Why you shouldn’t smoke weed, play Xbox and try to parent

Trench Reynolds

Father Allegedly Suffocated Baby While He Slept:

30-year-old Emanuel Lawrence of Sunrise, Florida was arrested after he was found to have allegedly accidentally smothered his 7-month-old daughter to death.

It seems that Lawrence stayed up late smoking weed and playing a lot of Xbox. After he went to bed the baby mama woke him up and told him to feed the babies. He fed the 7-month-old and their 3-year-old, brought them back to bed with him.

Seven and a half hours later Lawrence woke up to discover he had rolled over on the 7-month-old in his sleep and suffocated her.

As my friend Rob Taylor says drug use is not a victimless crime. By the time you’re 30 with two kids you have no business still getting so high that you don’t know when you’ve rolled over on your own kid.

Thanks to Jake’s Daddy for the tip.

Tags: Emanuel Lawrence, Florida, marijuana, smothering, suff, suffocation, Sunrise

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Digchild

This is a 30-year-old man,So surely he should be mature enough to parent.But he is a druggie Xbox lover who doesn’t care about his kids.I wish he was shot dead.
spandex420

wow, or you just dont smoke so much weed you pass out while feeding your kids . . c.mon now, he must have smoked a couple blunts to the neck, i never get that high
Latina

@ARC Isn’t this blog supposed to be about the kid, not bashing each other?
Latina

@ARC Isn’t this blog supposed to be about the kid, not bashing each other?
http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

This isn’t about Texas – Like I said, I was born there. I left to get away from the fucking idiots the reside there. As for the state I live in now – ya, it’s full of idiots also, but less fucked up than Texas. People ion Texas think TX is the do all end all. Enough with the state pride. WHo fucking cares? You are still a moron. Hmmmmm – I am not the one spewing on this site that I am a responsible parent that smokes pot. Embarrassing MYSELF?? HA! You should take your own advise. Pot smoking is hardly responsible parenting – even if you don’t do it in front of your kids. It’s FUCKING ILLEGAL!!!!! I guess if you weren’t fucking high right now you would be able to comprehend that.
http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

This isn’t about Texas – Like I said, I was born there. I left to get away from the fucking idiots the reside there. As for the state I live in now – ya, it’s full of idiots also, but less fucked up than Texas. People ion Texas think TX is the do all end all. Enough with the state pride. WHo fucking cares? You are still a moron. Hmmmmm – I am not the one spewing on this site that I am a responsible parent that smokes pot. Embarrassing MYSELF?? HA! You should take your own advise. Pot smoking is hardly responsible parenting – even if you don’t do it in front of your kids. It’s FUCKING ILLEGAL!!!!! I guess if you weren’t fucking high right now you would be able to comprehend that.
http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

ARC – You said “Texas”…. That’s all I needed. Thanks.

Dodia, he’s serious. These comments are NOT a joke. Texas doesn’t grow a crop of rocket scientists. Trust me!! All the smart Texans get the fuck out of that Hell hole!

ARC

Wow..that’s pretty low of you to insult my home state. And where do you live? I bet your state also produces plenty of stupid people…oh, and ironically, my grandfather was a TEXAS NATIVE and worked for NASA…he also had 4 or 5 different PHD’s and won many different awards for his brilliance in physics and jet-engine propulsion…so yea, Texas did grow a rocket scientist…

Please, sweetheart, don’t be mad because some “stupid” pothead is smarter and more successful than you could ever dream of being…I’m sure you’ll make a great housewife someday…

http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

Okay – That is truly laughable. I have lots of family that live in Texas. I was smart and got the fuck out. You are a typical Texan to me, arrogant and full of shit. YEHAW!!! Hook ‘em fucking horns.

ARC

Well, at least you know what team to support. Hook ‘em horns, indeed!! And you say typical Texans are full arrogant and full of shit? Well, that must apply to people from (insert name of your state here) also, because that seems to be exactly what’s spewing from your keyboard. Since when did this become a Texan-bashing session? I guarantee you that Texas has plenty of intelligent, down-to-earth residents, just like every other state in the freakin US. You argument holds absolutely no weight, so please just stop embarassing yourself and quit…

Angel

Bwahahahahahahahaha*gasp*hahahahahahahaha.
April a housewife? I think I just ruptured a blood vessel or something….

http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

I’m being forgiving on that one. He doesn’t realize that I am probably 10 times hotter that the broad he married. I have a *gasp* job that pays more a year that he payed for his home in glorious Texas. My husband thinks I’m a pretty rocking surf betty – so what the fuck do I care what this fool thinks of me??

http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

ARC – You said “Texas”…. That’s all I needed. Thanks.

Dodia, he’s serious. These comments are NOT a joke. Texas doesn’t grow a crop of rocket scientists. Trust me!! All the smart Texans get the fuck out of that Hell hole!

ARC

Wow..that’s pretty low of you to insult my home state. And where do you live? I bet your state also produces plenty of stupid people…oh, and ironically, my grandfather was a TEXAS NATIVE and worked for NASA…he also had 4 or 5 different PHD’s and won many different awards for his brilliance in physics and jet-engine propulsion…so yea, Texas did grow a rocket scientist…

Please, sweetheart, don’t be mad because some “stupid” pothead is smarter and more successful than you could ever dream of being…I’m sure you’ll make a great housewife someday…

http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

Okay – That is truly laughable. I have lots of family that live in Texas. I was smart and got the fuck out. You are a typical Texan to me, arrogant and full of shit. YEHAW!!! Hook ‘em fucking horns.

ARC

Well, at least you know what team to support. Hook ‘em horns, indeed!! And you say typical Texans are full arrogant and full of shit? Well, that must apply to people from (insert name of your state here) also, because that seems to be exactly what’s spewing from your keyboard. Since when did this become a Texan-bashing session? I guarantee you that Texas has plenty of intelligent, down-to-earth residents, just like every other state in the freakin US. You argument holds absolutely no weight, so please just stop embarassing yourself and quit…

Angel

Bwahahahahahahahaha*gasp*hahahahahahahaha.
April a housewife? I think I just ruptured a blood vessel or something….

http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

I’m being forgiving on that one. He doesn’t realize that I am probably 10 times hotter that the broad he married. I have a *gasp* job that pays more a year that he payed for his home in glorious Texas. My husband thinks I’m a pretty rocking surf betty – so what the fuck do I care what this fool thinks of me??

ARC

DodiaFae –

You obviously know nothing about marijuana if you’re making comments about how my children should be removed from my care…hitting the pipe 4-5 times per day doesn’t make you stoned all day…it basically gives you a nice little buzz, which is nothing compared to alcohol or other hard drugs. You want to bash me for being a parent who smokes minimal amounts of marijuana on a daily basis? I never neglect my responsibilities at work or at home, and I take care of my kids like any good father would…my “buzz” never gets in the way. So many parents put their kids in harm’s way much more than I do…there are parents who smoke cigarettes indoors, parents who get drunk and abuse their kids (or pass out and neglect them), parents who are so cracked out on hard drugs that they can’t even function. Those are the kind of parents that deserve to have their kids taken away…I don’t ever and WILL NEVER use marijuana around my children, period.

http://pagansagainstchildabuse.ning.com/ DodiaFae

Wow. Contradict yourself much?
You said, “I really only hit the pipe 4-5 times per day, but I still stay high pretty much all day every day.”

So, you may not actually smoke in front of your kids (which we’ll just have to take you at your word, I suppose), but you’re high nearly (or to use your own words, “pretty much”) all the time your with them. Well then, that makes it OK, doesn’t it.

If you don’t think that smoking pot effects you as much as alcohol does, you either don’t know as much about it as you think, or you’re in denial.

ARC

Yep, I must be in denial. I don’t know anything about the natural PLANT that I have been using for many years. It certainly hasn’t helped with my depression, bad temper, ADD, or any of the other disorders I suffered from before using marijuana. Call CPS, I’m a terrible father and my kids don’t deserve a dad that cares for them, feeds them, bathes them, plays with them, and loves them.

And where did I contradict myself? Again, you don’t seem to know much about this PLANT that you continue to bash. There’s a big difference between being “high” and being “stoned”. Do I get high? Yes. Does hitting the pipe one time every 4-5 hours leave me feeling stoned? Definitely not. Have you ever tried it? My guess is no, you haven’t…

ARC

DodiaFae –

You obviously know nothing about marijuana if you’re making comments about how my children should be removed from my care…hitting the pipe 4-5 times per day doesn’t make you stoned all day…it basically gives you a nice little buzz, which is nothing compared to alcohol or other hard drugs. You want to bash me for being a parent who smokes minimal amounts of marijuana on a daily basis? I never neglect my responsibilities at work or at home, and I take care of my kids like any good father would…my “buzz” never gets in the way. So many parents put their kids in harm’s way much more than I do…there are parents who smoke cigarettes indoors, parents who get drunk and abuse their kids (or pass out and neglect them), parents who are so cracked out on hard drugs that they can’t even function. Those are the kind of parents that deserve to have their kids taken away…I don’t ever and WILL NEVER use marijuana around my children, period.

http://pagansagainstchildabuse.ning.com/ DodiaFae

Wow. Contradict yourself much?
You said, “I really only hit the pipe 4-5 times per day, but I still stay high pretty much all day every day.”

So, you may not actually smoke in front of your kids (which we’ll just have to take you at your word, I suppose), but you’re high nearly (or to use your own words, “pretty much”) all the time your with them. Well then, that makes it OK, doesn’t it.

If you don’t think that smoking pot effects you as much as alcohol does, you either don’t know as much about it as you think, or you’re in denial.

ARC

Yep, I must be in denial. I don’t know anything about the natural PLANT that I have been using for many years. It certainly hasn’t helped with my depression, bad temper, ADD, or any of the other disorders I suffered from before using marijuana. Call CPS, I’m a terrible father and my kids don’t deserve a dad that cares for them, feeds them, bathes them, plays with them, and loves them.

And where did I contradict myself? Again, you don’t seem to know much about this PLANT that you continue to bash. There’s a big difference between being “high” and being “stoned”. Do I get high? Yes. Does hitting the pipe one time every 4-5 hours leave me feeling stoned? Definitely not. Have you ever tried it? My guess is no, you haven’t…

ARC

April – here’s my response to your comment…

I graduated high school as a member of the National Honor Society and a Texas Scholar. I made the Dean’s List in college and received my Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from a major university. My teachers and professors always said I was one of their brightest students. I currently work for an IT company (going on 4 years) and recently passed my MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) exam with 978 points out of 1000…which set the high score for my entire department. I constantly receive praise at my job for all my hard work and dedication. I rarely ever miss work and honestly perform BETTER after I’ve smoked a little Mary Jane…..oh yeah, and the owner of our company is 28 years old, a self-made millionaire, and he’s one of the smartest, most motivated people I’ve ever met…and he’s a HUGE pothead.

So, even though we haven’t officially met, now you can tell people that you know of at least TWO smart potheads.

Most “dumb” potheads usually are stupid idiots who are destined for failure before they ever try pot or any other drug for the first time. As a wise man once said, “you can’t fix stupid…”
ARC

April – here’s my response to your comment…

I graduated high school as a member of the National Honor Society and a Texas Scholar. I made the Dean’s List in college and received my Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from a major university. My teachers and professors always said I was one of their brightest students. I currently work for an IT company (going on 4 years) and recently passed my MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) exam with 978 points out of 1000…which set the high score for my entire department. I constantly receive praise at my job for all my hard work and dedication. I rarely ever miss work and honestly perform BETTER after I’ve smoked a little Mary Jane…..oh yeah, and the owner of our company is 28 years old, a self-made millionaire, and he’s one of the smartest, most motivated people I’ve ever met…and he’s a HUGE pothead.

So, even though we haven’t officially met, now you can tell people that you know of at least TWO smart potheads.

Most “dumb” potheads usually are stupid idiots who are destined for failure before they ever try pot or any other drug for the first time. As a wise man once said, “you can’t fix stupid…”
ARC

This is such nonsense…I smoke marijuana every single day. I don’t use large amounts, I really only hit the pipe 4-5 times per day, but I still stay high pretty much all day every day. I have a wife of 6 years and 2 beautiful children, ages 6 and 2. I am a very loving and caring father, and of course I never smoke around my children. I also play XBOX at night, but I don’t stay up all night. I also have the ability to WAKE UP when either of my kids are in distress.

The man in this article, whether he was smoking pot or not, suffocated his kid because of SLEEP DEPRIVATION. He stayed up until 6am instead of sleeping, and he was probably so mentally exhausted that he didn’t even realize his child was in jeopardy. Don’t blame weed, videogames, or any other outside factor. If this man would have slept at night like most normal people do, this likely wouldn’t have happened. Who knows how many hours this man stayed awake before he finally crashed…it could have been days (which is likely, considering how hard he was obviously sleeping).

http://pagansagainstchildabuse.ning.com/ DodiaFae

OK, I have to ask… is “ARC” really John playing another joke? Because I honestly couldn’t get past eh second sentence (“I hit the pipe 4-5 times per day”) without falling out of my chair laughing. Really? You stay high all day, every day, and your kids haven’t been removed from that environment? Something’s wrong here…

ARC

This is such nonsense…I smoke marijuana every single day. I don’t use large amounts, I really only hit the pipe 4-5 times per day, but I still stay high pretty much all day every day. I have a wife of 6 years and 2 beautiful children, ages 6 and 2. I am a very loving and caring father, and of course I never smoke around my children. I also play XBOX at night, but I don’t stay up all night. I also have the ability to WAKE UP when either of my kids are in distress.

The man in this article, whether he was smoking pot or not, suffocated his kid because of SLEEP DEPRIVATION. He stayed up until 6am instead of sleeping, and he was probably so mentally exhausted that he didn’t even realize his child was in jeopardy. Don’t blame weed, videogames, or any other outside factor. If this man would have slept at night like most normal people do, this likely wouldn’t have happened. Who knows how many hours this man stayed awake before he finally crashed…it could have been days (which is likely, considering how hard he was obviously sleeping).

http://pagansagainstchildabuse.ning.com/ DodiaFae

OK, I have to ask… is “ARC” really John playing another joke? Because I honestly couldn’t get past eh second sentence (“I hit the pipe 4-5 times per day”) without falling out of my chair laughing. Really? You stay high all day, every day, and your kids haven’t been removed from that environment? Something’s wrong here…

http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

Tyler – I have NEVER met a smart pot head. You are proving my point.
http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

Tyler – I have NEVER met a smart pot head. You are proving my point.
Kyle

Lol!
Kyle

Lol!