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In the discussion thread: 2 children found living in abandoned bus in Texas [View all]

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 12:59 PM

xxqqqzme (13,434 posts)

6. 11 and FIVE?

An 11 yr old watching after a 5 yr old during the day. - Ike was in '08 so the 5 yr old was 1? The parents are jailed since when? The article says the children have been living in the bus since the first of the year. Have they been w/ the great aunt since the parents were jailed? The aunt works 12 hr shifts? So low or minimum wage, probably not enough to live on. Sounds like all 3 were living in the bus.

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72 replies	Author	Time	Post
2 children found living in abandoned bus in Texas [View all]	Bozita	Mar 2012	OP
Seems to me the neighbors knew of these children. Why in bill blue blazes didn't	snappyturtle	Mar 2012	#1
The neighbors might not have known these kids were on their own.	Lasher	Mar 2012	#2
yes - why didn't they try to contact the parents	Skittles	Mar 2012	#4
Splendora, TX	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#43
same reason why cars fled an accident scene I went to recently - "did not want to get involved"	wordpix	Mar 2012	#56
Hope they find a good	abelenkpe	Mar 2012	#3
My first thought as well.	PotatoChip	Mar 2012	#7
I'm with everyone else - if you see children looking dirty and unkempt and no shoes even in winter	Smilo	Mar 2012	#5
Remember we are talking of Texas, they is NO local Government outside of Cities	happyslug	Mar 2012	#19
Thank you.	Delphinus	Mar 2012	#53
No, you didn't.	Speaker	Mar 2012	#54
I did NOT say that, I pointed out no LOCAL Government	happyslug	Mar 2012	#58
There is a child abuse hot line in all 50 states.	proud2BlibKansan	Mar 2012	#64
So what? How do you find out about it if you do NOT know about it.	happyslug	Mar 2012	#66
Google it	proud2BlibKansan	Mar 2012	#67
How can a person who has no Computer "google it"????	happyslug	Mar 2012	#70
that will come a quite a surprise to my county commissioners' court, county judge, county sheriff,	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#60
A FEDERAL Government Employee	happyslug	Mar 2012	#61
well, i would consider the county gov. to be local, but even within	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#62
Not just Texas. That's the case in most of the west.	Xithras	Mar 2012	#68
11 and FIVE?	xxqqqzme	Mar 2012	#6
So there was no adult caring for them? That's what it sounds like.	Quantess	Mar 2012	#8
There was a Adult, but she was working 12 hour shifts	happyslug	Mar 2012	#10
Oh, now I see it.	Quantess	Mar 2012	#13
The Children were with an ADULT	happyslug	Mar 2012	#9
What are you talking about?	LisaL	Mar 2012	#20
Under the law, that is sufficient	happyslug	Mar 2012	#25
Under what law its sufficient?	LisaL	Mar 2012	#26
You should check your state's Welfare Regulations	happyslug	Mar 2012	#59
Even though some can't comprehend what you are saying, it is great that you are	DeschutesRiver	Mar 2012	#72
Thank you for taking the time to say this	Horse with no Name	Mar 2012	#37
I remember the CHIP program and then Governor Bush of Texas	happyslug	Mar 2012	#39
the kids are experiencing gross neglect, thats grounds for foster care	firehorse	Mar 2012	#24
Have you done Children and Youth work? I have, and nothing in the article shows gross neglect.	happyslug	Mar 2012	#47
did you look at the bus? filthy, no water, lacking food, trash everywhere...	firehorse	Mar 2012	#48
Maybe we should just criminalize poverty	JAbuchan08	Mar 2012	#49
This wasn't a personal opinon of Happyslug - it was the law's position. nt	DeschutesRiver	Mar 2012	#71
Sad, but True.	Throckmorton	Mar 2012	#52
Eyes Open	flamingdem	Mar 2012	#11
This is how many children live in the U.S.A.	hunter	Mar 2012	#14
You are so correct!	southerncrone	Mar 2012	#29
I do not think you've seen much of the third world	flamingdem	Mar 2012	#33
We're not "third world"	hunter	Mar 2012	#35
What's crippling the US is privately-funded elections.	Selatius	Mar 2012	#51
Amen brotha. eom	xtraxritical	Mar 2012	#38
+10000	wordpix	Mar 2012	#57
So did these children fall through the cracks in the social net?	bayareaboy	Mar 2012	#12
But Mitt Romney's not concerned about that.	Arugula Latte	Mar 2012	#17
Here's a video link:	Quantess	Mar 2012	#15
Great Aunt? Where are the kids parents, aunts, and uncles? nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#16
Parents are apparently in prison.	LisaL	Mar 2012	#18
Both of them? Do you have a link to the info? nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#21
The info is in the OP.	LisaL	Mar 2012	#22
Their parents are believed to be in prison for embezzling money from Hurricane Ike victims in 2008.	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#23
If the parents are in prison, didn't the state assign a guardian for the kids	southerncrone	Mar 2012	#30
Excellent question.	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#32
I imagine the parents didn't want children to go to foster care so they probably	LisaL	Mar 2012	#42
Children in our society today are disposable.	southerncrone	Mar 2012	#27
I suspect that there never were any kids.	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#28
Who is making things up?	southerncrone	Mar 2012	#31
Or, as we call it in Texas........	DFW	Mar 2012	#34
US Postal Workers...	Galraedia	Mar 2012	#36
Wow, this sounds like a real-life version of "The Boxcar Children"	Art_from_Ark	Mar 2012	#40
I thought the same thing, I loved those books when I was a kid in ther 90s.	Odin2005	Mar 2012	#44
First thing I thought of, but without the older sibblings.	joshcryer	Mar 2012	#50
those poor children	blondie58	Mar 2012	#41
!!!!!!!!!!!!	Odin2005	Mar 2012	#45
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team)	asfghjkyu	Mar 2012	#46
Talk about a failed system we have one	madokie	Mar 2012	#55
we are a third world country.	CTyankee	Mar 2012	#63
I read this a couple of days ago, and realized that the parents were most likely in prison...	midnight	Mar 2012	#65
They are in prison and it has been known from the beginning.	LisaL	Mar 2012	#69

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