Video of child being put in washing machine.

[JWMcKinney]

I would just like to ask the people that were there, "on the scene", if those parents said the kid climbed in, or if they readily admitted to putting him in there. If they readily admitted to putting him in there, then maybe there is a chance they are just stupid. If they said the kid climbed in himself, they were being malicious, maybe even trying to kill him.

If your child is harmed by your stupidity, you have to be held accountable. Period.

Sticky, your examples aren't even close to the same thing. This dad picked his kid up and placed him in danger, on his own, shutting the door on the kid. Certainly, kids put themselves in danger at times, and there is nothing we can do as parents about it, like your child taking off on you. But deliberately putting the kid in danger, whether it was a "lapse of judgement" or not, is entirely unacceptable, imho.

If child services were to get involved in these people's lives, I think it should be a case of monitoring these parents for a period of time. I'm not sure they deserve to have their kid taken away, although he would probably be better off.

[eyeamdaman1]

Originally Posted by El Burro Loco

Step down off of the high horses.

Sad thing is I see uppity suburbanites in Frisco doing equally stupid things all the time. Maybe even some of the same people bashing these people.

Please enlighten us. You can't.



I'd expect a teenager to put a little kid in a washing machine and close the door for kicks or fun. Not an adult parent.

As an adult you're supposed to have much better judgement.

Again, once the door closed it went past any supposed 'fun' or 'joke' it was intended to be.

Very, very poor judgement on the Dad's part. You have to wonder how many other situations he's put or allowed his child to be in.

Even if it's one, that's one too many in my opinion.

I know as a parent I've never intentionally put my kids in potential situations that could cause harm.

[Rebel]

Update


It would appear it wasn't the parents, but rather the babysitters boyfriend.

[rawhide]

Originally Posted by Rebel

Update


It would appear it wasn't the parents, but rather the babysitters boyfriend.

That changes everything.

Press charges, against the man and the babysitter.

[Singapore Sling]

But I thought it was so obvious from the video that it was just a dad having fun with his son, but just had a minor lapse in judgement???

[Sticky Davis]

Originally Posted by Singapore Sling

But I thought it was so obvious from the video that it was just a dad having fun with his son, but just had a minor lapse in judgement???

All the news stories and links said it was a "mom and dad". Still a lapse in judgement for the "babysitter and friend" - they obviously meant no malice - i.e. not a premeditated act to cause harm. And they moved so quickly to save the kid - as fast as any blood relative would.

And now instead of a dad entertaining his son - it's a teenager? entertaining himself and girlfriend? Still a lapse of judgement (major), but I still wouldn't throw the book at the young man.

And the parents need to more carefully screen their babysitters. But again she may have been a model babysitter before? (I still intend to stay open minded until I fade from this Earth.)

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[rawhide]

The kid was not hurt in this stupid, reckless act, committed by the babysitter's boyfriend; not the father playing a "harmless" prank on his own child.

If the kid was majorly injured or worse, would you then decide to press charges?

It was a miracle a laundry attendant was even present at the time this happened.

[DC Lady]

Even worse in my opinion...
If you are entrusted to care for someone else's child you have to be EVEN MORE careful!
Sounds crazy....but I watch kids for a living and it is true....

A moot point in this case where no matter whose kid it is....it was negligent.

[GladysKravitz]

I showed my husband this video and he thought these people were very stupid. He was very judgmental.

Then I reminded him of something very stupid that he had done many years ago as a father. He became a little more humble after that.

I am not saying that the babysitter and her boyfriend are okay in what they did, I am saying that many people make really bad judgment calls from time to time. That does not make them evil. That is why INTENT is part of most crimes.

I think that SOME people here made a judgment based on the couple in the video being black. Would the same comments have been made if it were a young white couple? What if the kids were wholesome white football/cheerleader babysitters from Frisco?

What if every stupid mistake you ever made as a parent was broadcast on the internet? What if every stupid mistake your parents made was broadcast on the internet? How would you fare?