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http://www.thelocal.de/14951/20081016/

Mother pedals naked toddler through chilly Munich

by Shannon Smith

16 Oct 2008 Authorities recently stopped a lawyer on her bicycle when they noticed her riding through town in chilly weather with her naked baby in the child seat, Munich police said on Thursday.

The one-and-a-half-year-old appeared miserably cold, according to police reports, with her “nose running down to her lips” and her “mouth blue at the corners.” A police car thermometer read 11 degrees Celsius (52 degrees Fahrenheit) at the time, with what the report describes as “an unpleasant wind chill.”

The mother, a 32-year-old lawyer from Schwabing, told officers her daughter had refused to let anyone dress her, explaining that children have individual rights as well, which is why she accepted her daughter’s wish to remain undressed.

Dumbfounded officers directed the woman to put clothes on the girl, and she complied without further discussion. The pair was then allowed on their way.

“The officers were clearly surprised, but the mother did have a thick winter jacket with her, plus pants and shoes, so officers only had to ask her to put them on the girl,” Munich police spokesperson Gottfried Schlicht, told The Local on Thursday.

A complaint has been filed against the lawyer for child neglect and abuse. According to Schlicht, the Munich Youth Welfare Office is also set to investigate whether the woman is fit to raise children.

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“Children have individual rights as well”, especially when it comes to knowing what is best for them, huh, Ms. Lawyer. There is not a 1 1/2 year old child anywhere on the planet that knows what is best for themselves. That is why we have something called parents, people who are supposed to know what is best for their child. But the female lawyer who decided to take her toddler for a bicycle ride apparently did not know any better at all. I can only guess that this lawyer is the German equivalent to the American public defender. Either way, this is not only one more example of bad parenting, but further proof that it does not take a lot of brains to become a lawyer. At 32 years of age, if a person has no common sense by then, chances are that person never will have any.