Sara McGinnis
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Jenny McCarthy may be having second thoughts about teaching her son Evan how to call the police. The cohost of The View, who has opened up about her 12-year-old's bullying problem and sex talk issues, is now sharing about how he's unafraid of calling 911.
The engaged star explained during her Dirty, Sexy, Funny show Sirius XM that one time when she was texting and driving her son witnessed her actions and called for help on his own cell phone to report her.
RadarOnline reports she recalled he told the police, "My mom is texting and driving right now."
Jenny McCarthy went on to say that in order to thwart his efforts to turn her in she threw his phone out the window.
Then there was the time she tried to sneak out of the house for a cigarette, and Evan noticed she was gone.
"He called 911 and said. 'I am alone in the house. My mom abandoned me,'" Jenny went on to say. "I go back in the house and it’s 911 and they’re like, ‘Your child just called. Is there an emergency?’ I’m like, ‘What? No! Everything is fine.'"
Sounds to me like someone needs another chat about what is a 911-appropriate call and what isn't, although because of Evan's autism issues it might be quite hard to get the nuances across. The texting thing is clearly not an emergency, but noticing your mom is missing is more of a gray area.
Just recently I bought our two boys a TracFrone with prepaid minutes because we don't have a home phone. On the off chance I do keel over or who knows what else, I don't want them having to search the house for my iPhone, which quite frankly I can't even find some days.
Along with teaching my 9 and 8 year old sons how to use the phone,we reviewed calling 911, knowing our address, and -- I think this is one that gets overlooked -- that they can take the phone to our family meeting spot (the neighbors yard) and call from there if the house isn't safe. I'm not willing to take any chances that the common sense to flee the burning house and then make the call is going to pop into their heads without it being spelled out.
What do you think of Jenny McCarthy's son calling 911? Have your kids ever? How did you teach them what to call for and what not to?
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