FFfAW-Week of January 19, 2016
This week’s photo prompt is provided by Louise with The Storyteller’s Abode.
Sunny Day on the Beach
By Teresa Smeigh January 2016
It was a hot day on the local beach and available space on the sand was starting to fill up. Lance and Sue were near the water’s edge and were just settling in when they noticed a toddler with a saggy diaper and nothing else, toddling into the water.
Finally Lance was sure the baby was alone. He scooped her up and took her to the life guard stand before something serious happened. No one came looking for a toddler.
They called beach control and the police. By the time they arrived a woman was screaming help from across the beach at the apartment house. A policewoman went over to investigate. She was the baby’s mother and she had fallen asleep and the baby let itself out.
The woman was arrested for neglect and the child taken by child services.
It’s a good thing they caught the toddler before he/she drowned! Hopefully, the mother will be given parenting lessons! Nice story Tessa.
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Thank you! I figure having the child taken away by child services will teach the mother a lesson. Mine locked me out and I couldn’t explain how to unlock it. I was outside, freezing and he was inside laughing. We had to do something else once he learned that.
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Children can get themselves into a lot of different trouble.
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Sounds funny, but am sure it wasn’t at the time.
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That’s funny that your child locked you out of the house but then that could be so dangerous. It’s a good thing you could finally get in and was able to do something else so that wouldn’t happen again! Kids do some very strange things!
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Great story, scary reality though.
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Oh mind! What a parent! She ought to be taught a lesson. 🙂
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She’s lucky the child was noticed. Most people don’t care about anyone but themselves.
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I couldn’t agree more!
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Yikes. I have fears of forgetting my kid in the car sometimes. Falling asleep… Must be horrible! Great story!
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Thankfully mine are too big for that. All grown up, but their children. They are very conscious of their kids.
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It was a good thing that somebody noticed the child, I am glad it got taken away from the mother in the end.
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She needs some time to learn that motherhood means no sleeping on the job.
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A mother who doesn’t notice when her child has run off like that probably doesn’t deserve to be a mother. Good story!
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Children are tricky though.
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That’s true. I think you’re right that it’s probably a more complex situation than I made it out to be.
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Wow exciting story, How scary to have your child take off like that. I know it’s hard being a mother but you really do have to watch them when they like to scurry all over the place. They can go quite far with tiny feet. I’m glad the toddler was okay and even though the mother was being neglectful. I don’t think she meant it. I hope she learns so in the future she can have her child back and be a better mother. Great job writing.
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Thank you!
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I feel quite sorry for the mother in this. Toddlers can be escape artists at times. I hope she learns a few lessons and manages to get her little one back. Good story. 🙂
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Yes they can, we had to intall higher locks because once they reached it and you raise it the chair becomes their best friend.
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it is summer in NZ so this is a great reminder of the hazards in being inattentive of those we love.
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It makes me sad knowing that this occurs only too often … Nice story
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yes it does, thank you!
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Some children manage to figure out how to get out of the most complicated situations. CPA isn’t understanding of that. They call it neglect but sometimes it’s just a very rambuncious child.
This is a story that begs dialog. Well done …!!!
Isadora 😎
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Thank you. Children are very smart. Soon baby shower gifts will include a smart phone. My daughter said her child got into her smart phone and that was locked. She didn’t think about her watching her. She was very young and ordered stuff she liked.
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Enjoyed reading! When you wrote about the saggy diaper I thought it was going in a different direction. 😉 Thanks for posting.
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
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Good story. Heavy penalty for the mother but it could have ended in the death of the baby. Glad the baby was saved.
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Exactly! Thank you!
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