Posted on Apr 7, 2015
Ethical dilemma here - pointing fingers, blame goes around but nobody responsible - how?
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Is this a case of parental neglect?
How does the mom not know how her seven kids are living.....but ready to drop everything after they died to claim she would have helped them live?
Does the power company share responsibility in the deaths of this family?
Is the father solely responsible for the deaths of himself and his children?
Is welfare to blame for the deaths because they did not give the family enough to pay their bills?
Are both parents responsible, after all, they had more children than they could afford to support. right?
Terrible that everyone wants to help AFTER THE FACT! What are your thoughts?
http://news.yahoo.com/utility-removed-stolen-electric-meter-8-were-poisoned-195913163.html
How does the mom not know how her seven kids are living.....but ready to drop everything after they died to claim she would have helped them live?
Does the power company share responsibility in the deaths of this family?
Is the father solely responsible for the deaths of himself and his children?
Is welfare to blame for the deaths because they did not give the family enough to pay their bills?
Are both parents responsible, after all, they had more children than they could afford to support. right?
Terrible that everyone wants to help AFTER THE FACT! What are your thoughts?
http://news.yahoo.com/utility-removed-stolen-electric-meter-8-were-poisoned-195913163.html
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This is a tragic situation, where several mistakes were made, but the children are dead because the father didn't know about the dangers of Carbon Monoxide.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda has no bearing here.
I'm quite sure mom wishes she would have done something differently. Undoubtedly, there is a reason dad had sole custody. She will have to live with the results of her decisions.
But she gets to live.
Sometimes life is unfair.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda has no bearing here.
I'm quite sure mom wishes she would have done something differently. Undoubtedly, there is a reason dad had sole custody. She will have to live with the results of her decisions.
But she gets to live.
Sometimes life is unfair.
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Quote of the Story:
"Todd had a troubled history with the law, including a number of alleged altercations with his now ex-wife, court records show. In 2011, he was accused of stabbing Chambers in the face. The following year, he was convicted of second-degree assault and spent a year in jail and 18 months on probation. His ex-wife could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
“He had an anger problem,” said Angela Collins, a family friend. “But he was all about taking care of his kids.”
How does someone with this history get custody out of foster care?!
Further, what were the circumstances that led to foster care being better than living with mom, and living with dad after that kind of history is better than either?
I sense that there is a lot more to the story. I'll wager it comes out that mommy had some issues too.
"Todd had a troubled history with the law, including a number of alleged altercations with his now ex-wife, court records show. In 2011, he was accused of stabbing Chambers in the face. The following year, he was convicted of second-degree assault and spent a year in jail and 18 months on probation. His ex-wife could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
“He had an anger problem,” said Angela Collins, a family friend. “But he was all about taking care of his kids.”
How does someone with this history get custody out of foster care?!
Further, what were the circumstances that led to foster care being better than living with mom, and living with dad after that kind of history is better than either?
I sense that there is a lot more to the story. I'll wager it comes out that mommy had some issues too.
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I'm with you 1SG (Join to see), there's way more to this story than what's being stated. Another person the finger is not being aimed at is the landlord, who never had legal power hooked up to the house. Not sure how that is legal for a rental property, period. Also, does this state not require CO2 alarms? I know they're required by law out here.
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Every so often, events conspire to create the perfect storm. This is tragic, but there was no one single event that killed this family beyond the ignorance of the father running a gas generator inside his house.
The power company was simply complying with regulations and could not know who was dependent on the power provided by the meter.
Welfare can not help people that do not come to them for help.
The ex-wife was overwhelmed. She could pay the child support, but if she didn't know where to send the checks, there isn't much that can be done.
Don't get me started on "Family Planning" in America...
The father was coping relatively well despite the stolen power situations. The family was making it, until he turned on a generator in the house and put everyone to sleep... forever.
This sucks, but no one here had any intention of creating a situation like this, and there were many other things that could have happened to prevent it, but none of them did.
The power company was simply complying with regulations and could not know who was dependent on the power provided by the meter.
Welfare can not help people that do not come to them for help.
The ex-wife was overwhelmed. She could pay the child support, but if she didn't know where to send the checks, there isn't much that can be done.
Don't get me started on "Family Planning" in America...
The father was coping relatively well despite the stolen power situations. The family was making it, until he turned on a generator in the house and put everyone to sleep... forever.
This sucks, but no one here had any intention of creating a situation like this, and there were many other things that could have happened to prevent it, but none of them did.
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I did not vote as I do not see an option that is appropriate to this. So much wrong here. And so many unanswered questions.
For all those who are involved my deepest sympathy.
For all those who are involved my deepest sympathy.
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