Ricardo Gonzalez had to bring his two small children to work every day because he can't find a baby sitter. That in itself isn't bad, but Gonzalez went one step further: he locked his kids in a cage while he works!
Whenever Ricardo Gonzalez went to a job site in his pickup truck, he never let his small children out of his sight. So protective was the 35-year-old south suburban man, he kept his daughters in a makeshift cage inside the truck, officials say.
One of the girls told an investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that her father locks them up because "he does a very dangerous job," according to state records reviewed by the Tribune. "My dad tightens both of us with his belt by my leg and my sister was [on] the other side of the cage tight with another belt."
The Chicago Tribune has the story: Link (with video) - Thanks Claire!
Over protective my ass. Just a dick that needs to be shot.
What would you have him do, Tim? Stay home and earn no money to buy food and pay rent? Bring them to work and allow them to roam around unsupervised in a dangerous environment? Go on welfare?
Walk in his moccasins for a while before you judge.
I've been an hourly wage worker most my life.
Locking and tying your kids into a cage is not an alternative and your argument is asinine.
You actually sound as if you condone this shit. Blow me and get a sitter.
You showed your true worth with an argument that what that father did was OK.
Glad you left America with your self grandizing attitude. Bye Bye dip
I agree he should have done a better job caring for his kids. He and his wife could have worked out work schedules where one of them would be with the kids at home everyday. Hell, when my parents needed a babysitter, they paid one of the older neighborhood kids 10 bucks to watch us. And look how well I turned out. ;)
You idiotically or knowingly abuse your child, you should be abused yourself.
What is wrong with this dude?? There were alternatives, he wasn't looking for them hard enough.
And did anyone else think that article was rather poorly written?
Most articles are poorly written, Lea. It's a sign of the times.
I am rather shocked that the mother is even being considered. I feel bad for the kids.
was it a skinner box?
I dislike Italians.
..and no need to be redundant.
I loved it.
And now I'm 20, I wish I still had a big box to sit in and make into a boat/rocket/car/hospital etc.