What was This Woman Thinking?

I was reading my local paper last week, and came across a startling article. A young woman that is the same age as me, 21, has three children. That isn't the startling part. Apparently, she and her children were picked up by her mother, and stayed over at the mother's house for several hours while the mother went to run some errands. When the mother returned, the oldest being 3 and then down the line, only two children were home alone, and their mother was no where to be found, along with the youngest child. The mother went looking her daughter, only to find her wandering around the street, without the other child. Someone found the missing child, walking the street towards some broken glass, with no diaper on. That person called the police after purchasing some diapers, and no one reported this child missing for several hours. The grandmother had no idea that child was missing until she got home, and then called the police. But, that's several hours that this child was walking down the street, and the mother was clueless on anything.

Here's the article about it from my local paper. http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/07/16/local_news/doc487d6b2ae8...

It just blows my mind that this girl has no common sense, yet she is able to have children, and just by seeing the ages on them, she had one every year since she is 18. What is she thinking, bringing children into the world, and then let them walk the street while she is confused and dumb-founded? She did jail time for a day, and then was released on a signature bond, and even that aspect of it makes no sense to me at all. Child neglect is only a misdemeanor in the state of Wisconsin, but beating them is a felony? I thought they would go hand and hand. I'm 21 years old, and I have an 18 month old daughter. I am married to the father of my child, and have been with him for almost 4 years. Articles like this make me sick to know that even though I had a child at such a young age, never in my life would I not be able to remember why my child is walking away from our home with no clothes on, for someone to be able to snatch her. For young mothers that care for their children, with or without the father, still deserve the credit they have for not dumping their children onto someone else's lap, just to continue with their partying ways. I gave that all up when I found out I was pregnant. I'm not saying that I don't go out every once in a while, but I don't go out as often as I did when I didn't have a responsibility. This mother makes all the mothers out there look bad, and I for one, don't think or feel that she should reproduce again. As for the kids, I hope that someone in the girl's family will care for them and love them, as they deserve to be in the first place, by someone that is more competant than their mother. *Whew, that was a mouthful!*