"You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

Sunday, August 5, 2007

(Lack of) daycare tragedy

I was disturbed by this tragedy of a mother who had to do a double-shift and had to leave her children in her car and ended up killing her children. Allegedly, her boss threatened that she would be fired if she didn't show up to work, so when her babysitter canceled at the last minute, she decided to leave her children with food, water, and a fan.

It's tragic not only because of what happened, but because so many other countries offer daycare that it's baffling why people still suffer for it in this country. This could so easily have been avoided if daycare was indeed the reason. Not only that, but education (don't leave your children in the car, even with nourishment).

There may be other circumstances that might be revealed as this case unfolds. The mother has been charged with homocide.

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