A tragic incident unfolded in Sparta Township, Michigan, as 23-year-old Olivia Miller faced arrest on Thursday in connection with the drowning of her eight-month-old son, Asher Johnson, back in November 2023.

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    5 months ago

    I fail to see how this is news. A complete tragedy, and as others have mentioned, the mother will blame herself for the rest of her life. Move along.

    On top of that — is this really the type of sources we should be posting from? The stories I managed to see on the front page, before the gagging became too much, seemed to be equal parts Megan & Harry, Trump, and Caitlyn Jenner. Pure tabloid trash. They don’t deserve the traffic.

    For the first time in quite a while, I’m sorely missing the ability to downvote.

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    Hot take, how sad it is that content on the phone is so addictive you’d forget your baby’s in the bathtub. Perfect way to hijack the mind of a tired new mother.

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      5 months ago

      Good point. Also, would she be more of a victim if she was watching TikTok videos on how to babyproof the kitchen? Or tips on how to changing diapers or pump breast milk?

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    5 months ago

    Initially claiming she left her baby sitting in a partially filled bathtub for five minutes while she went to the adjacent laundry room

    This isn’t exactly a good excuse either.

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      5 months ago

      And she gave that excuse as if babies don’t fling themselves all over the place, where looking away for one second could mean they fall off a table or slip underwater.

      What absolutely awful negligence.

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        5 months ago

        As a parent myself, there’s a lot of other things this could have been besides willful negligence. Exhaustion, stress, post partum disorder. She has in all likelihood already been punished.

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          I can’t even imagine how fucked up of a mental state that would leave her in. She’s going to regret this and hold herself responsible for this for the rest of her life. It’s tragic