Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Well, what the--? ORDDU: My sisters and I just heard this from our local Town Crier while leaving the local market place in the village where we do our shopping. According to what we heard, a married couple wanted to see Pirates of the Caribbean badly enough to risk going to jail over the fact that they abandoned their own baby girl--leaving her unattended in a stroller outside in the hot sun--while her parents supposedly enjoyed the air conditioned comfort of the attraction, itself. ORWEN: How could anybody be so heartless and thoughtless of their own child?! I mean, I can understand such bad behavior from a certain nasty old biddy. But I hope these parent get what's coming to them! ORDDU: Apparently Disney Security was waiting for the couple when they got off the ride. As they went looking for their baby, they made inquiries which helped security locate THEM. Naturally they were taken into custody for questioning. We haven't heard any follow up reports beyond this, so far. ORWEN: You would think those awful parents would have been worried that somebody could have kidnapped their little girl! ORGOCH: 'Course--in this case--it woulda been a blessin' fer the baby ta git itself stolen away from such folks!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 if this turns out to be the entire story ( and I don't doubt that it might ) - this is another example of the 'me' generation, who puts everything for them ahead of everything else. One's life changes when you have kids, however too many 'children' have kids ( and age has nothing to do with the children lable here ) - as we have all said many times here, it's unfortunate their is not test for becoming a parent. It happens around us at least once every 6 months where some parents leave their kids in parked cars in the parking lot for the Casino's nearby so they can gamble...... What is the world coming to ?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Last year I had a similar experience in DL. Was crossing through the hub from Tomorrowland to Adventureland and came across a stroller with a 3 to 6 month old baby inside. No one anywhere to be found. All the benches empty. Friends and I stood there for a good 10 minutes waiting to see if someone would come for the baby. No one showed. One friend picked up the baby to see if ok, I ran and got a CM at a vending cart. The CM immediately came over, called over code on her walkie talkie and took the baby and stroller. I could have walked off with a baby boy if I can wanted too. <sigh>
Originally Posted By Kimrue this is unbelievable. for what it's worth, not all new parents are this unfit. Neglect also isn't "new", my mom remembers being a child and the mom down the street with 8 kids blessing them (catholic style) and letting them run free until evening, I think the youngest was under two at the time...just sad
Originally Posted By Kimrue by the way, I'm catholic, practicing, even...my comments weren't bashing the catholics in any W.S.F....
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: We also heard that--during questioning by Security--both parents had really lame excuses for what they did. The mother said she thought the father had the baby all that time, while the father said he thought the mother had her. So, how could they have waited in line and not seen who was holding onto who or what?! ORGOCH: Guess it just goes ta show there really IS somebody out there dumber than yerself, eh, sister?
Originally Posted By MPierce What in the world were these people thinking. I am really curious if there will be a follow up story on this story. I just can't imagine anybody leaveing their child unattended anywhere. I know it happens a lot, but it just makes me sad, and angry that parents could be that idiotic. The child should be removed from the home until those people were subject to several very long counciling sessions on parenting, and reevauleation of their lifestyle.
Originally Posted By hopemax A friend who used to work at the MK, took many kids over to lost parents. A lot of times, the parents would already be there, or very shortly thereafter. They would call down to make sure the kids were reunited, and she said the saddest days were the ones where they would finish their shift and the parents STILL hadn't shown up. When she told me that, I wondered how many kids are actually abandoned at Disney? In someone's warped mind, leaving the kid at the most magical place on earth, with what people believe are the best workers would be better than leaving them somewhere else.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss When I used to work at The Disney Store (way back when iy was the real deal), every so often some parent would leave their kid in the store while they went shopping in the mall; you couldn't always prevent it from happening, especially on a busy weekend with scores of people in the store.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom I cannot imagine ever doing something like that. What goes through people's minds? Poor children. I would freak out if my daughter got out of my sight when she was little.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad It is a constant battle to TEACH one's children to consider the big picture, to walk in the foot steps of others before judging, to think of the impact that a small choice will have, to put others before self. It's the world in which we live. We must strive to teach our children to make wise and sound decisions, preparing them for a responsible life...when we are no longer around.
Originally Posted By Ursula I worked at KBF for a few years in the Info center and part of the job was dealing with Lost Children. I've been yelled at, cursed, you name it when I couldn't make one's child appear magically. All understandable. Especially with the four-year old girl that security could not find for 45 minutes. (She was found in the care of an employee). There was one kid, though, who would show up from time to time. He'd get stuck with us for hours on end, and his age was not even near the cusp of where we could release him on his own. Turns out, he didn't even have a ticket to the park, and either he or his mother would assume that we would let him into the park (without a ticket). I knew of three times where this happened over the summer. I wonder two things about him: did his mother know he was doing this, and if not, what kind of mother would not wonder where her kid was for six hours?
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle How sad - what is wrong with some parents? I'm glad the stories mentioned here have all had happy endings, but I'm sure a lot don't.
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast Happened at a Rolling Stones show once.Parents had left their kids in a motel nearby unattented so they could see the show.Middle of Stones set an announcement came on asking for those parents to report to security.Needless to say they had gone to jail.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 The child, a three-year-old girl, was non-responsive when medics arrived due to heat exhaustion ... they had to revive her. The parents were arrested and the child placed with relatives. This just is another example of why forced sterilization is needed in this country!
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl What is wrong with these people??? I cannot imagine leaving a child alone so that I could go on a ride! Hopefully, these parents will not get their child back. The child deserves better..
Originally Posted By DAR Just remember this. It doesn't take much to create a child. To parent it, takes a lot more, some dopes just don't realize it.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 It just makes me so sad and mad. I wouldn't want to look in the childs eys and see how scared they are. Just think the child wondering what did I do wrong? Kids don't think that they parents are worped.. they just think that they did something worng to deserve this. I would just want to hold that little girl and tell her that it would be ok, and not let anyone ever do that to her again. I read stories like this and I just hold my kids and wish that other kids could be loved. That's all they want is love.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Parenting, the hardest job I have ever had ( and the most rewarding) - yet one where no interview is required, and there are no pre requisites.....really sad to read about the heat exhaustion also..
