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JohnnyRingo

(19,394 posts) Sun May 9, 2021, 10:45 AM May 2021

I'm torn on this local newspaper article (DU poll) [View all]

From NE Ohio:

I don't know, on one hand anything bad can happen without supervision, but on the other hand what's a working single mother to do? And I thought people were too lazy to work.

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	Neglect. The children should be taken away. Book her Dano!
	0 (0%)
	No harm here. This is where we get future independent adults.
	13 (57%)
	Somewhere in between.
	10 (43%)
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I'm torn on this local newspaper article (DU poll) [View all] JohnnyRingo May 2021 OP

The article tells me available, inexpensive childcare is the solution. LakeArenal May 2021 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill May 2021 #8

That's my take. Mom did what she believed she had to do. Shrike47 May 2021 #13

Yep Diamond_Dog May 2021 #14

+1000 smirkymonkey May 2021 #52

When I was 7 I walked home by myself and was home alone SoonerPride May 2021 #2

As I recall, they called them "latch key kids". JohnnyRingo May 2021 #4

Usually a tad older zipplewrath May 2021 #35

Me, too. Plus I was left by myself all through summer when school was out. Midnight Writer May 2021 #31

Interesting poll on Mother's Day! MerryHolidays May 2021 #3

In a country with almost zero social safety net for single moms Greybnk48 May 2021 #5

+1 treestar May 2021 #21

Schools should all be open by now MichMan May 2021 #6

With new variants that are more contagious among young people and almost no children Scrivener7 May 2021 #9

Maybe you are OK with students continuing to receive minimal education for over an entire year now. MichMan May 2021 #10

I must admit, I would have aced every history test... JohnnyRingo May 2021 #12

Who will they be behind? Generic Brad May 2021 #15

Wealthier kids in private schools ? MichMan May 2021 #19

Were they ahead of them or even with them in 2019? Scrivener7 May 2021 #33

Correction, the US is and a number of western nations are at the bottom end of overall handling uponit7771 May 2021 #37

Even if that were relevant or true, you are weighing learning algebra against deaths. Scrivener7 May 2021 #16

+1 n/t Pobeka May 2021 #23

If parents, many of them who are home as well, want their kids to be educated.... LakeArenal May 2021 #26

L.A. Latino, Black students suffered deep disparities in online learning, records show MichMan May 2021 #29

are the measurements for achievement any different in terms of demographics Kali May 2021 #30

When the alternative is students dying? Lancero May 2021 #41

Right but there are red states who wont get the schools up to CDC standards uponit7771 May 2021 #36

No real harm here... Happy Hoosier May 2021 #7

Too young for sure and did they open the door for the police?? Bev54 May 2021 #24

On-site child care for businesses would help. Had them in WWII. And some companies today do. niyad May 2021 #11

A difficult situation to be sure Danmel May 2021 #17

Their mother probably agrees with you completely. LakeArenal May 2021 #27

I'm a mother too Danmel May 2021 #34

That's great. So she should have.....? LakeArenal May 2021 #39

So how young is too young for you????? USALiberal May 2021 #43

Older than 7 Danmel May 2021 #46

That's not the real issue. Yes two very young children shouldn't be alone. LakeArenal May 2021 #49

What would you have her do if they were 5? Nt USALiberal May 2021 #51

Now you are circle talking. They weren't five. LakeArenal May 2021 #53

Same issue at any age!! Get it?? Nt USALiberal May 2021 #54

Do you recall what this poll is about? LakeArenal May 2021 #55

Remember seeing this story? Diamond_Dog May 2021 #18

I was a "latch key" kid starting from age 6, and an only child too. Totally Tunsie May 2021 #20

I was too, but we had a next door neighbor who was a SAHM TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #22

Nowadays 7 is too young MenloParque May 2021 #25

Girls start babysitting at ten. LakeArenal May 2021 #28

no harm, with the caveat Kali May 2021 #32

I was a latch-key kid solara May 2021 #38

that's how MANY of us grew up back in the day. WarGamer May 2021 #40

That's not really an argument one way or the other. LanternWaste May 2021 #47

People keep saying that seven is too young Xavier Breath May 2021 #42

You are IMO! Nt USALiberal May 2021 #44

Like I said, no experience with children outside of my own childhood, so I could very well be wrong. Xavier Breath May 2021 #45

Perhaps they were both tattle tales. JohnnyRingo May 2021 #56

I believe the Mom was looking for an alternative FakeNoose May 2021 #48

This country makes things unnecessarily difficult to get by in life JI7 May 2021 #50

She shouldn't be in this situation. herding cats May 2021 #57