there doesn't seem to be any mention of the sons doing all the pre foster care rigmarole, .. the training , the legal ramifications, all the stuff I am sure foster carers are put under and into, pre placement.,.. it has to be that way, but it has occurred to me that the children of foster carers probably don't get the training.... I wonder if these boys knew the consequence of sex with one's foster sister?... I doubt it, somehow.
of course, I am sure Rick knew all about that. For sure. He would have been well aware of the consequences of sexual congress between the children in his wife's daycare shindig and him and of foster children in his care and him .
how do these poor single mothers drag their own revolving door up the street , plus all their kids, where you see them ushering in all different boyfriends??
how do these poor single mothers drag their own revolving door up the street , plus all their kids, where you see them ushering in all different boyfriends??
BUT the horny man-children would have known where babies come from. Surely. They would have known about that consequence.
Sorry, No i didn't see that up the street, LOL. But i worked as a nurse in a Community based centre where we had to check on our clients and was an offshoot of the "normalisation" of the placing psyche patients into the community. It was Govt. based programme, and some of our psyche patients were housed in a street of single mothers in the cheap commission housing they got at the time. I saw plenty to make your hair curl, LOL. In summer the guys & gals were out in the front yards drinking beer, smoking etc. and the little kids running around in the yard and on the street. The adults cussing at them. I think you get the picture.
Sure I get it, that's exactly how I grew up.
So reading from this, 'Tialeigh's grandma, Sue Palmer, who cared for 12 year old Tialeigh until she was 10, said that her grandaughter had the opportunity to leave the Thorburn family's home but insisted on remaining there. She said that Tialeigh wanted to stay because of the boy as she had a crush on him'.In today's New Zealand Herald...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11714801
So reading from this, 'Tialeigh's grandma, Sue Palmer, who cared for 12 year old Tialeigh until she was 10, said that her grandaughter had the opportunity to leave the Thorburn family's home but insisted on remaining there. She said that Tialeigh wanted to stay because of the boy as she had a crush on him'.
I am wondering what happened that Tialeigh's grandma couldn't look after her after age 10, having to place Tialeigh into foster care. Family breakdown, maybe?..:dunno:
I hope that there is some learning that comes from this horrible loss of Tiahleigh's life. For a start, if a child of her age is reporting a crush on a boy in a foster environment, she should be removed...no ifs or buts. She was totally vulnerable and those sorts of feelings made her even more vulnerable (if she did in fact have those feelings).
The psych in me can't help but wonder how this supposed cross-generational abuse has come about..nature, nurture and all that.
Genetic influence? Environmental and modelling? Did either one or both parents groom the son (or maybe even sons???)? Did the son observe parent/s engaging in abuse? Or even worse, did one or both parents encourage abuse? I REALLY want to know what conversations about abuse occurred in that household pre and post abuse of Tiah and other children….I just feel sick thinking how bad this could end up getting, and how many other victims there may be.
there is a hint in the general outlook in Trent's facebook message to his cousin.. he had sex with Tia because she threatened to kill his dog. ( my bold print) .... sex as punishment? as disciplinary measures? ..
there is a hint in the general outlook in Trent's facebook message to his cousin.. he had sex with Tia because she threatened to kill his dog. ( my bold print) .... sex as punishment? as disciplinary measures? ..
Yes I am well aware of the propensity of 12 yr old girls having crushes on older boys/men . I was once a 12 yr old girl myself, but in this particular case with all it's hideous and repulsive components, I'll stick with my original statement, that until I see it in Tia's writing or on Vid clip, I am proceeding on the basis that Tia didn't have much of a say in anything and particularly in the matter of any sexual involvements, by either the son, or the father, and the mother wasn't inclined to protect her , either.
I am left wondering if Julene and Rick were trying to edge the bi-sexual son into a more conformist role in sexual matters, at any young girls expense...... that in some way, Tia was seen by them as a catalyst for bending the sexual preferences of perhaps both sons in one direction.
Sadly it doesn't sound a gentle act for sure.
I thought the same but couldn't convey my thoughts.
I hope that mongrel wakes soon so someone can knock him out.
Sadly it doesn't sound a gentle act for sure.
I thought the same but couldn't convey my thoughts.
I hope that mongrel wakes soon so someone can knock him out.
I call B.S.
It could be read another way, if this man-child is as full of himself as he appears ... Tia had a mad desperate crush on him and threatened to kill his dog unless he had sex with her. But that doesn't fit with the 'tried to touch me' statement.