Mother ordered to take parenting classes after child found wandering while she was out on date

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HOUSTON — A Texas mother must go to parenting classes as a condition of her release after leaving her son alone while she went on a date.

A judge included the classes as a condition of bond for India Hunter, 25, whose 9-year-old son was found at 4 a.m. at a gas station wandering by himself, KTRK reported.

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The boy told deputies that his mother was out with her boyfriend. Harris County Sheriff’s deputies said the area where the boy was found is dangerous and gets a lot of calls for service for violent crimes.

Hunter was arrested and charged with child abandonment.