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Viktorija Ošikaitė

Woman Abandons Child With Stranger Roommate She’s Known For 10 Mins, Says It’s A Work Emergency

Being a parent is stressful. Being a single parent is stressful and a half.

But is that really a good enough reason to put your 5-year-old in the care of a stranger because of a last-minute emergency?

That’s what one Redditor found himself questioning after his new roommate, whom he’d only spoken to once, dropped her daughter off with him for the entire day. While he didn’t mind looking after the child, he couldn’t believe she’d placed that much trust in him so quickly. Now he’s wondering: is this something CPS should get involved in?

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