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Man Allegedly Leaves Toddler At Home Alone To Go Drinking

By Baker Associates

One of the more difficult decisions that parents face is at what age their child is old enough to stay at home alone. For many parents, the decision that a kid is mature enough to stay at home alone usually comes when the kid is in their mid to late teens. For twenty-two year-old Joseph Moore of Clarksville, Tennessee that decision was allegedly made when he decided that his three-year old son could hold down the fort while he went out and had a drink or two. Surprisingly, the young boy was not yet ready to be the man of the house and neighbors spotted him a short time later near the road, crying for his mother. When police responded to the scene, they found the boy asleep on a couch inside the house. It is suspected that the boy was given a dose of Benadryl to keep him asleep...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on November 14, 2010 (boomark / email).