Mom Who Left Babies Alone In Hot Car Explains Her Decision
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2015
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It's never okay to leave your baby in the car alone, but I do feel bad for her. She was homeless trying to get a job...not like these other so called "moms" getting their hair done, or shopping.
It doesn't matter why she did it. It's what she did that's inexcusable
@@hi-xf7cj obviously you cannot read. The first thing in my comment says "it's never okay to leave your baby in the car alone". All I was saying was I felt bad for her.
I have zero sympathy. She could have rescheduled. She even stayed knowing her babies were in a hot car. Better off putting them in foster care while you get your act together than killing them.
@@caitlincassandra well Im allowed to feel bad for her. She made a bad decision but she did it thinking about the betterment of her children.
@@caitlincassandra Kids can be mistreated in foster care.
She made a terrible choice in desperation. I truly feel awful for her because of her circumstances. She is blessed things didn't end worse.
No those kids are blessed a stranger cared more about them than their mother did and called 911 to help save them. They would be dead if those people didn't step in
Are you kidding me!? I’m a single mother and I have absolutely NO sympathy for this woman.
I do feel for her.. but what she ultimately did was dangerous. she was focused on bettering her families future but she ignored her families immediate safety.
if the kids had died there would be no need to find a good job..
you have to balanced the kids future needs with there immediate needs.
She literally said she would do it again. Meaning that she would put them through that suffering all over again just for money.
She literally said she would do it again. Meaning that she would put them through that suffering all over again just for money.
She could have explained to them the circumstances. I'm pretty sure they would have allowed her to bring her children in the building.
They would have, but that job interview would have been a completely pointless waste of time, and she knew it.
No one will hire someone who brings kids along to a job interview, it makes a bad impression.
The way the employer will see it, is, if you couldn’t arrange care for your kids to come to an interview, it’s not believable you are going to be able to get reliable care for your kids to come to work everyday.
She really had bad options either way.
@@sexykitten0814 if you're in jail because your kid died in a hot car you dont need a job
@@IronFistVelvetGloveX True enough, but she honestly believed she could get out of there fairly quickly.
She and her kids were homeless and she was desperate to find employment so she could get them back into a home.
So, when her sitter turned out to not be home, she was faced with losing an important opportunity.
I’m not condoning leaving young children in a hot car, I’m just saying she was desperate and honestly believed she would get back out to them before anything could happen.
It may not have been the best judgment, but as I said, she was between a rock and hard place, and she honestly wasn’t trying to endanger them, she was trying to take care them.
@@sexykitten0814 My mother told me many years ago to always have a backup plan. It's too bad Shanesha didn't.
I bring my baby TO my interviews and do not care what people think. My baby’s safety comes first.
I feel so bad for the mother and her kids. It isn't like she was getting her nails done or was grocery shopping. She was desperately trying to ensure the continued survival of her children and made a terrible error.
No, a terrible error is the parents that forget their children were in the car. This is criminal neglect and she should not have been allowed to have those children in the first place. I’d send her to prison if it were up to me.
@@caitlincassandra youve clearly led a very privileged life
I wish she would have at least let the air on. I’m blessed I’ve never been in such an impossible position. I have known women who had no help and my heart goes out to them all.
No, even that is extremely dangerous. Also if the keys are left in the ignition, someone could easily get in and kidnap the baby.
@@liamina3563 duh. I know it’s dangerous. Hence why I said at LEAST. At least in that situation the child would have a CHANCE. There is no chance when you’re left inside a hot vehicle.
Some people can’t even last five minutes in the car because it gets too high
Too high? How High..😐
As an ex-manager , I wouldn’t have minded her bringing her kids into the interview , As a single mum there were lots of occasions I had to take my son into situations such as interviews , I had no choice , Any decent employer would understand, She definitely blew her chances for any job by neglecting her kids
Yep they probably ask one the employees too keep an eye on the kids like it’s a human thing we all have kids and if you don’t we all understand
When I was 18 I remember I had a job interview at a grocery store near my home and I didn’t have anyone to watch my then 8 month old son. So I did what any mother would do…I took my son to the interview with me. And guess what? I got the job. I’m sorry never ever would I risk loosing my baby for any job. My child matters more then anything. This is sad but just not the smartest decision.
Thank God everything turned out for her and her babies. What a terrible choice to make but I remember being sooooo worried about my babies all the time (about their safety) that I don't think I could have left them there.
I do feel for her.. but what she ultimately did was dangerous. she was focused on bettering her families future but she ignored her families immediate safety.
if the kids had died there would be no need to find a good job..
you have to balanced future needs with immediate needs.
I'm sorry but I don't feel sorry for her. I have been homeless in my life with absolutely no one, and I still would have never done anything like this. I have five children they're grown now, and I can honestly say I've never left any of them alone, unattended, and definitely NOT in a hot car unattended! She is blessed that somebody walked past and called 911. What if they hadn't? She was gone so long that they probably might have even have been dead whenever she got out there because of how hot it was. No job is worth that.
There was and still is a rash of this type of behavior going across America. This lady, however, did this on purpose. That's almost worse than forgetting your child because you had to go to work or just whatever the other reasons are for the other people.
Of course, I would never defend the people that just forget their children. That is completely insane to me. In a world where updating your Facebook status or checking and dating app is more important than remembering your own baby in a back seat... It's just a sad state of affairs :(
She never meant harm...she was desperate for the job...but yes she could have asked the company to let her children in as she had no help...damn sure they would have understood...but it's human nature sometimes you don't know what to do in desperation
By asking the company to let her kids in she's basically ensuring she doesn't get the job. I mean if she can't prove she has appropriate care for an interview, how could she be trusted to have it any other day.
@@amberdakota7180 just because she didn't have babysitter that day doesn't mean she's incompetent... There are times when you desperately need help like babysitter on particular day you don't get one... It's alright... She proves her maturity and responsibility by looking for jobs unlike some people who just want to go through shortcuts...
Your children are more important!!
She wanted the job to support those children.
@@denisenoemyschizotypaldiso3755 She wouldn't be able to support them in prison.
@@denisenoemyschizotypaldiso3755 If someone hadn’t found them, they’d likely be dead. No job is worth that. She should have rescheduled.
@@caitlincassandra The problem is she needed a job to help support those children! She wasn't supported by an affluent husband (or wife) or a trust fund.
I agree her children are more important. But I also agree with Denise. She needed the job to support the children. I completely understand the desperation. I have a daughter and I’m completely broke right now. So I understand where the woman was coming from. A lot of people don’t know what it feels like to be completely broke and having a child depend on you. So you do things that you normally wouldn’t do to try to support your children. I pray every day that somehow money will magically fall into my account so I can support me and my child. But unfortunately that’s not how life works.
Somewhere out there is the man who got her pregnant with these kids, living his life not having to make any such decisions.
She’s not a criminal she’s a great mom she was homeless and struggling I don’t like the decision she made but she is not a monster she was doing what she needed to do for her children. I’m glad someone found sympathy and helped her get that money
Right? I 100% agree. She made a choice out of desperation and To be honest, I have no idea what I would’ve done in her situation. No idea. She really was in a jam. My heart felt for her.
I would not call her mom I doubt she was homeless she is a monster why would you feel sorry for her
She didnt even leave the car running with air they were drenched in sweat smh monster!
A great mom. Really?
She is a criminal, she knew exactly what she was doing. A good mother would have rescheduled. A good mother would rather surrender her kids to authorities than knowingly play Russian roulette with their lives.
It was risky and dangerous to have left the kids in the car. I have heard about kids dying when left in car. This women is lucky they survived.
It was an extremely bad choice but tbh I understand her mindset. She was thinking that this will help in the long run and that this moment of (horrible) parenting would be worth it.
Idk she’s obviously not evil but there were other options.
Honestly idk for sure but I feel like her coming in with her kids explaining that it’s a last minute emergency would’ve given her some cred. But idk what the job was
A lot of jobs would have looked down upon her for not being prepared and it wouldnt have made a good impression, i get her thinking but ultimately it was wrong to do
she literally could have just rescheduled
I don't got kids but would have just took my kids into the interview and apologized. That was the other option. I feel bad for her but that was her decision. They could have died!!!! The US just needs to provide free childcare to working parents
I will never understand how someone can do this
This interview will only last 15 minutes.
Said no person.
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If the words “Let me bring out my manager to meet you”, you’ll be longer than 15 minutes. Trust me!! I’ve been there, I’ve done that.
I hate how he never posts the whole video. Nobody wants to go searching for the next video
I live in Scottsdale, Arizona!!!!! I live in the city where this happened!
oh wow! i didn't know this was in arizona, i've been to scottsdale, kids should absolutely not be left in a car alone with those temperatures (they shouldn't be alone period but arizona...)
All these people making excuses for this woman who could have easily killed her children. Nope, sorry. I understand that her situation was a difficult one but she was still in the office 45 minutes AFTER the police arrived. Thank God someone heard her baby crying from the hot car and called the police. Those children would have been dead. What’s the point of landing the job if your babies are dead? You call the interviewer and explain your situation. Apologize profusely and try to get them to reschedule. Maybe you miss the opportunity, it sucks but no job is worth losing your kids. There are no excuses for her behavior.
Agree. She should of took the kids in with her.
Thank you for having common sense
So she got rewarded for this with over $100k?! Unbelievable.
Wow so you can leave your kids in a car suffering and get paid 115,000 for wtf people did the people donating know the full story wow Im shocked.
If the words “Let me bring out my manager to meet you”, you’ll be longer than 15 minutes. Trust me!! I’ve been there, I’ve done that.
Comments opened 5years later be like
I’m sorry, but there is NO excuse. Get a family member to babysit. She could’ve KILLED those babies. NO job is worth your kids dying because you left them in a hot car, 🤷♀️
she should just leave em at a daycare or just send them to some family, or the neighbors, or anybody she trusts.
She had a sitter arranged, but when she went to drop them off, no one was home, and there was no else she could get at the last minute.
@@sexykitten0814 she should have rescheduled the interview.
@@alexthegr8estt She certainly could have, but rescheduling a job interview at the last minute, is also a move that is likely to destroy the chances of getting a job.
@@sexykitten0814 so reschedule. No excuse at all. Appalling.
Reschedule the interview...
Imagine getting paid to neglect your children.. wtf
Oh my god lmao shut up
@@cutiepiesky lmao why?
lmao why are we laughing
She shouldnt try to explain her decision because she shouldn't have done it in the first place. She was thinking of them during the interview ffs is this interview more important than her babies? I am sorry for her circumstances but she made some choices and her children didnt come first...
Wait why are the comments on if this is an old video?!!?
Ikr???
They've opened most all of them (:
Why not?
Uh?
People who leave a child in a hot car should be dragged and locked in a hot car too!!!!!!
If she had two sets of keys, she could have left the air on, locked it, and it could've been alright. Unfortunately she probably didn't have an extra.
And she spent the gofundme money on her baby father's album. No lie
I kinda wanna check out that album.
@@angelainemina2255 let's hope it's a hit 🤣
@@kandylandtarot142 that would be awesome but I have a feeling it's not.
How do you know that
@@amandabishop184 no it's not a lie. Anyone please feel free to look up her court cases which are right here on CZcams. She claimed she couldn't put 40,000 per child into trusts so they lowered it to 20,000 and she still didn't do it. She had enough time to get knocked up and pay for her baby father's album who didn't even watch the kids in the first damn place.
Thank you to everyone who donated 💕💜💕 Some people do understand.
Donate 2 wut
What are you talking about?
@@morbius7437 people donated to her because she was a homeless mother with 2 kids. We all know what she did was wrong but it’s the reason behind why she did it. She did it to get this job for her kids. She could’ve made her decision differently or even had the car window down all the way but either way she’s not a bad person she’s not a criminal she did what she had to do for her and her boys
@@tamyaevans1631She wanted to get the job for her kids. Dead or alive
So how do you feel about the mother? Ok now how would you feel if one of the kids died or was kidnapped? Both situations the action she made is literally the same. “She was looking out for the future of her family.” Yes but she gambled with their present life doing so.
absolutely stupid and witless decision. so many options should cross your mind before the thought of leaving your kids in a hot car even does. fire station, police station, bringing the kids into the building...and those were just my first couple thoughts. absolutely unforgivable and she’ll have to live with that for the rest of her life BUT i empathize with her situation and i’m glad she was able to raise some money. should’ve had more jail time imo but i feel for her. i don’t think she’s evil, she was desperate and not thinking clearly. not an excuse and she should be punished to the full extent of the law, but i can still feel bad and sympathize for her. im glad that the money helped her, she seems to be doing a lot better and i think this is the best case scenario. this could’ve gone in a whole other direction.
and thank god those babies are okay, CPS should’ve taken them til she got it together.
Anyone who says the us isn’t the best country in the world needs to watch this video. This woman was given the opportunity to be homeless with her 3 kids and make the choice of her kids short term safety in the car or their long term safety by her getting the job. That’s America
what even is this comment
@@hyde1893 sarcasm
Definitely do not hire someone who leaves their kids in the car. No sympathy.
This is very sad. The mom was not a criminal type.
This is bogus, no job is worth the lives of your children.
Until I heard Scottsdale...no sis.
I understand why she did it but at the same time, she could’ve called professionally and say “I’m so sorry, my child’s babysitter is sick, and I can’t get anyone to watch them. Can we reschedule?” Even if it was only gonna be 15 minutes, that’s long enough to kill them.
The employer would see that as unreliable
Why did these comments open 5 years later
Should have rescheduled the f______ interview! I don't care how important it was, you do not risk your childrens' lives like that.
No excuse. She could of took both kids in with her. Tell them i didn’t have a babysitter
It's dumb, it's stupid, it's ignorance, it's irresponsible, I wouldn't leave a child in a car alone even for one minute!!
She probably out now.
I hope kids are ok.🥺🤦♀️
All she had to do was tell the person she was interviewing with and if they were any type of boss/owner they would have let her bring the kids in and figured something out. so stupid
She could have, but she if she had, that job interview would have been a pointless waste of time.
No one will hire someone who brings kids to a job interview.
@@sexykitten0814 maybe it depends on where you live. but they should understand things happen and it they were any kind of person they would have helped her out. I live in Tennessee and I've had bosses that were nice enough and understanding enough to do this
@@timtompkins8774 It’s nice to be able to have that, but overall, it’s a rarity.
First impressions mean everything to most potential employers.
When you show up to a job interview with your kids, all the employer is going to see, is that this individual was unable to arrange care for her kids so that she could come to this interview, so how can I depend that she will be able to consistently arrange care for them everyday, so she can show up to work?
Why didn’t she leave her car on?
Unreal
That’s America we are expected to make money and work work work or else
Tina abandoned me in a hot car
Y'all really out here making excuses for her 💀
I have no babysitter for my kids tonight. So i have too call in. I wouldnt leave them in a car for nothing.
The mother needs to be tried and she needs to loose custody all together
It is never okay. At least she was homeless and genuinely had no place to take them Most of these mothers are shopping or getting their nails done
She should of brought her kids with her inside I'm sure they would of understood, if I was a manager who did job interviews I’d be okay with it
She could have, but she knew if she did that, the interview would have been a pointless waste of time, because there’s no realistic way she would have gotten that job.
No one will hire someone who brings kids to a job interview.
NO EXCUSE YOUR KIDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN A JOB INTERVIEW, THIS IS CHILD ABUSE
All she had to do was PROFESSIONALY RESCHEDULE. The company would have understood... She left her young sons in a BLAZING HOT CAR. NOT GOOD!
Thank you at least someone gets it here I see nothing but people saying she’s desperate for a job she’s homeless but that’s still no excuse to leave your kids in a hot car. And she got rewarded for it 115,000 dollars for almost killing her kids wow. Why not just reschedule the interview I’m sure the company would understand
There's a bunch of sick heartless monsters in this comment thread talking about how evil this mom is and how it's child abuse and how she's putting money before her kids and it makes me sick that such souless creatures exist. She was homeless, desperate, in need of a job to take care of her kids, and her babysitter she had lined up ended up going bust. If she really truly believed the interview would only be about 15 minutes, which, contrary to popular belief, is actually fairly common for the majority of entry level and blue collar jobs out there, not Fortune 500 company positions, then it's reasonable to think l believe the kids would be fine for that short period of time in a car in the morning before the sun really starts cooking, and she even cracked the windows. She probably should've left the car running and the A/C going but she might've been very low on gas and couldn't waste it or might have been worried about getting locked out of the car with the babies in it or concerned that somebody might steal the car while it's running, all of which are completely understandable concerns to have in leaving the car running. The only thing she did wrong as far as I'm concerned was not pausing the interview after about the 20-30 minute mark and explaining that her kids were outside and she needed to take care of them or bring them inside. It's possible she didn't outright ask them to let the kids in with her because they might be left unattended in an adjacent room and be noisy or roudy for the staff, or possibly she was concerned that it would look bad on her that if she couldn't even get a babysitter for a job interview they might see her as unreliable in getting proper babysitting arrangements for the actual job, or something along those lines, which are also understandable concerns.
It's a shame she was arrested and charged with child abuse but I'm glad people were sympathetic to her situation and sent her money to help her out and get those kids taken care of properly.
That don’t matter what if she walked out that interview and her kids were dead yea
This would have been a completely different story if the people and cops were too late and those children had died of heatstroke. No excuses for almost killing your children out of sheer stupidity.
@@qiralyncassette We can sit here all day and "what-if" it to death but she didn't kill her kids or almost kill her kids, so get off your high horse and save the witch trials for Salem. Don't persecute people for what *might have happened* or what *theoretically possibly could've happened.* Criticize for what happened, not what nearly or almost happened.
@@p.v.7269 She did almost kill her kids because if no one spotted those babies, those babies would have died of heatstroke. They were left in the car for 45 mins at least! It doesn't take much for a baby to die.
A fundraiser for cooking children?
This makes me so angry
Oh by the way, it's amazing to me how a white mother, her nurse mother, and cop father could go 30 days without seeing a child that lived on their home and ended up dead in the woods behind their house and nobody goes to prison...The mother is out walking around free as a bird.
how is race related to this?
she left 2 kids in a hot car in the middle of the day. I don't care how bad you need the job it's not worth your kid's lives. everyone here seems to feel so bad for her like somehow the circumstances somehow justify what she did. she could have brought her kids in if that's a problem for her employer then that job isn't a good fit for her.
I don´t care for her 🐊 tears. It is unforgivable to leave your children alone in a - in this case hot - car for any amount of time! & some geniuses decide to reward her with with a fortune 😳 When this is said nobody deserves to be homeless, jobless & struggling. I commend her for trying to get her & her children out of that situation. However she went about it in a very wrong way.
It was a bad decision and I think it's clear she's sorry and wouldn't do the same thing ever again. I think that is what is most important and she should be released
I understand the desperation, but that still doesn't excuse her actions. So many things could have happened to these poor babies while she was in there that long.
It was inexcusable, but at the same time it wasn’t intentional. Everyone has different circumstances, some good some bad, so if you have never been in another person’s shoes, you can’t just jump to conclusions and talk about how terrible they are.
Show some sympathy. Talk is cheap unless you have been in a similar situation as that mother!
So it turned out well for her but its wrong. Period
I’m sorry but no matter WHAT kind of “explanation” you have, it is NOT a good one.
she took all that donation money to fund her bd music career. I wonder where the bd was when she was homeless with her kids🤔.
How do you have a 1 year old and a 6 month old??
Try using your brain. The kid is a little over 1 and they just said 1 year old cause they rounded it or at least one of the kids isn't biological.
@@derikright9249 get up on the wrong side of the bed? Absolutely no need to be rude.
OMG COMMENTS
How do you stop the interview and say you need to go... YOU STOP THE INTERVIEW AND SAY, "I HAVE TO GO"... you can further explain situation by saying I have my children in the car, or ask to reschedule due to an emergency. Thank God the babies didn't die. It could of been a lot worse. She could of lost her babies.
I bet she was able to get a sitter for her Dr. Phil appearance.
Why u looking in pll car
She shouldn’t be a mother
Well she is honey
You can't convince me that these people aren't trying to kill their babies. It's been years of babies dying from this and these vile, foul evil people STILL abandon their babies in hot cars.
You are making the assumption that this woman Amanda has been keeping up with the news and child abuse claims of babies dying in a car. People make decisions based on the options they have. Desperation makes people think irrationally. She made a mistake but she is not “evil”, or “vile”. What may seem logical to you might not have crossed her mind. That doesn’t mean she intentionally set out to kill her own children.
@@tierrasmith5598 it crossed her mind the whole time. She admits she just put the interview before her children.
I’m sorry but the company isn’t gonna hire you and the interviews gonna or pointless if you bring your kids inside
Well that’s not true 🤥🙄
This is ridiculous. She got rewarded for child abuse.
No, she got rewarded because overall she was a struggling, homeless mom that was trying to provide for her children. In an act of desperation and a lack of judgement she left her children in the car. That does NOT mean she intentionally set out to abuse her kids. Your statement is very black/white. You don’t take into consideration any of the details and circumstances. It’s not like she was out partying.
@@tierrasmith5598 she intentionally left her kids in a hot car. It is that black and white. She could have brought them inside and explained, she could have asked someone to watch them, she could have told the interviewer before hand that she had kids waiting. She didn’t do any of that. What’s the point in getting a job if your kids die because of it? She shouldn’t have been rewarded.
@@becca4915 How do you know she INTENTIONALLY left her kids in the car? Are you a mind reader and able to understand HER brain? The woman was DESERPRATE and struggling in this hard economy. She didn't have a sitter and was not thinking logically, and hence she made a poor decision. Are you trying to suggest she wanted to murder her children? What MOTIVE would she have for that? You continue to list all these reasons as to what YOU would have done, and how YOUR sense of logic and thought process works. It's very easy to examine a situation that has already happened and say ''Well you should have done x, y, and z.'' My mother was a single parent who frequently left us at home at ages (6-10) because she did not have a sitter, and couldn't afford one. If a horrible accident had happened are you trying to say my mom INTENTIONALLY wanted us to die? Learn some emphaty.
@@becca4915 Her ''reward'' is going to go towards helping her children and providing food, shelter, and clothing for them. Or have you forgotten she still has custody of her kids? You claim to care so much about these kid's lives, but you don't want the mama to be rewarded? She wasn't rewarded because she left her kids in the car. She was rewarded because people saw she was struggling financially. She went to jail for her mistake, and now she has a horrible record. What more do you want?
Terrible mom