Thank you for the reminder. I'm a little unsure as what we can't mention; I know about names, but it was in a news report the girl was along for the ride, so I'm a little confused. I definitely don't want to cause her a moment of grief over any of this!
And Linas, I certainly have no intent of defining your parenting parameters, but I said in a post last night that it was not a place that I personally would have ever felt comfortable taking my daughter at that age. I feel very strongly about that. Children murdered by mommies is not something to which I think young and impressionable children need exposure. Also, coming from my personal perspective, I am a very low-key and mellow person and just shudder at the idea of being portrayed screaming and taunting outside somebody's home on the nightly news. I think I'd choose a beating over that! But that's just me and how I conduct myself. Believe me, I have lapses in other areas where folks shake their heads at me in dismay. We are all very different folks with very different comfort zones related to human behavior. I will always try peaceful interaction before becoming combative. And I've learned it's healthier for me to ignore than react on many provocations.
Well, you have my support. I think it is wrong to bring a child to such an event, esp when you knew what you were going back for on the night in question. they themselves admit the cross had been taken down, they saw Cindy do it but did not have their camera handy so they came back the next night with the camera
intent on taking pictures of Cindy taking the new cross so they could prove it. But I have already said all that.
I grew up with this kind of woman as a mother (I can totally see Cindy doing the same thing to someone elses family if the roles were reversed), dragging her children along on her missions to discredit others. and I'll tell you right now, it is NOT healthy for the children. I keep hearing (reading) all these posts of people talking about how dangerous the Milsteds and the Anthony's are, how they would be scared if these people were chasing them at a high rate of speed, lights flashing, cutting them off with their car, blocking them in, getting out of the car and
going after them on foot. The women interviewed admitted being afraid for their safety..
But can any of you imagine what the minor
child felt in those moments? Scared,
very very scared. But everyone (well, the ones who spoke in front of the camera) had time to put on their make-up and lipstick before the camera's were rolling (and I'm not just saying it, look at the face of the one woman it's like she had her make-up bag in her LAP just waiting.. I have a problem with that, a big problem- it is wrong and NOBODY should ever ever put their child in any kind of situation that they fear could turn out this way. and IMO if you are going to be investigating a possible crime (removal of property you placed somewhere, etc etc) and have admittably returned to the scene of that crime to try to catch them in the act, there is a logical possibility that things will turn out poorly.
What makes me sad is that so many adults apparently have no idea what they are doing to their children by engaging in this behavior with them present.
But that's just me :blowkiss:
