Chicago couple charged for leaving kids behind for Vegas trip

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Two Chicago parents left their two children alone for the weekend while they flew to Las Vegas for the weekend with some friends.

Shanpreta Howard and Antowain Johnson were charged with child endangerment after they left their 9-year-old daughter and the-12-year-old son alone to fend for themselves.

The couple left Chicago on the evening of Wednesday February 22 and did not return until Friday afternoon.

Read more: Parents 'leave young children alone for TWO DAYS while they jet off to Las Vegas for party weekend | Mail Online

Chicago Couple Charged For Leaving Kids Behind For Vegas Trip | Fox News


Awwww...Shanpreta and Antowain:


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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. What happens elsewhere will get you charged and arrested. That's out of the way. So, from the article:

The young siblings were put into the care of their aunt while their parents partied in Las Vegas, cruising down the famous strip with a group of friends.
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So were they left to fend for themselves or not?
 
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SLM said:
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. What happens elsewhere will get you charged and arrested. That's out of the way. So, from the article:



So were they left to fend for themselves or not?
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One begins to suspect the Nanny State at work again........children, according to the Blessed States, are helpless until they are 18.......
 
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Cliffy said:
Children used to marry at puberty. When did we stop allowing that again?
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Actually, if you are talking about Early Modern or medieval history, that is a misconception.

In Early Modern Europe, in the poorer classes, children usually did not marry until their parents were dead and they could inherit what little there was.......so in their early 20s, as the lifespan was about 45 years.

The rich married off their girls younger, often in the mid-teens, and often to men much older......

But at puberty??/

Naw....not in western society.
 
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Colpy said:
One begins to suspect the Nanny State at work again........children, according to the Blessed States, are helpless until they are 18.......
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It's a really poorly written article.

They're not helpless, no but personally I wouldn't leave a 12 year old in charge of a younger sibling for an extended overnight period, that's a bit young for that kind of responsibility, in my opinion. After school care, sure. For an evening, sure maybe. But not overnight.

Colpy said:
Actually, if you are talking about Early Modern or medieval history, that is a misconception.

In Early Modern Europe, in the poorer classes, children usually did not marry until their parents were dead and they could inherit what little there was.......so in their early 20s, as the lifespan was about 45 years.

The rich married off their girls younger, often in the mid-teens, and often to men much older......

But at puberty??/

Naw....not in western society.
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And I was just going to quip "Around the time adults started dying at 40" but then you had to go an be all authentic about it and everything. ;)
 
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Locutus said:
Two Chicago parents left their two children alone for the weekend while they flew to Las Vegas for the weekend with some friends.

Shanpreta Howard and Antowain Johnson were charged with child endangerment after they left their 9-year-old daughter and the-12-year-old son alone to fend for themselves.

The couple left Chicago on the evening of Wednesday February 22 and did not return until Friday afternoon.




Awwww...Shanpreta and Antowain:​

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Makes sense to me, Las Vegas is no place for kids anyway. :smile:
 
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SLM said:
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. What happens elsewhere will get you charged and arrested. That's out of the way. So, from the article:



So were they left to fend for themselves or not?
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Apparently having an aunt babysit is not adequate for our nanny state social workers. Didn't seem to have much effect on the media looking for a story either.
 
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Someone might have interviewed the Aunt and the school (that called the cops) and finally asked the kids why they considered themselves 'alone'.
 
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Apparently having an aunt babysit is not adequate for our nanny state social workers. Didn't seem to have much effect on the media looking for a story either.
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That story is very confusing. The kids were all alone, but were left in care of an aunt? What does that mean? It would be helpful to have someone who has a vague understanding of journalism to write the article, but those days are long gone.

I admit, I find the 'what happens in vegas, stays in vegas' idea to be, on the one hand, a great marketing slogan, yet on the other, an insult to society.

The whole point is to suggest that you can go there and be completely immoral, with no consequences. If that's what you want, I suppose, it's a good idea. But it reminds me too much of salesmen at conventions.
 
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I remember my parents went away to a funeral and my Aunt came and stayed in our house for two days. Were my parents negligent?
 
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I don't know what the big deal is- the kids were 9 and 12, probably at the most responsible age they'll ever be. Now if they were 15 and 17 you could expect them to bet into mischief. I'd be more concerned about the behaviour of the parents down in Vegas. :lol:

petros said:
One of my aunts makes the best goddam hooch ever.
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Oooooooooooh, that explains some of your posts! :lol:
 
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petros said:
I get 4 day hangovers from a six pack. That is more than enough of a reason for me.
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I'll never forget the hangover I had when I was about 19 from chug a lugging a mickey of Gilby's Lemon gin straight. Rotgut wine the same thing. I believe it was 999.
 
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