October 9, 2007
It Could Have Been My Mom
But for the grace of fate this could have been my Mom:
City of Miami police charged Shenika Shanatle Vicks with one count of child neglect after police found the toddler walking barefoot about 8 a.m. Sunday.The difference, at least according to oft repeated stories at family gatherings, is that my Mom knew I was gone rather quickly and was out searching for /finding me in short order...15-30 minutes. None of this 5 hour crap for her.
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Police kept the toddler at police headquarters until Vicks, 27, reported her son missing about 1 p.m.
The linked story doesn't provide much detail. Maybe Vicks was out looking for him for five hours before reporting him missing. On the other hand maybe she didn't know he was gone. The latter would be neglect!
Another difference was that back when I was a young'n we didn't keep our doors locked. We didn't keep kids under lock and key because of desperate fear of the world around us. Even so, 2 was a little young to be doing this much wandering but by the time 1st grade we were out learning about the world around us without having to deal with parental myopia.
Posted by Steve on October 9, 2007
