lightwaveryder
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ive never read anything like that.
im stunned. horrified.
~lwr~
im stunned. horrified.
~lwr~
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The brothers were mentally handicapped, right? Was the mother mentally challenged as well? I mean, officially?
I absolutely understand why the judge accepted the plea. It was to ensure that Crockett would sign over her parental rights so Danielle could be adopted by the loving family who is now caring for her. And sure, the courts could have gone through the process of revoking Crockett's parental rights, however Danielle would have been the one who suffered. Again. Imho, sometimes, in our hurry to exact punishment, we forget the victim. In this case, Danielle. Otherwise put, I applaud the judge for truly putting the victim/child first.I am sick to death that you can torture a child for years and years and go relatively unpunished. I don't understand how any judge could look at this woman and what she did to Danielle and waive her community service and accept a plea deal. This woman should be in prison. She is obviously not fit to survive in society. She is a disgusting human being and I have not an ounce of sympathy for her.
This year, Bernie and Diane published a book, Dani's Story: A Journey from Neglect to Love. They get e-mails every month on Dani's website, www.danisstory.org
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She'll be laughing up a storm sometimes, but then she'll start bawling," Bernie said. "I won't know what's wrong, if it's something from what happened to her earlier, or if something just hits her the wrong way. It's tough for her. It is. Like being 5 in a 12-year-old body."
"Except 5-year-olds know their letters," Diane said. "They can sit still. They tell you what's upsetting them."
Dani used to melt down a few times a week because she was so frustrated that she couldn't communicate. Now that she can refuse things, and reach for others, she has fits only every few months.
The tantrums, difficult when she was 9, are much more awkward now that she's almost a teenager.
Today, Danielle is a 15-year-old high school student. On a new episode of "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" producers check in with Danielle and her family where they live just outside of Nashville.
"The progress she's making in the last couple of years, it doesn't seem like a lot but they're little steps. And little steps are big steps for someone that's disabled," Bernie explains in the above video. "She's learned how to do things that we never thought she would do."
Though Danielle doesn't often speak, Bernie says that she's said, "Hey, Dad," and even "I love you" a few times. Socially, Danielle responds well to her father, brother and her teachers, but has had trouble bonding with Diane, which Bernie attributes to her experiences with her birth mother.