Things I Shouldn't Think by Janet Ruth Young

Author:Janet Ruth Young
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012-11-12T22:00:00+00:00

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Friday, May 14

Hawthorne Beacon-Times

DELL FAMILIES MEET ON SITTER DANGER

HAWTHORNE—

Parents in the Dell Place neighborhood—reeling in the wake of a babysitter’s confession that she graphically visualized the murder of a five-year-old—met in a parent’s home last night to discuss the news and formulate a response plan.

The mother of the child involved in the incident was “still in shock” after the sitter’s revelation, she told the group. Her name is being withheld to protect the identity of the minor child. The babysitter’s identity has not yet been released by police, who said there was no probable cause on which to press charges.

Host parent Noah Hurley expressed frustration that the babysitter has not been identified. “This is all about the kids’ safety,” said Hurley. “The well-being of our children is the ultimate issue that any of us cares about. I don’t understand why we can’t be told who this person is, just for our own protection.”

Neighbor Liz Peña told a reporter invited to the meeting that if she were in the parent’s place she would “stop at nothing” to protect her seven-year-old twins, Emma and Edith, who once attended a birthday party of the threatened child.

Hawthorne Police community safety officer Andrea Foale gave a presentation on babysitter safety at the parent meeting. She said the best precautions against abuse by a babysitter are obtaining references, watching the sitter interact with your child during an initial interview, and requesting a criminal record, or CORI, check.

Comments:

Coastal160 wrote:

So we know Nutjob Nanny wasn’t working for the Hurleys or Peñas—who else lives in Dell Place?

Waster wrote:

That neighborhood is crawling with kids. Drive over 25mph any time of day or night and you’ll hit a few of them.

St_jude wrote:

My heart goes out to this family, whoever they may be. That poor little boy and his parents, what a trauma . . . You are in our prayers.

Rowdie wrote:

That’s Northeast liberalism for you. Where else in the world do they let crazed teen killers go free?

Coastal160 wrote:

HPD decided NN was “troubled.”

Waster wrote:

There are some very nice juvenile detention facilities where she can get all the trouble she can handle.

peewe wrote:

Whos ready to form a lynchmob . . . Ive got a strong rope here you pick the tree.

Rowdie wrote:

Do it now, before a real tragedy occurs. So who is the babysitter?

Sheepdogg wrote:

I told you. I know, but I can’t say.

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