Posted on 03/06/2012 8:18:22 AM PST by rawhide
A 3-year-old girl was left behind by her parents at a Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant and they only realized that they had forgotten her when they saw a report about her on the evening news. Restaurant workers only knew that the girl, identified only as Harmony, was in need of help when she went up to a restaurant worker around 8.30pm Monday night saying that she was thirsty. The staff members told police that she had arrived at the Bel Air, Maryland childrens restaurant around 4pm with a large party of about 10 family members.
Her parents were among the adults at the party, and they reportedly left her behind thinking that she was with her other relatives when they left the restaurant.
One report says that Harmony was with the group as they were leaving Chuck E. Cheese’s around 8pm, but then she spotted a stray token and ran inside to play another game.
Because they had not made a reservation and paid in cash, there was no way to contact the family directly.
Restaurant workers contact the Hartford County Sheriff’s Office, and officers waited with Harmony until Child Protection Services arrived. In an effort to find her parents, police officers made contact with local news stations who agreed to broadcast her picture and the story on the 11pm news.
Almost immediately after her picture aired, both of Harmony’s parents- who share custody of the girl- called the police identifying themselves, and one report says that the father’s name is Jesse.
The girl was then released into the custody of her mother.
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It happens. Years ago my parents were helping set up for a Casino Night at Mill Brothers Monastery in St. Louis. They thought they had rounded up all five kids. The brothers called home...my brother Rick was left there. They joked he was ready for the priesthood.
I had one who would crawl into places and go to sleep. I had several horrible scares. Once she was asleep in a lump of covers on her bed. Who’d be silly enough to look there? :)
Every summer, some poor baby gets left in a hot car and is baked alive. The parent, usually a clueless "mom", always says that "I forgot the baby was in the car."
But "mom" would never forget her precious cell phone.
My daughter would fall asleep in strange places when she
was little (5,6). I found her asleep on the concrete porch
of our house, on the patio of our neighbor, in the bathroom.
Once while checking on her, I went into her room as she
was slipping off the edge of her bed still sound asleep.
She survived and is 44 now. Still sleeps at lot when she
comes home to visit.
We have 4 kids, one has been brought home by the police after escaping at the age of 3 and another was left behind at a Church gathering at 7 because we had come in two cars. Mix-ups happen. Stop being such an over reactionary.
When I was four, my parents had to call the cops when I couldn’t be found around the house.
They found me on my tricycle four blocks up the street looking at the trains.
I still do that, although not on a tricycle.
The preferred approach of this administration is to destroy families, eliminate children, and subsidize Volt automobiles.
Yes it is very scary to not immediately know where they are. I still get that panickey feeling if I go somewhere without the children and for one second forget that they aren’t with me and are safe at home or wherever.
As a former offender, can you offer me any advice for my daughter? The other day she was supposed to be playing in the yard and I found her knocking on the neighbor’s door. HELP!
Implantable GPS.
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