at that age.

2 or less baby daddies = not guilty

3 or more baby daddies = guilty

1. Cops are heroes!
2. Where's dad?
3. A 14 year old can't babysit in Georgia?
4. Welcome to CPS hell for the rest of your natural life.

The gofundme has raised over 26k. And although she has 4 younger siblings...2 of them look pretty capable of taking care of themselves for most things whereas 2 might have to be watched more closely.