What an idiot..she deserves to have her children taken away for good.

Come on why would you do that?

Take the kids away and give her an operation that prohibits her from having any more. She is a liar and deserves the highest punishment givin by a judge. What a waste of skin.

You have to have a license to drive a car and catch a fish, but………….

wow is amaing how people can be so blind and heartless. Lets no forget to meantson, that the boyfriend of 6 years addanded her and her children, after abusing her for years, Best believe it was the dumbest mistake that she has ever made, and i defently dont agree with what she did. But its not the whole story to what happen and what lead up to this happpening. So before you go and start judging other and saying thiings about her, maybe you should get all the facts

who give you the right to judge her. You dont even have all the facts. And you cant tell me you have never made any mistakes with your chilren. Ya it was a the dumbest thing she has ever done, But people are human, and i know she would never do that again. So quite judging people. You really believe everything you read. the police lied and twisted the story

Ok so why take your other two kids but not the other?! Just cause she was sleeping and what you didn’t want to wake her.. Stupid girl, now look she aint going to have any of her kids. I can’t believe people and how they really think that that was ok at that moment!! Grow up lady..

Think before you do it, not do it and think after.. that’s will be too late…But, I hope you get your kids back…

“A Vacaville who reported her 3-year-old daughter missing after she had left the toddler home alone to go shopping and drinking has been arrested, according to police.” THIS IS WHAT SOMEONE SAID! THIS IS NOT CORRECT! i am not sure who wrote this 1st paragraph, but it is incorrect, i personally know this for a fact, I am related. However, the mother did drink, after all was said and done, the child found and was taken care of by CPS, she was at home catching her breath from running around looking, there was nothing further she could do, at home SHE HAD A DRINK! She did not go drinking, she did not get drunk, her nerves were shot, and she was completely stressed about the mistake she made, not finding her child. So she had A drink! SHE DID NOT GO TO HER FRIENDS, SHE DID NOT GO OUT TO DRINK, AND SHE WENT TO THE STORE TO GET FOOD FOR HER KIDS! THIS IS A FACT. This does not make what she did right; this is a honorable decision to make! She knows this “I was wrong and I will never do that again, there are no reasons so impotent to leave my child home alone and asleep” The police smelled the drink and arrested her, gave a test which showed she was not drunk!

“Police say the mother had also been drinking alcohol.” I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY WHEN SHE WAS DRINKING, DON’T YOU?

“Where is the father?” some one asked, the deadbeat abandon his family 6 months ago! she is getting 0 support from him.

If you want the truth ask i will give it to you, she took responsibility and will accept the consequences. DON’T BEAT HER UP SHE IS A VERY GOOD MOTHER, ask your self what you would do if abandoned with three kids making $500 dollars a month, broken down car, her landlord has not touched her house since she moved in, the house is in need of major repairs.
AGAIN NOTHING I AM WRITING OK’S WHAT SHE DID, I GOT ALL OVER HER FOR WHAT SHE DID, BUT I CAN EMPATHIZE WITH HER SITUATION. Sometimes it’s HARD TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS WHEN LIFE IS FALLING APART ALL AROUND YOU!
Pray for her and her kids, she has learned a great lesson from this,

by the way the report from the place the kids are at is that the caregiver has never in her many years of caring for foster kids has she had the most respectable, polite, and loving children! Moms doing something right!

Hay Jess you’re the idiot. the best thing that could of happened to you is taking you away from your parents when you were small, maybe you would have been raised with more sense they what you are showing in your comment!

Family Man, what an oxymoron in this country, a family man has integrity, a sound mind, gentleman, fair-minded, and is sensible, obviously you where raised in Germany by Nazi parents during WWII if you really believe what you wrote!

Goflipper, sometimes its better to have a fat body then a fat head, a fat body you can adjust and change a fat head in your case will always be fat and full of hatred; it sounds like Family man is your dad!

What the fock was so important at the store that she abandoned her freakin 3 yr old baby girl? I’m sorry but there isn’t on MF thing at store that I would leave my child for. This is bigger than a mistake. You need to wake up and stop sticking up for her very stupid and cruel decision.

hmmmmm….I wouldn’t have time for a drink if my child was missing, nerves shot or not…but then again I’d never be that stupid to leave my kid home alone. What a horrible feeling for that little girl to wake up to an empty home. I hope it doesn’t do too much damage to her.

to those of you who are so perfect and never make bad choices cheers to you and to the rest of you who have a heart brandy is a good mom and she loves her kids she would never do anything to put them in harms way if all you have to do is sit there and judge her for her mistakes i dont even want to think about the things you’ve done people who judge and talk mess about others are just trying to hide whats going on with there own lives so pray for brandy and most of all her kids

YEAH WHAT SHE SAID! (NIKKI MILLER) I HOPE BRANDY AND HER KIDS GET THIS ALL WORKED OUT SO THEY CAN RETURN HOME WHERE THEY BELONG. GOD BLESS

WHERE THE HELL WAS THE FATHER? AND WHY ISNT HE SAYING ANYTHING?

AMEN.

That saying is getting old!

AGAIN, I would NEVER leave a 3-year old home alone for ANY reason for ANY length of time.

As a human being I have the ability to judge her. I judge you as a passive pushover with no spine

You are the looser that is fing her so take care of the kids instead of letting her abuse them

There is never a good time to leave a 3 y/o home alone. Sleeping, not sleeping…never. It doesn’t really matter the reason she left the girl at home alone. Whether she went shopping, for walk, to the new home…. to meet someone, that is irrelevant. The fact is, she left her 3 y/o home alone. Anything could have happened, the house could have caught on fire, a burglar could have broke in…. and then what??… People really need to give their head a shake before they make stupid decisions that can change their lives forever. She will be very fortunate if she gets her children back. To me, she doesn’t sound like she knows how to make very good decisions in regard to the welfare and safety of her children.

OK, so the landlord hasn’t made repairs in months and the bio Mom feels it is OK to leave her 3yr old unattended in that hell-hole??? I am begging the state to please find a home for these 3 innocent victims. The kids are not at fault but it is the adults who failed them. I will pray for the children but not that ding-bat of a mother of theirs. She is selfish and clueless, and shouldn’t be in charge of a hamster much less children.

I am so sorry that this happened to her. I do believe that she has learned her lesson & wish her the very best. I personally don’t think that any of what you said is anybodies business though. You shouldn’t have to explain anything to anybody. Although I know that you are just trying to defend her. My prayers to all of you.

wow! Let me start w/ this: No one is perfect in this world but god. We are all human and all make mistakes. Some make mistakes that another would never make…bottom line is we ALL make damn mistakes. I don’t know what disgusts me more, the mistake that this young mother made, or the judgment that everyone is makinh. How dare you say she doesn’t deserve her children? No one reading this articale knows what was going on in her mind when she stupidly decided to leave her child alone. Yes, if she wanted to go to the store all her children should have went w/ her (sleeping or not). There is no excuse for that! But doesn’t everyone deserve a second chance? I think so…I bet if every single one of you that has wrote negative about this woman, had done something stupid you would be begging for another chance!!! I know I would…She is a us citizen and guess what that mean boys and girls…she has a right to a damm trial. She will have to go throught hoops w/ cps to get her children back. She will spend a year doing what they want and then when in trial she will have to prove current fitness. To simplify that if she has trial to get her kids back in 2012 the judge will not look at what she did in 2011 as a parent , but what she is currently doing to be fit!!!!! God!!! Brandy or whatever your name is I wish you luck! Next time please use your brain before making a decision. Weigh the pros and cons and then make your decision. Your children need someone that will protect them and make the right decisions for them. We all go through hard times…never be afraid to ask for help because it’s okay to. And please please don’t drink around your children (even if it’s to calm your nerves) my kids have never seen me drink, and i just don’t agree w/ people that allow alcohol around their kids…anything can happen and you need a clear mind to handle all situations surrounding your kids. I’m done now, but please don’t be harsh to this woman because your kicking her while she is down.

all the JUDGES here will have the KARMA JUDGE right back at them.. someday,, somewhere…and its gonna burn.. no puns intended…lol

Sure they did. You must be the “friend” she stopped to visit.

Learn to spell the idiocy you post before you post it.

When my children were young, I would leave them sleeping while I went to the store across the street. Was it a smart thing to do? No. Was it the right thing to do? No. Did it make me a mother who never deserved to have her children in her life again? No. Both of my children are grown with children of their own now, and they both managed to get to adulthood without need of drugs, police intervention, or other horrible fates. I was a good mother who sometimes made terrible judgment calls. That is life. That is being human. That is how we learn.

I know nothing about this family, but without more information than is presented in this article, I certainly can’t condemn this young woman. Many in this situation would be blaming everyone else. At least I see this woman attempting to take responsibility for her actions. Some mistakes are terrible ones to make. That does not necessarily make us terrible people for making them.

Good luck to this young woman and her children.

As a mother of 4, it does it overwhelming and stressful. That being said, I would never, I mean never, leave the house without having all my children with me, She may not be a bad person in general, but she does not deserve to have the title of a mother. She obviously can’t handle the responsibility of being a parent.

It’s actually “loser” not “looser”. You’re welcome.

Based on the story for all it is worth, I don’t think she made the smartest decision but I don’t think she is evil reborn. It was a stupid thing to do. If she is sincere in what she is saying then she just got the wind kicked out of her and nothing you can say to or about her is worse than what she has already said to herself. I hope she is sincere and I hope that she opens her eyes to the dangers that are out there but I think it is a little premature to get out the stakes and kerosene.

seriously, all of you one here screaming that this women is a terrible mother and needs to have her kids taking away need to look in your own closets. I highly doubt ANY of you are perfect parents and never, ever made on mistake. Most of you probably don’t even have kids. What, are you on here ranting because you can’t have any kids and have some fantasy in your head that if you could you would be the perfect parent? I bet not one of you, if you where neighbors with this women would even offer to watch her kids for her if she asked so she could run to the store.

hello? anyone notice that the there is a three year old running around in the freezing dark with no idea where on earth her family is? keeping that child safe has nothing to do with “judging” the mother. It has everything to do with judging her unfortunate actions.

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knock KnockISANYTHING UPSTAIRS? DOH!

not a very good choice made by a caring mom.

I tend to believe she was, as the police said, drunk. I believe she is sorry, sorry she got caught. I am not sorry for her, but I am sorry for her children, who certainly deserve a mother that is sober, and protects them. She is very lucky the 3 yo is alive, and unharmed. (No thanks to her!) I hope that she does not regain custody until she has completed a rehabilitation program, a serious parenting class, six months in jail, and publicly apologized to her children.

of course its about judging her. She left a three year old alone, and was drinking. She should not have custody of any of those kids.

caring moms don’t leave there three year old home alone

So what do you suggest? They go into foster care? Yeah, that’s better for them! Let her prove she is fit and let her have her kids back. Keep an eye on her for a year or more. Why put children into foster care when their parents make a mistake? Granted it is a HUGE mistake but that is what the probation is for. People are too quick to look at a situation and say the person is bad and deserves to lose their children for something relatively minor. Yes, minor! The children weren’t covered in bruises, crawling in feces or starved to death. Unfortunately those kinds of situations are found and reported on constantly. Try to keep families TOGETHER when you can!! Don’t automatically take the kids and never try to reunite them!

Ditto to everything above. Too bad there is no test before you can have a kid. There is more paperwork to getting a car than having a child.

This mistake could of cost the child it’s life. It is better for a child to be where it can survive. IF the mother or rest of the family is happy – is moot. Ensuring the child grows up in a safe environment, maybe not pretty, maybe not among relatives – but SAFE – is all that is important.

she didnt drink first then leave otherwise she would’ve been arrested on dwi charges she drank after she realized the kid was gone and couldnt find her…which is still bad..point is she took action the actions werent efficient enough so she a had a beer to “calm her nerves”. yeah its bad yeah she shouldnt have left a 3 year old but this isnt the worst article on the media. its better then a mother killing an infant because she was interrupted during her game of farmville. this is just an honest mistake everyone does it and the media blew it way out of the water as usual she deserves her kids back.

obviously the 3 year old and the 4 year old…and yes the 5 year old arent suffering from malnutrition or barely being fed the kids are doing fine and it is a safe enviroment the fact that she messed up was just a horrible mistake was she supposed to have that “hmmm wait if she wakes up i know shell go right for the door unlock it and walk around outside ill take her with me.” NO she simply made the wrong assumption that even if the child woke up she would have enough sense to stay indoors but as fate would have it curriosity always kills the cat. dont get me wrong yeah it was a bad choice but who doesnt make those. everyone had done something like this but the medias never blown it up for the world to criticise.

She was lucky there wasn’t a fire. Half could have been disasterous. Perhaps she could benefit from a parenting class. The children are better off with their parent

“everyone had done something like this but the medias never blown it up for the world to criticise.”

Um….maybe YOU have done something like this but not “everyone”. I have never and will never leave my children home alone OR unattended in a vehicle. If you don’t want to wake your child, wait till he/she wakes, then run your errands.

this mother is unfit, and her apology means nothing. why the hell would you leave a the 3 year old at home alone, and take the rest of the OLDER kids with her? that makes no scene!! WAKE up the baby and take her with you DUH!! i would NEVER leave not even my 8 year old home alone, as a mother you are responsible for the well being and safety of your children, she could load up the other kids in the car, why not carry her into the car as well? stupid!! OR was it that important to go to the store at that given moment, what the heck was sooooo important at the store that she would compromise the safety of her child? a molester, or a random strange person could have picked her up, and well you know, did some thing BAD to her.

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IF YOU LOVE YOUR KIDS WITH ALL YOUR HEART YOU NEVER LEAVE THEM ALONE. SHE CARES MORE ABOUT HERSELF OR SHE WOULDN’T HAVE LEFT HER LITTLE GIRL HOME ALONE. THAT IS NOT A MISTAKE, THAT IS NOT WANTING TO DEAL WITH YOUR CHILD. PEOPLE LIKE THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN JAIL AND PROVE THEY CAN DO BETTER….. SHE IS WHAT YOU CALL A BAD MOTHER… JUST THINK ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS SHE HAS DONE AND NOT GOT CAUGHT…….PORR KIDS.

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She definitely should not have custody!! who leaves one child home and goes out with the rest? typical stupidity.

she is a lying deceiving ***** i am the cousin of the father of brooke. she went to the liquor store, not a grocery store. she even framed my uncle, brookes grandfather for raping brookes older brother! she is a sociopath and needs to be stoped.