Why are you diverting the discussion to welfare fraud and abuse?
because similar situations - where the parent(s) is forced to make a choice between continued work income and caring for the kids - happens in millions of homes each work day
I don't care what kind of choices people have. You don't leave 2- and 3-year-olds home alone. You call in sick.
not if you have no sick leave, or work for an employer who will fire you and hire another low skill employee. it's not like the employer doesn't have a lot of willing prospective job takers
i have lived in this house for 28 years and know the occupants of five neighboring homes. only one of those do i know well enough to ask that kind of favor; and since they are flight attendants, it would only be possible wen they were not on duty themselves
that is 28 years in a nice neighborhood. don't see that as comparable to the typical working mom's circumstance. don't see a whole lot of folks offering free child care. don't see anyone offering child care for sick kids, even for payment ... assuming they could afford to pay it from their minimum wages
You call your baby's daddy
the dude that only comes around the first of each month on "father's day" to get his slice of the welfare check? sorry maggie, but she is employed. doubt the baby daddy is still in the picture. and if he is then why isn't he being forced by the courts to pay for the child's welfare
in short, you have offered an option that is rarely viable
. . . you call your mom, your aunt,
they are still in mexico ... or not within commuting distance ...
the one who also works. how is she going to work and take care of your kids?
What you don't do is leave young children home alone.
if you are faced with sophie's choice, you DO
because it is work and earn an income or keep your kids yourself and be unable to provide for them. when that happens, social services will eventually step in and take them from you
I can't even imagine having to have this conversation with you. Unfreakin'believable.
you have a poor imagination then, maggie
you are unable to "appreciate" the plight that MILLIONS of parents - especially poor, under-skilled single parents - face every working day
that you cannot believe it does not make the reality go away