My mom just tried to set the bed on fire

When you read this story about some children who arrives at a fire station wanting to use the phone only to tell the story about their mother would you come to the conclusion that she was disturbed? Check it out...

When they arrived at Engine No. 107's house Thursday morning, the brother and sister calmly asked to use a phone, saying they had to call their dad.

It's not an unusual request, and the firefighters asked if they wanted a public phone or needed help.

Then came the more startling news -- "I don't want to go home right now,'' the 12-year-old girl said to firefighter Ray Shields. "My mom just tried to set the bed on fire.''

The 12-year-old and her 14-year-old brother were allegedly tied up -- one with a rope and another with a PlayStation cord -- inside their second-floor apartment in the 2900 block of West Roosevelt by their mother, who then tried to set the bed on fire, according to police reports.

The two were able to free themselves -- and put the fire out, apparently -- after their mother left the apartment.

Shields said the two were not crying and they seemed calm.

Shields and Lt. T.J. Strong immediately called police after the kids told their story and then took them into the firehouse's kitchen for some cake while they waited for authorities to arrive.
Charges were pending Thursday against the mother, who lived in the apartment with her two children and husband, according to neighbors and her landlord.

James Collins, a maintenance man at the building, said the mother had to be removed from the building by several officers. He said she was kicking and muttering. The children, he said, were crying and very upset.

Several neighbors said the alleged actions were out of character for the mother.

I guess they could charge her with arson or child endangerment, but you know what this could clinch the disturbed part to me...

The family's landlord, who did not want his name printed, said their father worked for American Airlines. The mother did not work.

This just means that woman should've found herself a job or something to do during the day. Assuming she was a housewife, unfortunately that role doesn't agree with everyone. Well enough editorializing, I really don't know the whole story.