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By: Wandawoo on 5/13/09
Behavioral problems? He's Five for crying out loud! I had two children only seventeen months apart, and when they were five and six I would not leave them alone in the car much less leave the keys in the vehicle! Ms. Fistunenko, you need to think about what you have said and what YOU have done. Don't try to pass the buck off to your five year old son!
Behavioral problems? He's Five for crying out loud! I had two children only seventeen months apart, and when they were five and six I would not leave them alone in the car much less leave the keys in the vehicle! Ms. Fistunenko, you need to think about what you have said and what YOU have done. Don't try to pass the buck off to your five year old son!
By: sschroeder on 5/13/09
Technology is great, automatic transmission, power steering! The kid made it to Memorial!
When I was his age, I only got the family car a half a block down the street before the battery died. It was a two person job without any keys. I got the old Pontiac in gear and the neighbor kid pushed on the starter pedal to make the car move. Of course, I got to drive. After all it was my parents' car.
When Dad got home from work, he was a bit irritated at Mother for leaving the car at the end of the block. It could not be blamed on my brother since he was old enough to be in school, so.... The consequences of my first driving lesson are lost to memory, maybe just surpressed.
Technology is great, automatic transmission, power steering! The kid made it to Memorial!
When I was his age, I only got the family car a half a block down the street before the battery died. It was a two person job without any keys. I got the old Pontiac in gear and the neighbor kid pushed on the starter pedal to make the car move. Of course, I got to drive. After all it was my parents' car.
When Dad got home from work, he was a bit irritated at Mother for leaving the car at the end of the block. It could not be blamed on my brother since he was old enough to be in school, so.... The consequences of my first driving lesson are lost to memory, maybe just surpressed.
By: ALP on 5/13/09
WOW!! I have a 5 yr old and there is NO WAY IN HELL i would leave my child in a car alone i dont care if i was just "running" the store!! i NEVER leave my child unattended in a car while i go in somewhere!! why the mother is blaming her FIVE YEAR OLD is what i dont understand!!
WOW!! I have a 5 yr old and there is NO WAY IN HELL i would leave my child in a car alone i dont care if i was just "running" the store!! i NEVER leave my child unattended in a car while i go in somewhere!! why the mother is blaming her FIVE YEAR OLD is what i dont understand!!
By: Steveo on 5/13/09
"Fourth offense driving without a license" should be a clue as to how responsible this woman is. Probably taken away for DUI
"Fourth offense driving without a license" should be a clue as to how responsible this woman is. Probably taken away for DUI
By: Geana on 5/13/09
I have to agree with the others. A tough life lesson for mother Jessica.
I know this doesn't apply to the mother (or maybe it does?) but it's one of the reasons I've always been dead set against putting a child in a lap behind a wheel or controls (of anything!) and letting them "drive."
I have to agree with the others. A tough life lesson for mother Jessica.
I know this doesn't apply to the mother (or maybe it does?) but it's one of the reasons I've always been dead set against putting a child in a lap behind a wheel or controls (of anything!) and letting them "drive."
By: dawoodard on 5/13/09
You have got to be kidding me!!!!! 5 & 6 year old children are never to be left alone for any reason. In a car, in a house, in a store, never, ever, anywhere. So children services should be the next to get involved. Can you imagine if the situation was the worst??? Someone could have been killed. Then what? What are people thinking???
You have got to be kidding me!!!!! 5 & 6 year old children are never to be left alone for any reason. In a car, in a house, in a store, never, ever, anywhere. So children services should be the next to get involved. Can you imagine if the situation was the worst??? Someone could have been killed. Then what? What are people thinking???
By: attagirl on 5/13/09
I am not defending this mother one iota - she should be at serious risk for losing custody of those kids ... but ... the article just says "she stated he has behavioral problems." It doesn't say whether that was response to a question or why she said it. It appears the post could have taken that statement out of context.
Btw, Mom is the one with "behavioral problems," serious ones at that.
I am not defending this mother one iota - she should be at serious risk for losing custody of those kids ... but ... the article just says "she stated he has behavioral problems." It doesn't say whether that was response to a question or why she said it. It appears the post could have taken that statement out of context.
Btw, Mom is the one with "behavioral problems," serious ones at that.
By: lightchick on 5/14/09
Which came first, the boy's "behavioral problems" or the mother's neglect and irresponsible behavior??
Which came first, the boy's "behavioral problems" or the mother's neglect and irresponsible behavior??
By: RonB on 5/14/09
ALL 5 year olds have "behavioral problems", especally the ones who don't receive adult leadership.
ALL 5 year olds have "behavioral problems", especally the ones who don't receive adult leadership.
By: ALP on 5/14/09
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THIS!! Esp "RonB". NO 5 yr needs to be left alone EVER!! i am waiting to see the out come of this story
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THIS!! Esp "RonB". NO 5 yr needs to be left alone EVER!! i am waiting to see the out come of this story
By: rebelyeller on 5/14/09
When I was a kid in the 70's, my parents routinely left me in the car as they ran in the post office, or corner store.
I think this idea that you can't leave a kid or two in a vehicle while you pay for gas or pickup dry cleaning is a relatively new phenomenon, perpetuated by media hysteria over abducted kids and whatnot. Fox and Cnn run missing kids stories like it is epidemic.
A recent study showed that kids today are safe as they were 30 years ago, and that after a brief spike in the 80's child abduction is on its way down again.
I suspect the same folks saying you should never leave a child unattended are the same bunch who believe you should never spank a child. My own experience is that a light spanking can cure a behavioral problem instantaneously.
By raising dependent, undisciplined kids you are only punishing yourselves.
When I was a kid in the 70's, my parents routinely left me in the car as they ran in the post office, or corner store.
I think this idea that you can't leave a kid or two in a vehicle while you pay for gas or pickup dry cleaning is a relatively new phenomenon, perpetuated by media hysteria over abducted kids and whatnot. Fox and Cnn run missing kids stories like it is epidemic.
A recent study showed that kids today are safe as they were 30 years ago, and that after a brief spike in the 80's child abduction is on its way down again.
I suspect the same folks saying you should never leave a child unattended are the same bunch who believe you should never spank a child. My own experience is that a light spanking can cure a behavioral problem instantaneously.
By raising dependent, undisciplined kids you are only punishing yourselves.
By: Dave42 on 5/15/09
Not only are you punishing yourselves, but society as well. I'm of the opinion that some of these kids from the era of too much permisiveness have made it into our political branches. That's why we have so many of the "no no you can't do that to your child" laws on the books now.
Not only are you punishing yourselves, but society as well. I'm of the opinion that some of these kids from the era of too much permisiveness have made it into our political branches. That's why we have so many of the "no no you can't do that to your child" laws on the books now.
By: StillIrise on 7/21/09
It is so sad that the world is full of so many self-righteous idiots. This young woman - who had made several mistakes in her life but was now paying for them and trying to get her life together - was trying to move to a better situation. She shouldn't have left her children in the car but unlike you pompous *-!@%, she didn't have the support system she needed. She had no one to leave them at home with - she couldn't take them in the liquor store and she had been ordered by the courts to get out of her present living situation. You figure it out since that is what you are so good at doing. I wish some of you could live in the reality of some single mothers! I was a single mom who raised five. It isn't always as simple as you make it out. I never intended to be on my own raising mine but it happened. I made mistakes too but I raised them. Today, they are parents, a medical assistant, a teacher, a farmer, a coach and a personal trainer. Thank God he didn't throw me under the bus like you people would have.
It is so sad that the world is full of so many self-righteous idiots. This young woman - who had made several mistakes in her life but was now paying for them and trying to get her life together - was trying to move to a better situation. She shouldn't have left her children in the car but unlike you pompous *-!@%, she didn't have the support system she needed. She had no one to leave them at home with - she couldn't take them in the liquor store and she had been ordered by the courts to get out of her present living situation. You figure it out since that is what you are so good at doing. I wish some of you could live in the reality of some single mothers! I was a single mom who raised five. It isn't always as simple as you make it out. I never intended to be on my own raising mine but it happened. I made mistakes too but I raised them. Today, they are parents, a medical assistant, a teacher, a farmer, a coach and a personal trainer. Thank God he didn't throw me under the bus like you people would have.
By: tdoggie1 on 2/17/10
I agree, the Mother is at fault and never should have left her children unattended; however, the kid probally drove better than most adults do here in the Murfreesboro area...just a joke...so dont send me nasty replies....
I agree, the Mother is at fault and never should have left her children unattended; however, the kid probally drove better than most adults do here in the Murfreesboro area...just a joke...so dont send me nasty replies....
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