A three-year-old girl was killed in an apartment fire in Houston yesterday. She and her six-year-old sister had been left alone briefly by their mother and her boyfriend. Mom & boyfriend are facing neglect-by-omission charges. Police think the girl tried to hide from the fire.

I'll say it again: Under no circumstances would I leave children that young alone, anywhere. There are enough things that can happen when you are watching them; why risk what could happen when you're not?