Moms Behaving Badlyby Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger 14 Oct 2009 08:19 AM It's not a good idea to drive around with your child attached to the roof of your vehicle. In other news, the sky is blue. File this one under: Stupid parental decisions, and give Jackie Denise Knott a prize (see: jail time) for personifying the definition of a word that Webster has yet to list: CLUELESSNESS! The Alabama mom allegedly endangered her 13-year-old daughter's life, just so she could get a large cardboard box home in one piece. We've all been there before, right? We purchase an empty cardboard box at the store, but when we get out to the parking lot we realize that the box won't fit into the car. When faced with this predicament most sane parents figure out a way to transport the box home without causing harm to our children. Not Knott. According to police reports, the 37-year-old mother placed the oversized box on top of her vehicle, and when contemplating what she should weigh it down with, Knott chose her teenage daughter. Yes, Knott decided to use her own flesh and blood as a paperweight to keep the box from flying off the roof of her vehicle. And lest you think that the Knott was being reckless by cramming her kid into a box, placing her on top of a vehicle, and driving down a busy highway, consider that the mom reportedly did her best to ensure that the box - and her daughter - didn't fall off the car mid-commute by securing the box to the vehicle with a clothes hanger. It took a 911 call by a passing motorist and several police cars to finally get Knott to pull off of U.S. 431. Miraculously, Knott's 13-year-old did not suffer any physical injuries (the jury's still out on how much emotional damage the teen sustained). However, that was little consolation to Knott, who insisted to police that what she was doing was perfectly acceptable because she was using the clothes hanger safety strap. Needless to say, the officers were not impressed. In the end, Knott's daughter was taken into child protective custody and later released to a relative while police charged the delusional mother with endangering the welfare of a child. Food for thought the next time you consider using your kid as a paperweight. Related Articles: Parents in the News: They Did What? Learn more about Michele Cheplic  Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. Relevantparenting tags User Comments  Andrea Hermitt (5507) 14 Oct 2009 02:57 PMHmmmm what's more important... my 13 year old daughter or a cardboard box? My kid... even on her worst day, still wins. What an idiot.  Michele Cheplic (37339) 15 Oct 2009 07:50 AMLOL Andrea, you answered my question: I wondered if it was a southern thing to drive with dead animals on the front of the vehicle and live kids on the roof. ;-) Community Tags bad moms, motherhood, moms, mom drives with kid in cardboard, parents Discuss this article
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