«Breaking News» Mom who left her kids aged 4 and 7 home alone watching 'Home Alone' defends herself

An Indiana mom jailed after leaving her two young sons at home watching 'Home Alone' is defending her actions and speaking out on behalf of other working moms.

Taylor Cumings, 25, was arrested on Tuesday, Fox59 reports, after leaving Cameron, 4, in the care of Tyruse, 7, at their Muncie, Indiana, watching their favorite movie. She was charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent.

In the 1990 film 'Home Alone,' Macaulay Culkin's eight-year-old character Kevin McCallister is accidentally left behind when his family goes abroad on their Christmas vacation. 

'I feel like I've been made out to be a joke and a really, really bad person and mom,' Cumings told the station. 'But I have received more love and support from people I don't even know.'   

In a tongue-and-cheek moment, Culkin himself made himself available for the Cumings' family, retweeting their story with the offer, 'I'm actually available for babysitting gigs...'

The now 38-year-old actor only recently returned as a grown up Kevin McCallister in a Google Assistant commercial, poking fun at his iconic role. 

Tyruse, 7, with brother Cameron, 4, and their mother Taylor Cumings at home

Macaulay Culkin made an offer to lend a hand to the beleaguered mom in this retweet

She said she had already missed a lot of time from her job working with at-risk youths after one of her boys had gotten sick with a fever the day before.

'I felt that for a day he was fine,' Cumings told WKRC about leaving Cameron with Tyruse. 'Was I worried sick? Absolutely! Who wouldn't be?' 

While Taylor acknowledges that the circumstances were not perfect, she felt she had little choice and that her son Tyruse was mature enough to manage for the time she would be away. 

'They know not to touch the stove. Don't touch the heaters, the base boards. They know not to answer the door for anybody,' she said of her kids, and when police arrived at her home on an anonymous tip, Tyruse 'knew not to answer that door until my aunt showed up'. 

Police were called to Taylor Cumings' home in Muncie, Indiana, on an anonymous tip, but her children had been trained to avoid answering the door and call an aunt

'Home Alone' (left) features Kevin McCallister, 8, fending for himself over the holidays. Taylor Cumings (right) was arrested after leaving her two young children home alone to watch it

'At that time I thought it was the best decision. I know my kids and I trust my kids,' she said to Fox59. 

Sandy Runkle-DeLorme with Prevent Child Abuse Indiana notes that the holiday season can be a challenging time for families.

'We definitely need more resources out there for families who have children that are not yet ready to be left alone,' Runkle-Delorme said, 'and that's not even a particular age, it's really based on maturity,'

The Muncie mom is also calling out for more resources for moms just like her in the wake of people reaching out after her embarrassing moment in the public eye.

'There's a million more girls like me,' Cumings said. 'If there was a day care, like an emergency day care for sick children or say your kids suspended or whatever these circumstances are, but we don't have that.'

While Taylor hopes to move on, she says leaving her kids alone will 'never happen again', and that the family plans on watching 'Home Alone 2'.

 

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