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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 68203" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Janet, I would call CPS too. In some places, it wouldn't even be legal for the <em>eleven year old</em> herself to be left on her own without adult supervision ... much less leaving her in charge of several other smaller children! <u> <em>Please</em></u> make that call. </p><p></p><p>Even a fairly mature, intelligent eleven year old is not equipped to take on this responsibility. They just don't have the knowledge and mature judgement to be taking care of three other children. Letting a three year old play outside by himself in a housing project and watching him through the window is proof of this. It sounds like an accident waiting to happen! Kaleb's mom should have seen this herself instead of taking the easy way out. It sounds like this girl is one of those kids who has been put in the position of being the "responsible one" in her family while her mom sleeps and plays computer games. It's not fair to her either and she'll suffer for it too. Is Kaleb's mom getting some kind of government assistance for child care and it's going to this other family? Maybe in the mom's name but the eleven year old is actually the real "babysitter"? This stuff happens all the time.</p><p></p><p>Maybe just getting that visit from CPS will be enough for Kaleb's mom to straighten her act up. Even if she's mad at first, I seriously doubt if she will keep him away from you for very long. It sounds like she's enjoying just being a part-time mom and wouldn't want to give that up. She's got a good thing going with you taking him off of her hands so often, and she knows it! She won't risk losing that. Let her get mad all she wants - Kaleb's safety is at stake.</p><p></p><p>And by the way, what happens when the "babysitter" goes back to school? Who will be watching Kaleb then?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 68203, member: 1883"] Janet, I would call CPS too. In some places, it wouldn't even be legal for the [i]eleven year old[/i] herself to be left on her own without adult supervision ... much less leaving her in charge of several other smaller children! <u> [i]Please[/i]</u> make that call. Even a fairly mature, intelligent eleven year old is not equipped to take on this responsibility. They just don't have the knowledge and mature judgement to be taking care of three other children. Letting a three year old play outside by himself in a housing project and watching him through the window is proof of this. It sounds like an accident waiting to happen! Kaleb's mom should have seen this herself instead of taking the easy way out. It sounds like this girl is one of those kids who has been put in the position of being the "responsible one" in her family while her mom sleeps and plays computer games. It's not fair to her either and she'll suffer for it too. Is Kaleb's mom getting some kind of government assistance for child care and it's going to this other family? Maybe in the mom's name but the eleven year old is actually the real "babysitter"? This stuff happens all the time. Maybe just getting that visit from CPS will be enough for Kaleb's mom to straighten her act up. Even if she's mad at first, I seriously doubt if she will keep him away from you for very long. It sounds like she's enjoying just being a part-time mom and wouldn't want to give that up. She's got a good thing going with you taking him off of her hands so often, and she knows it! She won't risk losing that. Let her get mad all she wants - Kaleb's safety is at stake. And by the way, what happens when the "babysitter" goes back to school? Who will be watching Kaleb then? [/QUOTE]
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