Parents Gave Children Excessive Amounts Of Benadryl So They Could Go Out Partying

[matcom]

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Investigators say the couple dosed their children with excessive amounts of Benadryl and left them home alone. They turned up at the "Saints and Sinners" bar for a night of drinking.

“As a father of two," says Rob Starz, owner of the bar, "I would never leave my kids home alone."

Starz says the couple told a friend they had left their kids home alone. That friend called police.

Once they had the couple's address, deputies broke through the front door and a window to reach the children. They were unharmed. And the Saints and Sinners bar isn't exactly right around the corner from the couple's home: it's 5.3 miles away.

Steve Brennan says the thought of what could have happened in the house next door is enough to give him nightmares.

“As a parent myself, it always scares you," he says, "and it doesn't matter if it's next door or across the nation, you hear stuff like this constantly. And I just... I don't know. It leaves you scratching your head.”

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?s=rss&storyid=48754

[ThomCat]

1. Any parent that would do this

Drug their kids, and leave them unattended, needs to loose custody. Clearly, going out and getting drunk was more important to them.
x(

[AllegroRondo]

2. Is it that difficult to just buy a 6-pack

and have a couple beers at home after the kids are in bed?

[NewJeffCT]

3. WTF?

what if the kid woke up sick and vomiting? what if the kid fell out of bed or something else?

Is it that hard to call a baby sitter if you really want to go out?

[Orrex]

5. Maybe they didn't trust a babysitter

You know, because it's dangerous to leave the kids in someone else's care.

Much better to leave them in the sleepy security of Benadryl-induced unconsciousness.

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. Quaaludes work better.

The parents could have partied for days! :beer::party:

[JVS]

6. Moral of the story: loose lips sink ships