Explosive 4th

I survived yet another insane holiday at work. They should revoke holiday days for people out here. Give them a day off, they drink too much and get stupid. Get this. I was so mad I had red smoke coming out my ears. A 6 yr. old blonde hair, blue eyed little girl and her equally adorable 7 yr. old brother were brought into our station... and picked up by a social worker. We found them locked in a vehicle just after midnight. Casino security guards called us after having watched the vehicle for 2 hours and seeing that no adult was 'checking' on them, they called us. We responded and found 2 kids in locked in a car. In this city, at midnight, it's 93 degrees. They were severely dehydrated, more disturbing though, is that they didn't appear to be scared or worried about the situation. In other words, ITS PROBABLY HAPPENED BEFORE! Their aunt and her boyfriend had taken the kids to see the fireworks, and 'saw' a casino on the way home. oooo, shiny. The adults left the kids in the car for 3 hours it turns out, and went inside to gamble. When we found them inside the casino, they had the nerve to say they had been checking on them every 10 minutes. Oh, right. Did you notice the police cars, fire trucks and ambulance around your car the last 3 times you 'checked' on them?!#%$^!&* They were charged with felony child endagerment, so the $1300 they won won't quite cover their bail, thank goodness. Their parents aren't in much better shape, they knew what kind of person the aunt was, but they wanted to enjoy some 'alone time'. These poor little kids are now wards of the state until their parents get around to coming down here and picking them up. And we wonder why kids are disrespectful and unruly today? It's called lack of PARENTING! I applaud those of you who make personal sacrifices and work so hard to mold, nurture, and teach your kidlets.