Belinda Luscombe's A Tale Of Two Summers For Parents

The article, “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe states that many families have to pick between work and their families. Many don’t know whether they should be able to trust their elementary-school-aged child or have someone take care of them, even if they can’t afford it. As summer comes parents make that choice, but as it turns out they choose work over their kids, not because they don’t love their children but because they need the money in order to pay for someone to take care of them. No child at that age should be left alone, there should be someone with them at all times, due to the fact we never know what can happen and how they should feel the presence of their parents. Children at the age between 5-10 still need someone telling them what’s right and what’s wrong. In many cases parents find it easier to leave them alone and trust them to act as if an adult was with them, knowing they will most likely destroy the house. For example, Deborah Harrell left her 9-year old daughter at the park by herself while she went to work. A witness stated the following, “the girl was there without any adult supervision for much of the day,” the mother shouldn’t just leave her alone, what if something happened to her. Children in elementary are still in the age where they believe anything anyone says
The article says that she gets the minimum wage, which is $7.25, now a days day care will cost them half of their paycheck. I understand that she doesn’t make that much and will end up losing half of her money but her daughter deserves to have someone who will teach her the difference between wrong and right. If the child grows up with only seeing her mom for a couple of hours she will fall into bad steps since her mother or father never had time to watch over