hambirg
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I have terrible problems with huffpo (computer wise), but I noticed that an article there says that hot air was coming in to the vehicle. I posted earlier that I wondered why the keys would be in the ignition if the engine wasn't left running. Now I'm wondering if she didn't leave the car running with a/c on and it crapped out or wasn't set properly. Would explain why the baby had two shirts and a blanket on him, as well. jmo
Which is just another reason not to do something like this.
Sadly, it seems many do not know, given how often it happens. I believe most parents whose kids die that way are genuinely shocked, even if they aren't the most responsible people. I think it needs to be an education campaign, sadly.
An examination of media reports about the 605 child vehicular heatstroke deaths for an fourteen year period (1998 through 2013) shows the following circumstances:
52% - child "forgotten" by caregiver (315 Children)
29% - child playing in unattended vehicle (175)
18% - child intentionally left in vehicle by adult (108)
1% - circumstances unknown (6)
So, most times it's unintentional, forgotten, or playing in the car. Only 18% are intentional, like in this case.
Why are we blaming the father here? Noone even knows if he's alive, or even knows he's a father. Look at Casey Anthony who denied her daughter the privledge of having a father. Anna Nicole Smith did the same thing!
I saw someone continuing to blame him for not knowing he was a father- excuse me, how can you blame someone that didn't even know they impregnated someone. She could've lied and told him she was on birth control when she wasn't!
He's alive and in the USAF as well as being a personal trainer. I'm not sure they are even divorced, no proof one way or the other.
It may not be a popular sentiment, but the more I learn about Shanesha Taylor, [modsnip]. The "Justice for Shanesha" mantra has taken on a life of its own with her supporters.
She has somehow become the "face" of single,[modsnip] mothers struggling with grinding poverty-- and just nothing about her situation until possibly January seems to support that. She was solidly middle class, from all I have been able to find. Perhaps she had a falling out with close friends and family, an issue with the bio-dad of the 6 month old, perhaps she had some emotional problems or psychiatric problems suddenly appear, or possibly even substance abuse-- but her life up to about January was full of promise and comforts. She has held at least 2 jobs that can be documented-- Sprint, and a USAF enlisted soldier-- solidly middle class jobs, not menial, minimum wage, or entry level. She has attended college, and has a vast social network of family and friends. So WHAT HAPPENED?
Why is not a single media outlet asking THAT question? They WANT her to be that woman who is "homeless" and living out of a car, not educated, with few options, enduring grinding poverty, and tearful and pitiable in a mug shot. Her reality has been hijacked for the convenience of those promoting awareness of difficult social issues, IMO.
I do really question what happened to her in the last couple of months. This is not a woman who has been struggling with unemployment, lack of childcare, and grinding poverty for more than a few weeks! And somehow she has become a poster child for all sorts of causes for poor, single, homeless, [modsnip] mothers that are really only distantly and peripherally related to her leaving a 6 month old and a 2 year old in a car while she interviewed with an insurance company.
Something about this whole situation makes no sense at all to me. It's surreal. It's making less and less sense as time goes on. If anything, the more I have learned about "who" she is, the less sympathy I have for her. She is smart, articulate, strong, and capable. [modsnip] She knows right from wrong. She knows, IMO, with absolute certainty, that leaving those kids in the car was a terribly wrong decision. But she did it anyway.
What happened in such a very short amount of time for her to end up in a situation like this? That is the REAL story-- not the long suffering, poor, homeless, single [modsnip] mom struggling with grinding poverty and no friends, family, or resources. She had TONS of resources just a few weeks ago. Family, friends, loving and supportive, all of them. What happened?
I "get" why the public and the media need her to be something she isn't, to promote all of the various causes and agendas.
This whole situation is a head scratcher. It's fascinating to see how this has taken on a life of its own, and morphed into something it never was in the first place. IMO.
But hey, there is $99K in donations in a bank account. :facepalm:
BBM
ITA!
There seems to be a big disconnect between how she is being portrayed and the reality of her situation.
[modsnip]
"solidly middle class"? Are you kidding? She has no husband, she has three kids, and SHE LIVES IN A CAR.
Besides having three kids, I'm not sure I believe the other stuff. Her husband, if he's an ex, is surely paying child support. He appears to be doing quite well. I imagine for three kids, he pays $$$.