ScarlettScarpetta
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That is still abuse! Just because someone doesn't "mean" to kill someone means not much, to me, when abuse was involved. I would bet most of the time abuse was severe, but they didnt expect the child to die because they have done it many times before. I can say 100%, hitting a human on the head with a brush out of punishment/ anger/ frustration is abuse. I know so because I was the Associate Director for a home serving adults with developmental disabilities. My staff hit my client on the head with a brush (no harm/ fractures were caused). Another client told me. I filed an abuse complaint. He was found guilty of abuse to an infirmed. It is abuse. Not an accident. No one's hand "accidentally" slips with a brush hard enough to fracture a skull.
I didn't say it was not abuse. Just that the force could indeed crack the skull of a 5 yr old .