Babes in the wood

Pork Hunt said :

This has to be a riotact first.

Two kids roaming streets and parklands, mother in bed at 9:15 am and not ONE suggestion that she might be a skanky ho or a crack whore…

Hey Porker, this is the new, kinder, gentler RiotAct! Get with the program…politeness rules! 🙂

Actually, I think that unlike drink driving, blagging servos, knifing people in parks etc, most Rioters who are parents have probably screwed up like this at some stage due to sleep deprivation, and other reasons that all parents will be familiar with. And the memory of the resulting overwhelming fear and abject humiliation may have overriden the normal Riotous compulsion to dump shit on the players.

When I was a teenager I found a little boy playing *under* a bus at Woden Interchange. I’d heard a message about a lost kid on the PA, so I took him to the information desk (while worrying about being mistaken for a kidnapper) and returned him to his mother. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a woman in worse shape in my entire life, and her joy at being reunited with her son was something to behold. I didn’t really understand her feelings until something similar happened to me 15 years later.

Like I said, my thoughts were initially scathing, but I quickly ran into the “Let who who is without sin cast the first stone…” bit.

What, can’t I just think she’s a crack whore to myself for once?

Pork Hunt said :

This has to be a riotact first.

Two kids roaming streets and parklands, mother in bed at 9:15 am and not ONE suggestion that she might be a skanky ho or a crack whore…

Benefit of the doubt.
I did say we needed more info BUT if the police returned her kids to her and there isn’t a big news scandal about her being a ho/crack whore then there isn’t much more to it.

heheh I have lost/forgotten 2 children on the same day…
How many of us have done similar??

This has to be a riotact first.

Two kids roaming streets and parklands, mother in bed at 9:15 am and not ONE suggestion that she might be a skanky ho or a crack whore…

Inappropriate said :

Genie said :

What mother doesn’t realise her 2 small children are missing first thing in the morning ?

And how does a 3 year open a front door… ?

1. A mother comatose from exaustion.

2. The same way an adult does it, but stands on a stool because they’re shorter.

Spot on. It is much easier to blame the mother than think though…

Genie said :

What mother doesn’t realise her 2 small children are missing first thing in the morning ?

And how does a 3 year open a front door… ?

1. A mother comatose from exaustion.

2. The same way an adult does it, but stands on a stool because they’re shorter.

Hard to comment on without more info..
Would depend on why the mother was still in bed at 9.15am.

When my grandsons were small my daughter got up early to shower while they were asleep. One woke up, realised his mother was busy, so helped himself to the money jar, dragged the vacuum to the front door, unlocked it and went to the corner shop. Same child had also been caught days later with a nappy full of loose change climbing out a kitchen window after dragging a chair over.

Ah, mothers… always the easiest target for every stranger and his dog to judge. And because they are so prone to guilt trips, such a very rewarding pass-time too.

There are definitely some questions in my mind, especially around the general security of the home, and the hours being kept by the mother. Kids that age should be in bed and asleep before 8pm, and even if they had a difficult night (it was hot after all), I’d have thought mum would be up and around well before 9.15am.

Fortunately nothing bad happened, though, and the scare will probably cause a rethink of looking after the kids.

Nearly every kid, at some point, makes their mum and/or dad feel like they are the most useless parents in the world.