THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE!!!!

Grapevine mom leaves kids outside school in freezing weather

http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1880227.html

By BILL MILLER

wmiller@star-telegram.com

GRAPEVINE — Police are considering whether to pursue charges against a mother who left two children, ages 5 and 7, outside a closed Grapevine elementary school Thursday morning in freezing weather, a police spokesman said Friday.

It was 24 degrees with a wind chill in the single digits when a nurse on her way to her job at a nearby hospital spotted the children alone in the parking lot of Cannon Elementary School, 1300 W. College St.

The mother did not realize that Grapevine-Colleyville administrators had delayed the opening of school because of icy roads, said Lt. Todd Dearing, a police spokesman.

The nurse called 911 at 7:14 a.m., and officers went to get the children, Dearing said. Meanwhile, the mother heard on her car radio that the school was closed and returned to get her children, he said.

By the time she arrived, police were there, Dearing said.

"She made a mistake, she knows she made a mistake, and now we’re investigating to see if we’ll be filing criminal charges," Dearing said.

The possible charge is abandoning or endangering a child, a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine.

Child Protective Services was notified, Dearing said. CPS spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales said the children were not in the agency’s custody and thus she could not say whether CPS was involved.

This was an honest mistake, what is the phase that CPS uses to encourage people to adopt a child from foster care, "You don't have to be perfect, to be a perfect parent." "After all, kids don’t need perfection; they need you!"

This mom made a mistake and as soon as she realized it, she immediately turned around and went to get her children. They obviously were not outside that long before she did, since she was still in the car when she heard about the delay on the radio!!!!

Leave this mom alone and go focus on the Texas CPS workers who are failing to do their jobs. So many children have died in Texas after CPS involvement and now the police and CPS want to waste time investigating this mom.

What is amazing to me is that the police are even considering charges against this mom for her one mistake, yet absolutely no charges have been pressed against the Texas CPS workers who "Investigation shows family history of abuse missed in half of cases"

"Caseworkers for Texas Child Protective Services have regularly missed warning signs that Houston-area children were in danger, including failing to thoroughly investigate a family’s previous history of abuse or neglect, according to a report released on Monday."

Why don't you go press charges against these people instead, they are the ones who acutally deserve to be prosecuted!