WTF seriously?

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" Father without baby sitter accused of caging kids Posted: Jul. 3 7:55 p.m. POSEN, Ill. — A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said Thursday. Ricardo Gonzalez, 35, of Midlothian, was arrested Monday after a woman at a gas station in Posen heard a crying child and spotted him pushing small hands back into a cage, police said. He had a wire cage behind the front seats of his truck, police said. Black-tinted windows and a large plywood board in the back window concealed it. Gonzalez told police he used the cage because he didn't have a baby sitter. He also said he wanted to control the girls, ages 2 and 5, so they wouldn't run away. Police said the girls did not live in the cage. Gonzalez will appear in court July 31 on charges of misdemeanor child endangerment. Cook County prosecutors were exploring Thursday whether the charge could be upgraded to a felony. A telephone listing for Gonzalez could not be found, and it was not clear whether he had an attorney. The children were turned over to the state child welfare agency and placed in foster care Monday. Agency spokesman Kendall Marlowe said the department was investigating abuse allegations against the father. It had previously found the mother neglectful and provided unspecified "supportive services" to the family. "

http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/3151548/

7/4/2008 12:58:45 AM

This is why practical, Tim-Allen-Like solutions to problems aren't always the best answer.

That guy must be as smart as a post.

7/4/2008 1:27:05 AM

It's not much better in the child welfare system. Unless he beat them or sold them into slavery, it doesn't seem that bad.

[Edited on July 4, 2008 at 2:43 AM. Reason : also, isn't thetabbycat the one who posts debunked internet rumors?]

7/4/2008 2:41:50 AM

how was his solution "better" than just locking them in a room inside? i mean, that isn't really the way to do it, either, but it's better than a cage in the back of a truck.

7/4/2008 2:44:59 AM

were they barking when the investigators found them?

7/4/2008 2:56:24 AM

lol- its funny because they sell cages for babies and toddlers- they're called playpens

7/4/2008 3:02:06 AM

BUT OMF IT HAD A ROOF

CONTROVERSIAL

7/4/2008 3:03:51 AM

kinda hot to have kids in a car though

7/4/2008 3:06:53 AM

^^^ and cribs


also, FYI, women do not find it funny to refer to a crib or playpen as a "cage".

7/4/2008 3:18:59 AM

Foster care is always the best choice.

7/4/2008 7:24:58 AM

people crate their dogs. so why not?

7/4/2008 8:20:56 AM

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"Ricardo Gonzalez"

ahhhh, it was just a cultural misunderstanding.

7/4/2008 9:13:39 AM

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"isn't thetabbycat the one who posts debunked internet rumors?]"

not sure what you're referring to?

7/4/2008 11:25:32 AM

At least he didn't tie the kids to a tree.

7/4/2008 11:47:28 AM

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"also, FYI, women do not find it funny to refer to a crib or playpen as a "cage"."

I do, but I'm not a typical woman

7/4/2008 11:47:41 AM

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"also, FYI, women do not find it funny to refer to a crib or playpen as a "cage"."

it is funny.

However, the story is not.

7/5/2008 9:43:06 AM

where the fuck is thIER MOM?

[Edited on July 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM. Reason : IE]

7/5/2008 2:19:14 PM

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"It had previously found the mother neglectful and provided unspecified "supportive services" to the family."

Being neglectful.
Duh.

7/5/2008 4:43:47 PM

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"He also said he wanted to control the girls, ages 2 and 5, so they wouldn't run away."

I don't get it, why would they ever want to run away?

Mess like this is why we need parenting licenses, or some kind of parenting test. Or bigger cages.

7/5/2008 9:00:10 PM

Or just whip the shit outta people like him and tell him to think about it.

7/8/2008 1:32:17 AM

If you treat your kids (or pets) right, they won't run away

7/8/2008 2:21:59 AM

seems reasonable

7/8/2008 3:54:17 AM

I got a dog I don't want and I can't get the thing to run away.

7/9/2008 8:37:38 AM