At anchor in ice in MD! - Child abuse charges.

They sound a lot like some of the cruisers you run into in the Caribbean. Seriously. :-)
 
Except for the freezing to death part! :-)
 
Sad that kids have to be subjected to such things. I'm guessing they will be fine but not likely to grow up to be boaters!
 
Many more living in dilapidated motor homes, campers and even tents. Sign of the times. Desperate times make for desperate people. When I lived in CA it was well known that kids were cropping up living in tent cities. As Kurt noted about the Bahamas, you won't freeze to death but the squalor conditions are not good. I imagine the problem is even worse now.
 
We spend time working in a local community kitchen, that feeds breakfast and lunch to about 600 homeless people a day. It is amazing and saddening how many young children, (5, 6 and 7), are standing in line for each serving.

As John stated, a sign of the times.
 
Teen agers, not little kids. I've known kids hat spent more time aboard on extended passages. Okay the boat was dirty, tough to take out the trash iced in, throw it overboard get cited. No way to win with these overzealous authorities. I'm trying hard to be nice.
 
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Originally posted by dancerscap

Teen agers, not little kids. I've known kids hat spent more time aboard on extended passages. Okay the boat was dirty, tough to take out the trash iced in, throw it overboard get cited. No way to win with these overzealous authorities. I'm trying hard to be nice.

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If you read the article they refused help from the authorities and the parents sounded like they had some mental issues.
 
Looks like it s more than a dirty boat.... No working head, using bottles... No heat, no way to even cook food? On the positive side, at least they were not leeching off tax payers with food stamps, obamaphones, etc...

Maybe charges of child neglects are a bit over the top and trying to help this family would be a better option although I don't like relying on a newspaper article to make such a call

As to comparing this to low budget Caribbean cruising family, I m not sure I d go that far.
 
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Looks like it s more than a dirty boat.... No working head, using bottles... No heat, no way to even cook food? On the positive side, at least they were not leeching off tax payers with food stamps, obamaphones,

As to comparing this to low budget Caribbean cruising family, I m not sure I d go that far.

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It was meant as a joke more than a direct comparison. :-)

As I would hope your stating its a positive that they were living in squalor on a 28' boat compared to them "leeching off the government" was meant in jest as well.
 
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Many more living in dilapidated motor homes, campers and even tents. Sign of the times. Desperate times make for desperate people. When I lived in CA it was well known that kids were cropping up living in tent cities. As Kurt noted about the Bahamas, you won't freeze to death but the squalor conditions are not good. I imagine the problem is even worse now.

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+1 it is a sign of the times we live in...
Sad...
UTube living off the grid especially with RV vehicles, it's not all about camping and fun.
Bill
 
Not everyone goes looking to Big Gov't for their every need, hopefully for them it was temporary, what buisness does the Gov't have throwing them in jail? Intrusive I think...
 
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Originally posted by jmeirhofer

Many more living in dilapidated motor homes, campers and even tents. Sign of the times. Desperate times make for desperate people. When I lived in CA it was well known that kids were cropping up living in tent cities. As Kurt noted about the Bahamas, you won't freeze to death but the squalor conditions are not good. I imagine the problem is even worse now.

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+1 it is a sign of the times we live in...
Sad...
UTube living off the grid especially with RV vehicles, it's not all about camping and fun.
Bill

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Very sad that we have homeless families living in squalor, especialy for the children.
Just yesterday I observed some of the homeless living in an abandoned building, no heat or running water, sewage etc.
One only needs to take the time to look around and they will find homeless families in every community.
It would seem that trying to live on a small boat in such conditions would be far worse than an abandoned building though.
 
This one to me clearly blurs the lines. I can't help but thinking though, exactly when do you cross the line of being poor, vs being abusive?
 
I thinks most people will agree that the line starts when basic needs are not met, things like sanitation, food, heat. Education is a gray area since home schooling is hard to evaluate. I thinks that kids who spend a couple of years home schooled aboard while cruising will learn a lot more than if they had been sitting in a school.
 
The line as to weather the children belong in the "home" any longer are clear when basic needs as to food, water, sanitation or heat are not provided. They clearly belong in foster care or with relative placement.

The line as to weather the parents should be incarcerated for failure to provide these basic services are far more blurry.
 
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I thinks that kids who spend a couple of years home schooled aboard while cruising will learn a lot more than if they had been sitting in a school.

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True that. Travel of almost any kind is a great education for kids. Especially learning how to handle boats, the weather, navigation, etc.
 
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