A friend of mine just called in with a few things for me,she is in shock now

You are assuming they Want to child. I think there are three types of parents, good , bad , and indifferent. The good is any parent who puts the welfare of the child first. This includes the woman who puts her child up for adoption.And then there are the bad.They wanted kids but for some reason they won't treat the child right, in fact they abuse the child.And then there is the indifferent. It probably was a surprise they were pregnant and they didn't even think about putting the child first. And when the child came , they didn't even think about how to care for the kid.

Wow 10 at night? should have been in bed asleep. yup I bet the mom in alot of trouble and the kid will probably got to a foster home on account of this!

What kind of parent is that, she do not care if something happen to her boy, what if your friend hit the boy and got killed, what will be her reaction? she is being careless with her boy and that is ridiculous. A child should be locked at home in the middle of the night. How could she do that? I hope the authority teach the mom the lesson she deserves. Thank God that the boy is safe. Good thing your friend is a slow driver. We still have to be thankful that nothing worst happened.

hi jugsjugs that poor friend, she must have really been in shock its so scary to almost hit someone on a bike like that, specially a child. wow. I dont know why some people give birth then when they get about 8 or9 just turn them loose, thats so sad.Once we lived next door to a lady who worked at night in a bar and had two boys 7 and 10, She expected them to drink orange crush for breakfast and have a pop tart and let her sleep or go to their aunt brendas who lived across the street.well brenda was also very careless about her own kids and did not always have breakfast for the two boys next door. So the younger boy was a friend with myson who at the time was also 7 so he c ame to see my son at breakfast time and would stand there looking so hungry I had to cook eggs and toast and bacon milk and o.j. for him along with myson and little daughter too. Stevie his name was and he told me he had never had milk and orange juice before .this made me feel so bad, He told me his grandparents lived a couple of blocks over. I got their phone number and talked to his grand mother she told me to send steven and his older brother Frank over to their house from then on and they would feed the boys and get them off to school she told me she had petitioned for custody of the boys and just got a confirmation, the mom just signed away her rights to her own kids, that just broke my hear. How could a mom do that to two nice little kids who were so sweet and so hungry?they were such good little kids and were always hungry. they were not old enough to be on their own like that.

Not sure of the moms age but if she was brought up when I was we were in a world where you didn't have to lock the doors of your home and kids were left home alone. Now days people think that is awful. Kids now days shouldn't be left alone. its a whole different world.

after all, It really pays to have full defensive and safety driving skills...

Well well, the mom of the child is just so irresponsible.. How can she be leaving a young kid wandering around the streets, late at night, when there are not much lighting at all.. With this situation now, the mom can be charged for child neglience, and she can be jailed for that.. If i din guess wrongly, i think that kid must be borned out of wedlock.. IF not, why dun the kid mention about his daddy at all??

I can't believe that some people just seem to not care about their kids! My daughter is only 3 & I know that I'm going to worry about her when she's legal to go out night clubbing & that's not for another 15 years!

You know that statement , "It takes a Village" well it does, when I was a kid we were raised in neighberhoods and we all played together and were watched over by all of the adults who lived there. It was very difficult not to be seen at all times. Now it is often one parent who is responsible for the child. This causes resentment from many parents who did not realize the commitment necessary to raise a kid, that along with today's never ending stress is causing a social condiiton which we all must deal with if we want kids that will grow up to help the world not ruin it. I am not excusing the Mom in this situation I am just pointing out that our system is broken and we all need to help fix it.

that child should have been in his pj's and in his room at that time of night,my 8 year old boy is allowed out till 8;30pm in the summer as long as it's light outside and he hasn't got school the next day,if he has school or if it's dark out then he has to come in earlier

It is obvious that she can't even look after herself.

is a very good question my friend, the fact of bringing a life into the world is a miracle, a gift that only women have, and the truth that when we see and hear these kinds of events, I can not understand, and then come accidents and unfortunately, this lack of parental involvement in caring for their children. Here in Argentine, an accident occurred in a hotel, a 3 year old child fell into the pool and drown, where his parents, having dinner in the dining room and the baby was left alone to go to the room, a crazy, three years was nothing more.

Well, I'm glad to hear that the child was not killed. I hate the fact that some parents don't even care about their children, sure the parent may be a drunk or whatever. But maybe the should quit drinking for their children, most children can't take care of themselves especially if they are younger than 10. People who don't care about their children should just hand them over to a better and more caring family. Also I agree, why do some people have kids if they aren't taking care of them?!

I'm sorry about that. But in my mind if one person want children, he/she must like their children very much, they would like spend all of their time to look after the children if possible. But not all the people who have children want children, it may be one of the reasons.

This is a very sad story indeed. A friend and I were just yesterday discussing a girl we found in a parking lot who told us her mother was in jail and that she was home alone and ran out of food so she went out on the street to beg. It is a dangerous place for a child to go out alone any time but especially at night.

I would not take the word of this child with out investigating first. My son used to take off around the neighbor hood all the time. A coulpe of times his friends dad brought him home and the friends dad was looking very angry at me because my son had told him that i didnt care what ever he did. When i showed the dad the attemps i made to keep my son in the apt he changed his ideas. I had a gravyard shift as a security guard and and baby in the house. I would try to keep my son in the apt. I bought a chain lock that you had to have a key to open it. My son while i was asleep climbed out the window of the second story bldg across the breezway to get outside. Please just dont assume the child is telling the whole true story.

Wow, what a relief your friend is a good driver and managed to avoid hitting the child! Some people should not be parents and sadly it is their poor little off springs who pay the price! It is so very sad that this boy is out late on his bike and has no supervision. I do wish Child Services would look into cases like this especially if his mother drinks as well as leaves him alone!

Thank god! She didn't hit the child. I can't accept the kids time at that late night, without lights on in his bike. Was it a motor vehicle, when you say a bike or is it just a cycle? Anyhow, the blame shall not be left to the mother. Some kids are more mischievous and they can't be controlled. They just sneak from their parents and enjoy exploring adventures.

the boy's mom should be condemned....

feel so sorry for that. maybe it will happen around me . but we have to overcome it as soon as quickly . no matter what happen . we just try our best . if it still happen , but we can resolve it to our best no matter what happens . there will be a method for this. you know that . we will feel well after we try our best for friends for ourselves. isn't it ? i think so . on coin have two side. so just do it well .whatever happens , we have to do the last thing .