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Today's paper had a thought-provoking article that made me uneasy..what do you think?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 584914" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am on the fence about the new provision. It isn't my state, but of course we all have opinions and ideas. I do think if she left a baby outside on a freezing night or during a very hot day then something needs to happen. I don't know if jail time is it, mostly because jail time won't help anything. Having a lighted, climate controlled area where babies can be left would be a wonderful thing. I am thinking of the small shed size buildings that some banks used to have for ATM machines in the 80's/early 90's. A video camera that allows the police/firemen/medical personnel/whomever to monitor the child in the amount of time it takes them to get to the building, plus an alarm to let people know that a child is there would go a long way to helping keep the babies safe. </p><p></p><p>The person who left the child needs to be found. Not so much to face criminal charges as to receive education and counseling so that she doesn't do this again. Maybe if someone had told her that to drop off the child at one of the designated locations without letting anyone know the child is there is a very bad thing. Also to let her know that you cannot leave a child outside for any length of time because they cannot regulate their body temperature and are so vulnerable to pretty much everything. </p><p></p><p>As we have these safe drop off places to protect babies, we also need to make sure that people know how to best protect the child when you drop them off. I can EASILY see a teen, preteen, handicapped person or highly sheltered person dropping off the child and truly not realizing that someone needs to know the child is there and the child needs to be in a protected area until people know it is there. </p><p></p><p>in my opinion we need to spend money not on a criminal case against the mother, but on an education campaign so that people will know how to do this safely so that the child is not harmed in any way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 584914, member: 1233"] I am on the fence about the new provision. It isn't my state, but of course we all have opinions and ideas. I do think if she left a baby outside on a freezing night or during a very hot day then something needs to happen. I don't know if jail time is it, mostly because jail time won't help anything. Having a lighted, climate controlled area where babies can be left would be a wonderful thing. I am thinking of the small shed size buildings that some banks used to have for ATM machines in the 80's/early 90's. A video camera that allows the police/firemen/medical personnel/whomever to monitor the child in the amount of time it takes them to get to the building, plus an alarm to let people know that a child is there would go a long way to helping keep the babies safe. The person who left the child needs to be found. Not so much to face criminal charges as to receive education and counseling so that she doesn't do this again. Maybe if someone had told her that to drop off the child at one of the designated locations without letting anyone know the child is there is a very bad thing. Also to let her know that you cannot leave a child outside for any length of time because they cannot regulate their body temperature and are so vulnerable to pretty much everything. As we have these safe drop off places to protect babies, we also need to make sure that people know how to best protect the child when you drop them off. I can EASILY see a teen, preteen, handicapped person or highly sheltered person dropping off the child and truly not realizing that someone needs to know the child is there and the child needs to be in a protected area until people know it is there. in my opinion we need to spend money not on a criminal case against the mother, but on an education campaign so that people will know how to do this safely so that the child is not harmed in any way. [/QUOTE]
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