Slog - Comments on Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father

Comment by Been there

Been there — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:33:35 -0800

It's not really a happy ending since the poor boy has to live with alcoholics for at least 17 more years. Talk about abuse and torture, live with a bunch of frequent drinkers for a few years. It will take its toll.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:33:51 -0800

Sooooo, do we know how drunk the kids were at the time?

Comment by Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:34:18 -0800

At least none of them were gay, thank the Lord.

Comment by monkey

monkey — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:44:41 -0800

Yeah, because this kid is going to live happily ever after.

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:10:50 -0800

Why even bother posting it, then?

Comment by John Bailo

John Bailo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:13:41 -0800

Light rail is obvious solution.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:25:01 -0800

drinking's not illegal. the grandma, who was driving, was NOT over the legal limit. "escorting" them home is MADD-inspired police state hysteria.

Comment by Chicago Fan

Chicago Fan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:06:57 -0800

Once, again, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Great State of Indiana.

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:23:06 -0800

@8, don't be an ass.

Comment by Leslie N.

Leslie N. — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:26:54 -0800

I live near Indiana and often go to it. It might be the only state that's more depressing than Ohio.

Comment by Darcy

Darcy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:09:13 -0800

@10: I don't know, West Virginia's pretty depressing...

Comment by Charm

Charm — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:17:16 -0800

Speaking as the adult child of an alcoholic parent, I can honestly say that this child's nightmare is just beginning, not ending.

Comment by Jordyn

Jordyn — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:34:14 -0800

*sigh* I miss my family.

Comment by Ben

Ben — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:39:44 -0800

Adults? Drinking? On a Friday night?

What a bunch of alcoholics.

Comment by RS

RS — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:41:23 -0800

Who says they're alcoholics? Yes, they had been drinking and at least two were even drunk, but there's a huge difference between that an alcoholism. Three of the four weren't even necessarily planning to go out - they had to in order to rescue the kid when his mother was arrested. They could have been celebrating something, they could have had a little more wine at dinner than they realized, or whatever. Yes, the mother driving drunk, not good. The father driving drunk, not good - but he wasn't planning on driving before the police called. And sure, maybe he should have called the grandparents, but that doesn't make him an alcoholic necessarily.

It's entirely possible that one or more (maybe even all four) of the adults here are alcoholics. But there's very little, if anything, in this article to indicate that they are.

Comment by Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:04:42 -0800

As long as none of them are gay, who cares.

Comment by ellarosa

ellarosa — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:16:39 -0800

bailo, that was actually a funny and witty comment. wow.

Comment by Charm

Charm — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:06:38 -0800

@15 - Well then they're just REALLY stupid. Because if I had too much wine at dinner, the last thing that would occur to me is to strap my 1-year-old into the vehicle and go SPEEDING down the highway. I would maybe take a cab. And she was arrested early Saturday, do you think they mean early Saturday evening? Or before Saturday morning cartoons?

Moving on to the dad. If my wife has been picked up and ARRESTED for drunk driving, and I know that I have been drinking, then again, the right thing to do to pick up my child from the police station is to take a cab. How drunk do you have to be for the cops to be able to tell your drunk just from you walking in? And how stupid do you have to be to try it?

I'm seeing a pattern, and if it's not alcoholism, it's piss poor judgement - that generally comes from dead brain cells, likely caused by excessive drinking - and child endangerment. Either way, no happy endings here. Send the kid to live with some responsible gay couple.