She had to go to work and didn’t know how to do it, so Melissa Henderson asked her 14-year-old daughter to look after her little sister
Melissa Henderson is a single mom of five living in Georgia who has found herself facing a difficult situation. She faces jail for something that many parents are “guilty” of.
The Pandemic has disrupted the life of the whole world, including that of Melissa. She had to go to work one morning when she learned that thenursery of the youngest daughter had been closed for reasons related to Covid-19. Unfortunately, Mom had no one to ask to hold the baby and she couldn’t miss work. So, she asked the eldest daughter14 years old, to do from babysitter to the younger sister.
He certainly couldn’t imagine what would happen.
While the 14-year-old was doing her homework, the little girl managed to sneak out alone. The girl noticed it after about 15 minutes, she rushed to get it back and brought it back inside her. But those 15 minutes were enough for a neighbor to notice the scene and alarm the emergency services.
The allegations against Melissa Henderson
After two weeks, the police knocked on Melissa Henderson’s door. The woman was taken away from her house, escorted by the agents:
It was the most embarrassing and humbling day of my life.
A mom accused of failure to supervise a minor. In those minutes the child could be kidnapped, run over or even bitten by a poisonous snake. Now faces a year in prison and up to $ 1,000 in finesif she is convicted.
L’lawyer of the woman stated that children aged 13 and older can be left alone to care for a minor for up to 12 hours. The Red Cross even offers babysitting courses for kids aged 11 and up.
The story of this mother has spread all over the world through social networks and now everyone is waiting to know what her will be destiny.
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