The first thing that comes to mind after reading this article is "How stupid can a person get". Scrolling through the Joplin Globe, as I do, I came across this article: Neosho woman faces counts of child endangerment.
A 32 year old Angela M. Gilmore-Hammon, is charged in Newton County Circuit Court with two felony counts of child endangerment. Her children — a 3-year-old and a 7-month-old — were found alone, with no adult supervision, in Hammon's home. Neosho police said they found Gilmore-Hammon in her car at 11:44 p.m. Friday on the side of the road near Palm Road and Highway 59. According to officers, a probable-cause affidavit stated that Gilmore-Hammon “appeared to be operating a motor vehicle while in a drug-induced condition.” The affidavit says she allegedly she had “no knowledge of where she had left her children due to her intoxicated or drug condition.” The mother remains in the Newton County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.
How frickin dumb can a person be. I guess that is what happens when you choose drugs over your children. This girl needs a wake-up call, and I guess that she is now getting one. I don not mean to be heartless, but, come on and think about it. 3 and 7 months! Stupid!
The reason that I feel this way is because people are stupid when drugs are involved. How can you get so messed up that you do not remember where you have left your children? Why would she have left them alone in the first place? I know that people with this type of addiction are not always in their right minds, but how about calling a sitter to come over if you are wanting to leave the house and the children there.
It has been nice reading your posts this semester, even though the subject matter has often made my blood boil. I just gave birth to my first child two months ago, and reading about children being hurt just burns me up!!! Like you said, “How frickin dumb can a person be.”?
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