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"Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby won’t be charged in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Cecilia Slaby, who was left in a car for eight hours amid searing heat Aug. 23, prosecutors said this morning.
Nesselroad-Slaby, 40, forgot she left the sleeping girl strapped in a child seat of a sport utility vehicle at Glen Este Middle School, where she is the assistant principal."
I have no doubt that this was a tragic mistake, but I think it's interesting that this woman remembered the doughnuts, but not her child. It's also worth noting that she hired one of the best lawyers in town and his PR machine has been spewing forth sympathetic stories ever since this happened and has orchestrated and ingenious campaign to get her off and apparently it worked . . . I have to wonder if a young, poor, woman of another race would have gotten off without charges if she had done the same thing.
I hope Brenda Slaby has the decency to resign her position as assistant principal because IMO anyone who unintentionally kills their own child should not be entrusted with the children of others.
I do not understand how someone could forget about a life that they created. I do not have any compassion for people that do this. How can you forget about about someone that you gave birth to, or someone that you got up in the middle of the night to make sure they are ok. No matter if you stayed up all night or if you were running late remember about the little life the God is holding you responsible for. I do not understand people giving advise on how to not forget your child in the car, like leaving your purse in the back seat when you put the child back there or putting a stuffed animal in the front seat to help you remember. You should not have to have little reminders around to remember your child. When I am in the car I am more likely to forget my purse or lock the keys in my car then to forget my son. You are supposed to take care of your childeren!!
I am curious as to WHY it's a tragic mistake when a School Principal OR a Dr leave their kid in the car BUT it's a criminal act if a welfare mother does it? I have seen this several times......keep in mind.....I believe that the Welfare mother IS guilty of a criminal act but SO IS the Principal or the Doctor......
I'm not sure which is more sickening...A) Parents "forgetting" their kids in the car and it results in the death of an innocent child or B) how people downgrade this to a "mistake". There have been so many cases of this being reported nowdays that you would think parents would be more responsible with their kids.
I was thinking more about this today, and I want to state that I'm really not in a position to say whether someone should or shouldn't be punished in this situation, if it truly was a mistake. That's not to say I think it was excusable, but I also realize that I've made some mistakes in my life, and would hope that enough mercy would be shown to me that it would be recognized that bearing the pain of what happened as a result of my mistake would in and of itself be enough "punishment".
I DO believe in compassion and mercy. I just happen to also think people need to be a bit more mindful of their environments and use common sense when the lives of others are in their charge.
A mistake is when you leave the iron on at home, lock your keys in the car...etc. Forgetting your child is in the car is just plain stupid! For smart people they are pretty dumb and I believe that there should be a punishment for all of those people dumb enough and self absorbed enough not to remember their child is in the car! It just makes my blood boil to think about those poor kids who were forgotten!
I am curious as to WHY it's a tragic mistake when a School Principal OR a Dr leave their kid in the car BUT it's a criminal act if a welfare mother does it? I have seen this several times......keep in mind.....I believe that the Welfare mother IS guilty of a criminal act but SO IS the Principal or the Doctor......
You are so right about this. Now I'm curious, if she was asst. principal at the elementary school, where was the 2 yr old supposed to be - at the school with her? Daycare? Something doesn't sound right IMO?
Some people are just idiots . How can you forget a child in a car ? You know you put the child in there , so how can you forget to take the child out ?!!!!! It seems that when you would get out of the car and start walking off from the car , you would see the child sitting in the back seat looking at you from the rear window wondering where you are going !! Eventually , car manufacturers are going to have to put cameras in cars of people who have kids so that when kids are left in vehicles by themselves , the car manufacturers will be able to see the kids in the car by themselves and call the authorities .
What's your take on this? Why was this man charged when his child lived, but Slaby got away without being charged? Is it because the death of her daughter was punishment enough in the eyes of the court? Is it because she forgot, and he did it knowingly? Or does it have something to do with it being a Hispanic male versus a female assistant principal? Or is it neither?
What's your take on this? Why was this man charged when his child lived, but Slaby got away without being charged? Is it because the death of her daughter was punishment enough in the eyes of the court? Is it because she forgot, and he did it knowingly? Or does it have something to do with it being a Hispanic male versus a female assistant principal? Or is it neither?
Your thoughts?
I think the poster's quote below sums it up. To add probably because he was Hispanic and more than likely a blue collar worker. I'm sure had he been a doctor/lawyer/principal/superintendent, the outcome would have been much different IMO
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Originally Posted by dynimagelv
I am curious as to WHY it's a tragic mistake when a School Principal OR a Dr leave their kid in the car BUT it's a criminal act if a welfare mother does it? I have seen this several times......keep in mind.....I believe that the Welfare mother IS guilty of a criminal act but SO IS the Principal or the Doctor......
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how could you
It just makes my blood boil to think about those poor kids who were forgotten!
