Poor Baby

I wanted to share this story with all of you. It was so sickening to read it.

GRETNA, La. (AP) - A Louisiana baby sitter is charged with second-degree murder after prosecutors say she put a baby into a spinning clothes dryer for disturbing her television watching.

Nineteen-year-old Arielle Smith was indicted by a grand jury Thursday for the baby's September death in the New Orleans suburb of Harvey.

Authorities said 5-month-old Andre Jenkins died at the scene from skull fractures and burns suffered in the dryer.

Prosecutors said Smith was watching the baby and two older children at her home. She told police the children were being rambunctious and interfering with her television watching.

Investigators said Smith put the baby in the dryer and turned it on for 3 minutes while the two older children were put in another room.

Smith's attorney declined comment.

For obvious reasons, I have filed this under "Other People's Children". I typically think that other people's children suck. There are so many things wrong with this. Here are my thoughts when reading it.

What did this baby sitter's parents do to her, to make her think that this was an OK way to react?

More importantly, what did this baby sister's parents not do to her, or not teach her, to make her think that this was an OK way to react?

What about the other children in the house? Did they not know what was going on? If they did, did their parents not teach them to call 911? (This of course all depends on the children's ages.)

How did this baby sitter make it to age 19 being this stupid?

Why is TV so important to so many?

Some people should just be removed from the gene pool. They just should.

I feel for the Jenkins family. I truly do.