September 30, 2003

Your license, please

This is why people who want to become parents should have to register, and pass a series of exams, including psychological exams.

AP) Police say a 2-year-old left alone for nearly three weeks while her mother was behind bars survived by eating mustard, ketchup, rice and raw pasta.

Authorities say the toddler was watching cartoons when found by her father. Police say the little girl is suffering from malnutrition and is now being treated at Wolfson Children's Hospital.

She was arrested and didn't tell anyone her two-year-old was at home alone! When her estranged husband tracked her down, she told him the child was with neighbors!

Being a parent is not a right. It's a privilege and a responsibility. You, useless piece of crap that you are, should never never again be allowed to endanger her. You don't deserver her, and your soon-to-be ex husband should get full custody of her.

I have no sympathy for anyone who abuses a child. Period.

UPDATE 2003.10.01: Bigwig over at Silflay Hraka has an entry on this entitled I Eat The Red.

Posted by Squiddy at September 30, 2003 01:02 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I read that this morning and was sickened. What kind of person could NOT mention they left their child alone? Evidently the kind of person who might leave their child alone while they were out doing whatever it is they were arrested for. Horrifying.

Posted by: Hey Lisa at September 30, 2003 02:22 PM

Those of us who face adoption as the only means of raising a family have to jump through hoops to become a parent. I agree, everybody should be forced through the same hoops, adoptive or natural.

Posted by: Tang at October 1, 2003 09:43 AM

I'm not surprised by this so-called "adult"s actions, the increase in child neglect and abuse lately is absolutely sickening, but I AM surprised by the resourcefulness of the child. 2 years old and she knew enough to not poison/starve herself.

Makes you wonder if she had to do it before, or if her mother didn't feed her enough.

As I've said before, if you can't handle being a $#*@ing parent, give the kid up! Truthfully, put them up for adoption, leave them at a medicentre, or a safeway, they will be taken care of much better than killing them, or neglecting them.

Posted by: Oorgo at October 1, 2003 11:46 AM