4-Year Old Drives Down Busy Streets In Go-Kart
What was this Mom thinking? On Monday afternoon, April 14th, Maya Rowe lost track of her 4-year old son for over an hour while he navigated busy streets in his go-kart. Not only that, he was found over a mile from his home, wearing no shoes and no shirt.
According to an article written by Selwyn Harris on PVTimes.com, the child was found at a busy intersection in Pahrump by Nye County Sherriff’s Deputy Breanna Nelson. He hand wandered off a little ways from where his go-kart was found. Nelson and the boy had to drive around nearby neighborhoods for quite a while to try and find his home, which he eventually pointed out.
Harris’s article quotes from the deputy’s report that the child’s “hands and feet were covered in dirt and he had bruises covering both legs,” when he was first discovered at the intersection of Barney and Retread Roads in Pahrump. The Division of Child and Family Services was notified. An official met the deputy and child at the Rowe residence, where the mother also had a 3-year boy with her.
She allowed officials to conduct a walk-through inspection of her home, where they found that the two boys slept on a very thin mattress on the floor. The floors were also covered with trash, moldy food, and extension cords. It was determined that the home was unsafe for children, and Maya Rowe was booked on charges involving neglect of her children.
When Deputy Nelson asked Rowe how she could appear unconcerned about the fact that her son was missing for over an hour, she told them she had been relaxing with another individual and enjoying the sunny afternoon. The PVTimes.com article states that she realized her son was missing about twenty minutes before officials arrived at her home.
Now, no one wants a “helicopter mom” who doesn’t let a child do anything for fear of the child getting hurt. But, allowing your young child to roam around busy streets in his go-kart just doesn’t seem like good, common sense. Add in the unsanitary state of the children’s home and you can understand why Rowe ended up spending time in the Nye County Detention Center this week.
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Larry Martino is the long-time Afternoon Drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of Larry Martino and not necessarily those of Beasley Media Group, LLC.
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