Australia - Brisbane mum ignored baby's broken bones

[imthemom]

There is no income threshhold for this payment.....anyone who gives birth is automatically intitled to it...if you can manage to have twins or triplets you have really hit the jackpot.

Instead they should offer free sterilization and 4,000 to get it done. Then they wouldn't keep having kids for money and not take care of them.

 

[dingo]

That would be a better way to spend the money Imthemom.

 

[wildTrose]

The earned income is only good for three children...

 

[southcitymom]

Maybe I'm warped, but $4000 isn't nearly enough money to make me have a child!!!!

 

[Pepper]

A young mother ignored her babys broken arms ,legs and ribs for three weeks before seeking medical attention.
The babys right leg was broken in three places and her right arm in two places,her other limbs were broken aswell..she also had a servere chest injury that caused fluid to leak into her lungs.
The baby has been placed in care and her two other children have been taken away from her...she is 5 months pregnant with her 4th child

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=76533.



Why do people do these things.

After reading this article, I'm struck by the omission of HOW did the child get injured, and WHO injured this poor kid. It appears that the only crime this monster is being accused of is not seeking medical care. But more importantly is HOW was this child injured and WHO did it?

 

[dingo]

Maybe I'm warped, but $4000 isn't nearly enough money to make me have a child!!!!

4 grand can but a faily nice plasma screen here..which is where some of this money goes.

 

[CyberLaw]

I get really, really upset when I read the facts that children have "broken" bones, because their bones are so pliable, it takes a great deal of force to break arms and legs of a child.

People see the child as a thing, not a person, and with the added "financial" incentive, the novelty wears off, especially for a teenager.

 

[Taximom]

There is a disease called "Brittle Bone Disease" and it can affect infants. I'm certainly not excusing these parents, but it might explain the broken bones. Otherwise it's probably your typical abusive situation. Very sad because as CyberLaw said, bones in babies are very pliable and difficult to break. Just the thought makes me sick.

Give me $4,000 and I'll break some bones! Eh, I'll do it for free.

 

[believe09]

There is a disease called "Brittle Bone Disease" and it can affect infants. I'm certainly not excusing these parents, but it might explain the broken bones. Otherwise it's probably your typical abusive situation. Very sad because as CyberLaw said, bones in babies are very pliable and difficult to break. Just the thought makes me sick.

Give me $4,000 and I'll break some bones! Eh, I'll do it for free.

I am glad you brought this up because this was also a thought of mine when the article first came out. I couldn't see any hint of it being brought up during the course of the investigation, so I let it go from my mind. There are cases of parents with kids that have this illness going through DYS investigations because that is everyone's first thought when an infant has broken bones, ie: They are being beaten.

 

[CyberLaw]

Well if the child had broken bones and it was a result of "brittle" bone disease you would think that the Mother would take the baby to hospital after the first break, noticing the child was in pain and distressed.

All it takes is a test to see if the bones are "brittle", but in I would say the "majority" of the cases, the child was abused.

The parents of another baby who died, tried to "claim" that the child has "brittle" bone disease, that was why the child had many broken bones. After test, the deceased baby was found to be normal.

Kind of like, reaching for straws, deflecting blame, blaming the victim, the "it is not my fault", you know the "good ole" mental heath defense when a person commits a crime.