Stephanie Ann Helton Lets Her Infant Guzzle a Brewski
Thanks to Sinthyia for the heads-up on yet another story of parents doling out the alcohol to minors. And when I say “minor”, I mean MINOR. 21-year old Stephanie Ann Helton of Phil Campbell, Alabama was busted by the authori-tays when police (for reasons unspecified) were called to perform a “welfare check” on the three kids who were at the house. Either the 7-year-old or the 8-year-old who were at the house had the common sense to tattle on the mom, telling the cops that mom had let the 1-year-old quaff some beer. Helton admitted as much to police, who booked her for child endangerment. She now faces up to 10 years in prison for her, ahem, lapse in judgment.
I have to say that, for a bad-behaving parent, Helton is kind of cute. Too bad she didn’t have the common sense that God gave crabgrass - at least, not when it counted. There’s nothing sexy about dumb parenting.
It’s not clear to me whether the 7- and 8-year-old are her kids or not. If so, that means that she would have had one child at age 14 and another at age 14, which seems doubtful. But the reports also state that all three children are in foster homes or with relatives. Being drunk around your kids may be stupid, but it’s not usually an offense that causes you to lose your kids. Can anyone clarify that?
If the baby if Helton’s only child, then I say that 10 years is too excessive. Give her a few years of probation and put her in parenting classes until her eyes bleed. Scare the shit out of her. That’s assuming, of course, that she let her kid drink a decent micro-brew, and not any of that Pabst Blue Ribbon shit - in which case, THROW THE BOOK AT HER!!
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6 opinions for Stephanie Ann Helton Lets Her Infant Guzzle a Brewski
How much beer?
Feb 1, 2007 at 1:52 am
How much beer did she let the kid drink? Seriously, was he begging for it and she let him have a taste to show him its nasty?
My dog will get on the table and drink beer from a cup if no one is watching - sometimes stuff happens, and kids exagerate. I’m not ready to throw the book at this girl, yet.
I put brandi on my kid’s gums when she was teething. Her doctor told me Orajel is a choking hazard and it was safer to use a dab of brandi. Maybe this kid was teething and all she had on hand was beer? Again - kids exagerate!
Citizen
Feb 1, 2007 at 10:27 am
I live in the area were this girl lives. She has been arrested on several occasions. The girl is bad news. She spends more time in jail than out. She is a known drug addict. She tested positive to meth. Would you let her watch your kids?
How much beer?
Feb 3, 2007 at 1:06 am
If she is a known trouble maker that is different. I just wouldn’t condem a person over small kids telling me she let the baby drink beer, because as I said kids exagerate.
citizin
Apr 9, 2007 at 6:11 am
The person in question her has another little girl that she signed her rights away. She is not allowed to see the child. Recently it was made known that the child she gave beer too was taken to a nearby hospital were authorities were present to remove her from the hospital. The child is needing 5 to 6 surgery’s on it’s little face. Acoording to sources the woman has changed her story several times on what had happened.
Duttygal
Jul 11, 2007 at 10:48 pm
so how old is her other child? the 7 and 8 year old are not hers?…only in Alabama….hehe
MommaBEAR
Jul 11, 2007 at 11:26 pm
One sip is too much. Kids aren’t supposed to even TASTE alcohol until they are old enough to buy it. Period.
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