Cooking hotdogs

One of Jeanette’s earliest memories is cooking hotdogs alone at the age of three. As a result of parenting that encouraged independence, Jeanette boiled water and began cooking hotdogs without super vision. As Jeanette tried to feed their dog a piece of hotdog her pink tutu caught fire. In shock Jeanette watched the flames creep up her dress up to her face. Finally she screamed and her mother came running into the room as the fire singed her hair and eyelashes. Her mom ran out and back in with an army surplus blanket to smoother the fire. They hurried to the hospital and the nurses and doctors ask how it had happened and where all the scratches and bruises on her came from. She tells the truth and says they are from playing outside and from cooking hotdogs. She explains that her mother believed her to be mature for her age and allowed her to cook for herself. At this point in the story you can tell the authorities are concerned with the parents and believe them to be endangering the welfare of a child.