i'm really not sure how to even begin. i was driving through a less than desirable area of the city yesterday, and i was shocked and appalled by a scene being carried out on one of the streets.
picture it. three kids. two probably around 5 years old, one still in diapers. no shoes, no shirts. playing...on the sidewalk...in the trash.
wait.
what?
TRASH.
yes. in the trash. on the polluted, littered, grungy street. with no shoes on. and they were having a blast.
i don't know. thinking back, i feel like, maybe i should have called child services or something. i kept expecting john quinones to come popping out of an alley to interview me for that new Primetime show "What Would You Do?"...
unfortunately, he didn't. and i didn't call anyone either. living in this city has desensitized me to certain things...and i kid's playing in the street is one of them. i do admit, this was the worst case of child neglect that i've ever seen...and i've seen a lot in 64 years. but, still...i didn't get involved. because, despite how disgusted i was...and still am...about the situation. i'm no superhero (though i may dress up like one every so often). i'm no activist. i'm just a woman trying to get through the day, the best way i know how.
unfortunately for those kids. the best way i know how is to keep moving.
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2 comments:
We ARE in a recession, i guess that this is appropriate? however, I would be just as shocked if I saw that.
Recession? What does that have to do with it?
Sadly, you did the right thing. "Playing in the street unsupervised" probably isn't enough to generate much police or child welfare interest. What would probably have happened is that the mother (there's hardly ever a father) would have been found, lectured, and had the children returned to her. She would have then taken her anger out on them.
Recession? We're getting what we pay for, children whose only value to their mothers is as check generators.
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