{"id":8728,"date":"2014-08-20T20:18:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T00:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8728"},"modified":"2014-08-20T20:18:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T00:18:30","slug":"another-mom-thrown-in-jail-for-letting-kids-play-in-park-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/another-mom-thrown-in-jail-for-letting-kids-play-in-park-reason.html","title":{"rendered":"“Another Mom Thrown in Jail for Letting Kids Play in Park”: Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I know I say this all the time<\/a>, but what really gets to me is the tone of contempt. There\u2019s pride in the police chief\u2019s condescending dehumanization. Like, he\u2019s so pleased that he came up with this super clever way to put down a woman trying to get help for her family. Lenore Skenazy agrees:<\/p>\n

Ashley, Richardson, a mom of four who went to a food bank while her kids, ages 6-8, played at the park for more than two hours, was arrested and jailed in Winter Haven, Florida. While the park day sounds like it was far less than ideal\u2014the oldest in the bunch got stuck in a baby swing and required help from the Fire Department to get him out, and later on the kids were found playing near the road\u2014the attitude of the police chief is even more disturbing.\u00a0Bay News 9<\/a>\u00a0quotes Police Chief Gary Hester saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cSix, seven and 8-year-old kids are not equipped to be left unattended, I mean period,\u201d he said. \u201cI met some pretty mature 6, 7, 8-year-olds but you don\u2019t leave them unattended. I guess the question we should be asking is this 28-year-old mother, should she be left unattended. Doesn\u2019t look like she\u2019s mature enough to be a parent. She\u2019s being supervised today in the county jail. Hopefully she learns her lesson.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I know I say this all the time, but what really gets to me is the tone of contempt. There\u2019s pride in the police chief\u2019s condescending dehumanization. Like, he\u2019s so pleased that he came up with this super clever way to put down a woman trying to get help for her family. 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