Tamera Jo Freeman Gets Drunk, Hits Kids, and Assaults Attendant on Flight from San Francisco to Denver
A loaded Tamera Jo Freeman, 38, hit and cursed at her children and assaulted a Frontier Airlines flight attendant during a flight from San Francisco to
Denver.
Passengers told the FBI that Freeman was drinking heavily before and during the flight. She spent the flight cursing, terrozing and neglecting her two-year-old son and four-year-old daughter because they wouldn’t let her watch a movie in peace.
Witnesses said Freeman hit the children on their legs, shoulders and knees, and appeared drunk and violent toward the kids before she boarded. They also said the children tried to hide on the floor to get away from their mom, and were scared and crying.
Passengers sitting near Freeman alerted the flight attendants and when one approached her, she began yelling, telling the flight attendant to mind her own business and get her some more booze. When she was told that she was cut off, Freeman threw a drink at the flight attendant.
The flight attendant asked a corrections officer who was on the plane to sit near Freeman. Then she grabbed a roll of duct tape and stood near the drunken mom to prevent her causing trouble. The captain radioed ahead to have police meet the plane.
Freeman was arrested when the plane landed in Denver, and is being held for investigation of interference with a flight crew and assault on children. She told authorities that she lost her temper and smacked her kids because they were fighting and spilling drinks.
Freeman faces up to 21 years in prison and fines up to $350,000 if convicted. Terrorizing her kids, terrorizing the flight attendants. Why wasn’t this woman on the terrorist watch lists?
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39 opinions for Tamera Jo Freeman Gets Drunk, Hits Kids, and Assaults Attendant on Flight from San Francisco to Denver
karen1066
Jul 21, 2007 at 1:23 pm
hey lookey…it’s tamera jo masquerading as rhonda sue. using a whole string of naughty words jumbled into nonsense sentences….and now poor thing broke her keyboard. another reason why tamera jo aka rhonda sue shouldn’t fly/type when obviously in a drunken stupor. not only should she not have her kids; she should not be allowed to try to type.
Bree
Jul 21, 2007 at 2:01 pm
rhonda sue, I wouldn’t be suprised if you are one of the sites future blogs. The woman should be tasered if her kids where fighting, you sit between them and tell them to calm down and then when you land you take them in the bathroom and paddle their asses, you dont beat them and scream at them on the plane to the point they are on the floor crying. AND THEN throw a drink at a flight attendant. They have EVER right to cut any one off they want. Its an airplane, not a bar.
Francine Piatigorski
Jul 21, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Rhonda Sue, what a ridiculous thing for you to say! You see, Tamera Jo Freeman doesn’t love her kids at all; she only loves herself! Just remember that, alright? I would never beat my kids and/or drink any alcohol during the damn flight! That’s just so stupid! Jeez, only drugged-up motherfuckers would beat their kids and/or drink alcohol during the flight! God, I hate people like that! Your ignorance for that incident is completely showing… 0_o
Jules
Jul 21, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Is Rhonda Sue for real?! This woman shouldn’t be drunk if she’s taking a 4 year old and a 2 year old traveling. I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old and wouldn’t dream of being tankered if I were taking them on an airplane. I don’t think I would’ve taken a plane ride with them w/out help. Those poor kids, that selfish wentch.
jessi
Jul 21, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Now being drunk is unexcusable… but since when does spanking your kids become everyone ELSE’S business? How in the hell else are you supposed to discipline?…. “Please, oh please frankie and jenny… do not fight and toss your drinks about like little brats? Will you stop doing that for mommy?” Come on now. Sounds like they needed a little discipline to me…
Rhonda Sue- you’re one crazy ass bitch… I think you should be serving the 21 years…
Mom of four, so far...
Jul 21, 2007 at 3:40 pm
I think Rhonda Sue is simply a big fat TROLL - period.
Also, spanking your children is one thing, slapping them around for an entire 2 1/2 hour flight is quite another. I have no problem with a good spanking and most other parents I know do not have a problem with it, either. I’ve given my toddlers a swift swat over their diapered hineys in Wal-Mart before and told them to knock off whatever they were doing when they just wouldn’t listen, but doing what she was for the entire flight does not constitute spanking.
I think if she had just given her kids one swat on their hineys once and told them to knock it off no one probably would have complained but I would be disturbed if someone was repeatedly slapping their children for an hour and a half straight.
Not to mention being drunk and throwing her drink at the flight attendant. Not the best way to set an example for your children.
Danielle
Jul 21, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Yes I am vindicated!! I read comments on here all the time about YOUNG moms who cant do it ” they shouldnt have had babies, you say” this B**ch was 38 damn years old, and here kids were little!!! So to all of you who say wait till your thirty to have kids, I say why? She’s just as selfish, even more selfish then half of the teen moms I know.
Does it Everywhere
Jul 21, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Rhonda Sue is not a real person. It is a bunch of kids… ignore them. Obviously, they are not getting enough supervision.
Mom of four, so far...
Jul 21, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Yes, please don’t feed the trolls.
Danielle
Jul 22, 2007 at 12:01 am
Im not Rhonda or whoever, cant you tell from the style of writing that it is a totally different person? Anyways Im a 21 year old mom of 1, shes six. I have my own car, house good job ect. Im tired of bring peg holed by overeducated assholes who represent one tenth of society, but yet feel that they can look down on the little people. Hard working AVERGAE americans…stand up! Dont take there shit anymore…anyone from any back ground can be a GOOD mother. You dont have to be educated or well off, or WHITE…get it ?
Bridget
Jul 22, 2007 at 8:17 am
I am a woman who waited to have a kid (I’m 41 with a 1.5 year old) and mostly it was because of the abuse I got from a drunken pill-popping mother who had me at 24 (average age) and got WORSE as she got older and had my sister and 2 brothers. I was so scared of being like her.I do not drink.After I left at 16, they went hungry but my mother never did without beer and cigarettes.I know a couple of young moms who rock (20,21 and 27, not that young but whatever) It’s not your age but who you are and whether you realize what being a parent means. This bitch sounds like my mother.Abusive and a mean drunk with more thought to herself and her drugs of choice than her annoying children, who were just acting their age, unlike their mother. I wouldn’t have been ready to have a child before thirty and I knew it, but many are and if you’re ready, go for it. That chick Tamera wouldn’t be ready until she emerges from rehab and some serious counselling, maybe. More kids growing up with an alcoholic parent. I remember the fear, pain and loneliness. I don’t talk to my mother now and when people ask why and say crap like,”Oh, but she’s your mother”, I want to bitch slap them like she used to do me when I was barely out of diapersbecause they just don’t get it. There’s my rant, cuz Tamera just reminded me so much of my lovely mother, I couldn’t stay quiet. I hope they have a loving relative that can intervene, but it’s hard to find one usually.
Bree.
Jul 22, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Hooray for bridget!!!! Not all young mothers are shit bags, but some of them never grew out of that “its all about me” stage. I didn’t have the best of childhoods either and I can relate to you. I had to raise my four little sisters. And I am 19 now with a gorgeous three month old who is my entire life. I understand alot more now about my mom….but Im making better choices. Thank you for pointing out that there are some young(ish) moms that aren’t still in lala land. Some of us have to fight to take that image down for us.
Katie
Jul 23, 2007 at 9:18 am
Seriously, I don’t think Rhonda Sue is for real. I think she’s some bored, attention-whoring freak who has a sad pathetic life and is probably planning some sort of public display of her genitals at the local eatery sometime in the near future. Either that or she has a severe case of Tourrettes Syndrome. Either way, she/he is obviously a total waste of space. Some people are just born ridiculous.
Katie
Jul 23, 2007 at 9:21 am
But back to why I really wanted to comment: Yes. Just because someone gave birth to you doesn’t mean that they are your mother. What makes a mother a mother is the love, care and interest they put into bringing you up in this world. Anyone can pop out a kid, but not just anyone can be a mother. So way to go. Be for your kids what someone else wasn’t for you!!!!
Kelly (RJ)
Jul 23, 2007 at 9:40 am
Rhonda Sue is a very deranged individual. Check out the posts (IT) has left on the Randall Piercy blog. They are nothing but vulgar, disgusting rants. This person has a serious mental illness - it goes beyond joking. This person has eluded to wanted child pornagraphy and well as making comments about feces and animals. (IT) is very disturbed - to say the least. I think that everyone needs to be on board and report this person if they see (IT) posting anywhere else on this site.
*Note that it has also posted under the name of Caroline Jane and Ava (something - can’t remember). YOu can tell it is the same person by the vulgar laguage and obscene messages. Please report (IT) anytime you see this type of behavior being displayed. (IT) is not here to show concern for these poor children!!
Thank you all!!
Kierstin
Jul 23, 2007 at 9:46 am
It’s hard to say if what she did was right or wrong unless you were there. I dont believe in just TELLING your kids to behave…if they act out they deserve a good smack across the face as long as it doesn’t get out of hand. The problem is that so many people today feel the need to stop and tell parents “don’t do that! They deserve a time out”. Time out is for pussies and people should be able to disipline there children they way they want without other people trying to intervene.
Being drunk is a different story. What good parent would get wasted when they know they have 2 young children to look after?
Kathy
Jul 23, 2007 at 10:02 am
Do you really believe a “smack across the face” is a good form of discipline???? There is a difference between a spanking and a smack across the face. I believe that constitutes abuse in most states. You also have to remember these children were 2 and 4 years old. Very very young. I believe people should be able to discipline their children, but a smack across the face is excessive to say the least. If I saw someone doing that, I would definitely interfere. ESPECIALLY with children this young.
Bridget
Jul 23, 2007 at 11:25 am
Yeah, a smack across the face is the fast easy (read:lazy)way to get a kid to do what you want. Keep doing it and it’s a good way to subvert their original personalityand make them become(depending on their original nature): fearful and shy, angry and violent themselves, sneaky and suspicous and a bunch of other great things. I don’t plan to ever spank my son. That doesn’t mean I judge people who spank on the fanny.But a smack in the face at any age to any child is excessive,impulsive,nasty, cruel, hurtful and lazy. I don’t care if you’re drunk or not.Period.
Katie
Jul 23, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Um, yeah Bridget, completely agree with every word, and that kind of scares me. There are still people out there who seriously think a smack in the face is an ok thing to do??? There are also parents who scream obscenities at their children and belittle them thinking that isn’t abuse when it’s exactly the same thing. Children need to be disciplined, but come on. Kids aren’t stupid, either, and when they tell someone “Mommy hits me in the face”……..jail for you. I hope no one sees you do that for your sake. Also, if that’s what you’re gonna do to your kids then you probably shouldn’t have them. Smacking someone in the face is really serious. When you do that, you are assaulting them a lot more personally than if you turn them over and hit them hard on the bottom. You are saying that it’s okay to look them in the face and abuse them. That’s powerful. I’m not saying you’re a bad parent or that I’m better than you, I guess my opinion is just really the polar opposite of your’s. I mean, who hasn’t had a moment when they feel like they’re going to lose it, right? But the difference is that you don’t. There are other ways that are just as effective. Smacking a child in the face is ridiculous.
Michelle from Madison
Jul 23, 2007 at 9:55 pm
It sounds like the “The Rhonda Sue herself” may actually be the true Predator Nancy Grace. Sounds like she may be a bit upset about all of her pending Lawsuits against her in state and federal courts right now.
Bree.
Jul 23, 2007 at 10:04 pm
There is definately a difference in both physical punishments. There is no excuse to get that carried away. I’ve been spanked, and theres a huge difference between that and when I was hit across the face or with belts. That doesn’t teach children proper behavior, it teaches them to fear you. But that just brings up the whole issue with corperal punishment. If you can’t do it without getting carried away, it might not be the best method for you. Thats when TIME OUTS are instated. I just dont understand why she didn’t sit the rugrats on either side of her and told them firmly to behave…maybe they where bored out of their skulls. You can stop at any dollar store and buy a bunch of little toys to keep them occupied you know…
Katie
Jul 24, 2007 at 7:10 am
Weird, right? The woman gets completely shit hammered in public, where everyone can see her, which is a blessing for her kids because maybe now they’ll be taken away and given to someone who actually cares, boards an airplane and smacks the crap out of them. SMART. If she needed to get drunk that badly, so badly to where she would be willing to risk arrest and abuse charges, she needed to be in counseling a LONG time ago. The state of mind you’ve got to be in to do something like that is pretty intense. This woman obviously doesn’t care about how her actions affect her children or how they affect her own well-being. It’s one thing to get trashed in a bar or in your own home or at a friend’s house, even at a street festival. But to board an airplane that swilled???? You’re in a confined space, and she probably reeked of booze. This woman needs help. If she hadn’t smacked her kids around I might feel a lot more sorry for her.
Francine Piatigorski
Jul 24, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Rhonda Sue, puh-lease, shut up! You are crazy and you need to be tranquilized for good! ENOUGH WITH YOUR DISGUSTING RANTS!!!!!!! AND STOP SAYING “ASSSHITHOLES” BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “ASSSHITHOLES”!!!!!!!!! YOU’LL NEED A PSYCHIATRIST RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! I HATE IT WHEN YOU RANT!!!!!!! NOW, RHONDA SUE, FROM NOW ON, JUST GROW UP, SHUT THE FUCK UP, AND GET A GODDAMN LIFE!CUZ YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BAD PERSON WITH AN EXTREMELY UGLY HEART, RHONDA SUE, AND I DON’T GIVE A FLYING FUCK WHAT YOU (OR ASS) THINK!!!!!!!!!!!
Bree.
Jul 24, 2007 at 6:03 pm
dont sink to her level fancine. Just ignore her. Thats feeding into her and making you look easily goated.
UM????
Jul 25, 2007 at 5:38 am
First of all, who was serving her the drinks that didn’t notice she was getting drunk and had two small children with her??? Did she leave the kids sitting by themselves in the waiting area while she went into the bar for the drinks?? How come someone didn’t notice all of this BEFORE she got on the plane?? I recently came back from a trip, if you smell of liqour and/or appear to be drunk, THEY DON’T LET YOU ON THE PLANE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! Second of all, I think the person(s) serving her the drinks should be charged with child endangerment as well, because surely they noticed she had two small children with her but just kept serving her, even serving her I’m sure AFTER she got drunk, which in most states is illegal as well!! Sounds like there’s ALOT of people involved here in this whole scenerio that are responsible for what happened to these kids and her getting drunk (although I do love the flight attendant standing there with the duct tape, that’s classic…….Ticket for flight…..$540, drink while on flight….$5.00, duct tape….$2.00, controling an out of control passenger…..priceless!! LOLOLOLOL). Guess homeland security dropped the ball on this one, good thing she didn’t have bombs strapped to those kids!!!
Katie
Jul 25, 2007 at 6:04 am
That’s really funny! It totally is some sort of weird sitcom situation, isnt’ it? Well, I mean, it would be if you take out the abuse inflicted on children part. This whole scenario could have been avoided so easily, I mean, where were peoples’ heads during all of this? Maybe she is just really good at holding her liquor up until a certain point. She also could have been a bar hopper. I used to bartend in an airport, and we had an upstairs bar, where I worked, and a downstairs bar with a restaurant. This guy got tanked downstairs, was cut off, and then came upstairs and tried to get drinks from me. Now, he was obviously intoxicated, so I had no problem telling him that I couldn’t serve him, although he had a fit, but security did detain him. In some cases, though, it is certainly possible that you would not be able to discern if someone was drunk or not, and if they had been bar hopping……God only knows. That’s most likely what happened, either that or she had a hidden flask or something. She really must’ve slipped past a lot of people. She was probably a good actor up until a certain point, y’know, pretending she wasn’t quite as drunk as she really was.
Francine Piatigorski
Jul 25, 2007 at 3:44 pm
You’re right, Bree. I’m sorry. Can you tell me waht “sinking to somebody’s level” and “goated” mean, Bree?
Kelly(RJ)
Jul 25, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Rhonda Sue - You are a vulgar piece of “assshithole”. Crawl back under a rock. No one here wants to read your trash. You are not here because of your big heart or to show that you have any compassion. You are here to spew garbage and show the world that perverted twits like you really exist. Leave these nice people alone before I report you again! You are not any better than the people that these stories are about!
Katie
Jul 26, 2007 at 6:37 am
Why don’t you just find some other people on some other site to “talk” to? Isn’t there a site for people like you, you know, the “Complete Scum Bag Trash Hoes Who Like to be Retarded Blog” somewhere or something like that? This is for people who care about kids. Since you don’t, please get the hell out of here. It may take awhile, but we will have someone kick you off, so to save yourself the embarrassment, just leave, ok? You can get cheap thrills somewhere else. And if this is a joke, then…..wow, what do you know? It’s not funny. Seriously, just leave everyone alone. This is the last thing I will ever write to you, and I hope everyone else follows suit and just ignores you until we can get you off this blog.
UM????
Jul 26, 2007 at 6:53 am
A wise man once said…..”if you build it, they will come”. In this case, I believe he would say…”if you ignore it, it will go away”. LOL
UM????
Jul 26, 2007 at 7:06 am
Again, someone dropped the ball here…the article states that she was drinking BEFORE and DURING the flight, and I know most airlines still serve alcoholic drinks on flight, the last flight I went on recently you got the soda for free, but there were people willing to pay the 5 or 6 bucks for an alcoholic drink. First of all, surely she had to smell of alcohol!! Second of all, why did they continue to serve her on the flight if from the moment the flight took off she was abusing her children and being loud? Hello??? Is the airline that concerned about making a few extra dollars off their overpriced stuff to use a little common sense??? Personally, I don’t think they should be allowed to serve alcohol ON THE flights, it’s too much of a confined space, and, if you can’t drink and drive, why should you be allowed to drink and fly (I really hope that the captains and flight crews aren’t drinking it up to some degree as well during these flights, it’s possible and we would never know!!)? We all know that there is the whole altitude issue, and that when you drink alcohol it tends to also disorient the brain, as well as allows dehydration to set in, etc. so why offer these types of drinks ON the flights?? If a person wants to have a drink at the airport, BEFORE they board a plan, that’s one thing, at least it gives everyone a chance to monitor their reactions, etc, before allowing them on the plane. But to allow drinking on the flight as well? That just seems like your asking for problems!!!
It’s bad enough having to sit beside someone who’s throwing up from the altitude sickness, motion sickness, nerves, etc, but then throw in all of that AND alcohol in their system??? Most people aren’t on flights that long, so I really don’t see the need to serve alcoholic drinks!! After all, a person who smokes has to wait to have a cigerette (for some people, cigerettes calms their nerves, as I’m sure people would say alcohol does the same for them), so why can’t someone who drinks wait to get a drink? Just goes to show how screwed up we have our priorities if you ask me!! Sad thing is, just like with cigerette smoke, everyone around you as to be subjected to your alcohol smell and actions!! That seems contradictive to me to set yourself up for such stupidity! Does anyone know what airlines this was? Makes me think twice about flying with them!
Francine Piatigorski
Jul 26, 2007 at 1:21 pm
I agree with you, Kelly (RJ) cuz Rhonda still needs to let innocent people be! I am tired of reading her garbage! She needs to do her ugly “assshithole” rants somewhere else! So remember, Rhonda Sue, mark my words: This site is for people who feel sorry and show lots of sympathy for the kids and not for heartless ones who make them feel worse! (And that includes Ass, too!) And to Bree: Excuse my short temper!
FamilyFirst
Jul 26, 2007 at 5:24 pm
OK I am not going overboard like Rhonda Sue, but come on….I have had my kids actually hide under chairs and plants at the nurses office to not get shots. Did any one think maybe she just wanted ten minutes to watch a movie? Maybe the kids where bratty all day. Maybe it was just a really off day for the whole family. The drunkeness is not cool at all. No one should be that far gone on a plane. But who knows, maybe the stewardess was a total bitch and stepped over the line with comments about parenting….I mean when some one is just over their limit with their kids not behaving (which all kids do, no matter who the parent is), a migrane, no escape (being on a plane)…sometimes in those situations having some one make one sarcastic comment or stepping over their boundaries could send you barrelling down the path of “IllBeatYourAssBitch!!!”..and I know if I wild out on some lady, my kids would be scared and hidding under seats too…..its scary to see your parents put down like that.
UM????
Jul 27, 2007 at 6:10 am
ok, let’s re-read what was in the story shall we:
“Passengers told the FBI that Freeman was drinking heavily before and during the flight. She spent the flight cursing, terrozing and neglecting her two-year-old son and four-year-old daughter because they wouldn’t let her watch a movie in peace.
Witnesses said Freeman hit the children on their legs, shoulders and knees, and appeared drunk and violent toward the kids before she boarded. They also said the children tried to hide on the floor to get away from their mom, and were scared and crying.
Passengers sitting near Freeman alerted the flight attendants and when one approached her, she began yelling, telling the flight attendant to mind her own business and get her some more booze. When she was told that she was cut off, Freeman threw a drink at the flight attendant.”
Now let’s break this down so it’s easier to understand….
“drinking heavily before and during the flight” AND “Witnesses said Freeman hit the children on their legs, shoulders and knees, and appeared drunk and violent toward the kids before she boarded” This is what passengers reported, maybe those passengers should have made sure the airlines attendants were aware of this BEFORE she got on the flight and made sure something more was done!!!
“She spent the flight cursing, terrozing and neglecting her two-year-old son and four-year-old daughter because they wouldn’t let her watch a movie in peace” what parent, in their right mind, would curse and terrorize their children, ESPECIALLY AROUND OTHERS??? And neglecting her children? Sounds to me like maybe one of the kids asked to go to the restroom and she told them no, must so she could watch a movie (most movies are 1 1/2 to 2 hours long!!)?!?!? The children were 2 and 4 years old, first off, can’t expect them to not have to use the potty, and it’s sounds like mom did more “prepping” of herself (ie…drinking!) before and during the flight then explaining to her children what was expected of them during the flight. I recently took a flight with my 3 year old daughter, VERY LONG flights!! But because I prepped her before and during the flight on how I expected her to behave, and even considering she didn’t have tons of things with her to keep busy with, she did extremely well, in fact, other passengers were complimenting her during and after the flight on how well behaved she was!! This woman was on a 1 1/2 hour flight, if that (our first half of our flight was 4 hours long, second half took almost an hour, and that was just the first leg of our trip, not including the return trip!), and she admitted herself “She told authorities that she lost her temper and smacked her kids because they were fighting and spilling drinks.” THEIR CHILDREN!! I know for a fact that it’s VERY easy for a child to spill their drink on a plane and not necessarily mean to do it, the tray is practically right in your face and you can barely move your legs around, much less maneuver them under a tray as well, I’ve actually spilled some of my drink just trying to get in a more comfortable position!
“Passengers sitting near Freeman alerted the flight attendants and when one approached her, she began yelling, telling the flight attendant to mind her own business and get her some more booze. When she was told that she was cut off, Freeman threw a drink at the flight attendant” Now, it was the passengers sitting near her that saw what was going on and obviously felt concerned for her behaviour! You state “But who knows, maybe the stewardess was a total bitch and stepped over the line with comments about parenting”, well, I highly doubt that, I’ve seen flight attendants ask passengers politely before to keep it down, and considering the way this mother was acting, no migraine, etc, is an excuse for her behaviour and is what contributed to her getting so defensive. And, even if the flight attendant was rude, that’s no excuse for the mother throwing her drink at her, that’s assault!! The flight attendant was well within her rights and job duties (as well as other passengers well being) to refuse her more drinks and to ask her to stop whatever behaviour she was doing.
For someone to actually make excuses for this mother and try to blame others for her behaviour is really sad!! It just goes to show how everyone wants to blame everyone else for their actions, and they won’t take responsibility for their own actions!! If flying was such a horrible thing for this mother to try to cope with for herself, THEN WHY FLY??? Find some other form of transportation that’s less stressful on everyone!! There is just no excuse for her behaviour, you stated “I have had my kids actually hide under chairs and plants at the nurses office to not get shots”, that’s comparing apples to oranges!! Then you state: “and I know if I wild out on some lady, my kids would be scared and hidding under seats too…..its scary to see your parents put down like that” What’s scary to me is the fact that these poor kids had to see their mother so drunk and out of control, at no one’s fault but her own!!! These kids were hiding under the seats WWWAAAYYYY before the flight attendant showed up and she threw her drink at the attendant!! So to make excuses for this mother, well, that’s sad that you would try to blame everyone else around her instead of holding her accountable for her own actions!! Just goes to show what I was saying in another blog post, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE CAN’T GOVERN THEMSELVES!!!
Dooberoo
Jul 27, 2007 at 8:44 am
Bad parenting has no age limit. It spans all ages.
Bridget
Jul 27, 2007 at 9:48 am
UM???? sure hit the nail on the head and sent it home too. I am sick of people pointing the finger everywhere but at themselves. It almost seems the norm these days, in a variety of situations. There is a Japanese saying I’m fond of: “Don’t fix blame, fix the problem”. I try to live by that, it just makes so much sense. I know for a FACT, without question, if my husband had been on that flight, the Freeman woman would have been duct taped because he would have done it personally and given her an ear full too. He also had a crappy childhood and is a super gentle dad, this woman would have sent him over the edge. I hope she gets the serious help she needs, for the kids sake.
sage
Aug 30, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I know this women, Tamera really well, she is my mom. People are so quick to judge, I have read many articles about my moms arrest and they all differ from one another. My mom is not a “normal” person she has gone through a very abusive childhood herself and also has medical issues and deals with heavy depression. She deals with it in probally the worst ways, drinking etc, and she is very small, so a little drink goes a long way. She is not an alcoholic. Not everyone is given an equal chance and not everyone is perfect. She is not a bad person, but she does have her issues. I have never been physicaly abused by her and have never sceen her hit my baby sister and brother so when I hadnt heard from her and found these articles about her, I was shocked. I am extreamly sad about what has happend. I dont know where my brother and sister are. It is my first year in college, and I think about my mom everyday and wish she had made better choices for herself and us, her kids.
Susan
Aug 30, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Sage, thank you for sharing that with us. The one thing I question is where is the father first off to these kids? Surely there is someone else around her everyday to help take some of the stress off of her, and help her get the help she needs with the depression! I do question though that you state you hadn’t heard from your mom (and apparently no one else within the family contacted you) and then found out what happened to her over the internet. My question is….if your that far away from her and no one is informing you as to what happened with your mom, how do you know that there wasn’t abuse towards your siblings going on? I can understand that she may never have abused you, your obviously somewhere around 18 to 19 or so in age, and she now has two small children who can be a handful, and although you may not have seen anything going on, it doesn’t mean that this maybe wasn’t the first time she has “snapped” around the younger siblings and hurt them!
You say not everyone is given an equal chance, well, I agree with you, some get more then others and those who always seem to get the most haven’t really done anything to actually earn what they have been “given”, and those types are usually very snobby and greedy. But, as a single mother myself, yes, I know life is one constant struggle, I have dealt with depression, I have dealt (and am still dealing with) poverty issues, etc, BUT, I don’t hide behind a bottle and abuse my children whether at home or in public! Maybe this is a good thing then for your mother, she will now get the help she needs to deal with her depression, as well as whatever other issues she may be dealing with, the question is, is she ready to receive that help?
According to what I’ve read here concerning this, witnesses stated she had not just one drink, but many. She could have been hiding her alcoholic ways from those around her, and this was the snapping point, I don’t know, I dont know her. But, where was she coming from on that flight, what stressed her out so badly to make her act this way? And is there no one else in her life, like family and friends, who also don’t know what happened with her? I have a hard time believing that because usually they will try to locate a relative of some kind, for the kids’ sake, to try to put the children with relatives who are able to care for the children instead of sticking them in a foster home if they can avoid it! Also, seeing as how these are your siblings, and your an adult, you should be able to contact children services where the children were taken to and try to get more information, see your siblings, etc. I do hope things get better for your mother, but you can’t hold yourself responsible for her actions, her decisions, her choices! Good luck with that first year of college! :)
sfdude_2008
Jun 25, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Sage, I truly understand how you feel about Tamera, but when she hit her younger kids, it’s very disturbing and I think she needs help. Anyway, thanks for sharing this story with all of us cuz it kinda meant a lot to most of us.
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