Florida mom lets her kids try booze in controlled setting, gets arrested and charged with child neglect

Someone is going to get “unfriended” on Facebook real soon.From WKMG-TV in Orlando, Fla.: According to police, Patricia Denault poured herself a shot of Fireball cinnamon whiskey and took a picture of her son taking a sip. She posted that picture on Facebook, but someone saw that picture and called the police.

“Me taking a picture and putting it on Facebook, I thought it was funny,” Denault said.
Denault was arrested on Wednesday, charged with child neglect after she said three uniformed officers and Child Protective Services came to her house and interviewed her kids.

The mother reportedly told police officers that she wanted her children, including the seven-year-old son featured in the Facebook photos, to “experience alcohol in a controlled setting.”

“Just embarrassing, for me and for my children,” Denault told WKMG-TV. “They are obviously not abused nor neglected.”

She has since hired an attorney to help her fight the charges.

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