WI - Mitch Laputka & Rachel Anderson for child endangerment, Glendale, 2007

[2sisters]

This is ridiculous. She should have given him up for adoption if he interfered with her precious life! What a bunch of selfsh idiots. This burns me up. I hope that baby is taken good care of and fed and changed and bathed so he can feel real love now.

he would have been better off to be abandoned somewhere. His neglect and abuse would have been caught sooner if they left him in front of a coke machine at the grocery store.

 

[AfterMidnight]

Is it me, or are we having more and more cases of child abuse lately? Maybe we always had them but just didn't hear? Perhaps it's the internet where we can gather information from all over the world as opposed to our home-town newspaper?

Is there anything WE can do about it? I don't mean more laws, I mean kind things like parenting classes, helping out the young couple down the road by babysitting once in a while so they can go out. Where are the parents? WE can make a difference. I think it's worth discussing.

 

[Mygirlsadie]

Disgusting loser mom. Give me that baby I will show him more love and attention then he could ever imagine~!! He would never again know what it's like to feel alone, dirty, neglected etc etc...

 

[Brefie]

Is it me, or are we having more and more cases of child abuse lately? Maybe we always had them but just didn't hear? Perhaps it's the internet where we can gather information from all over the world as opposed to our home-town newspaper?

Is there anything WE can do about it? I don't mean more laws, I mean kind things like parenting classes, helping out the young couple down the road by babysitting once in a while so they can go out. Where are the parents? WE can make a difference. I think it's worth discussing.

I agree. I don't think this will stop the murderers as they have it in their blood, I think. But it might slow down the anger and frustration in some younger (even older) parents if they had one or two nights out a month to look forward too. It can't hurt to try...then perhaps for parents who have never been shown much kindness (we know abuse is often a continued cycle) they just might have a new take on the world. There is NOTHING to lose by trying to pay kindness forward.

 

[AfterMidnight]

I agree. I don't think this will stop the murderers as they have it in their blood, I think. But it might slow down the anger and frustration in some younger (even older) parents if they had one or two nights out a month to look forward too. It can't hurt to try...then perhaps for parents who have never been shown much kindness (we know abuse is often a continued cycle) they just might have a new take on the world. There is NOTHING to lose by trying to pay kindness forward.

No, the murderers are a different breed altogether. Maybe someone could start a thread somewhere about that? I do believe it needs exploration.

 

[CaliKid]

Is it me, or are we having more and more cases of child abuse lately? Maybe we always had them but just didn't hear? Perhaps it's the internet where we can gather information from all over the world as opposed to our home-town newspaper?

Is there anything WE can do about it? I don't mean more laws, I mean kind things like parenting classes, helping out the young couple down the road by babysitting once in a while so they can go out. Where are the parents? WE can make a difference. I think it's worth discussing.

More cases. Out here where I live we recently had a woman sentenced to (grrrrr! only) three years for killing her newborn.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/27/news/top_stories/11_03_589_26_07.txt

Couple extradited from Washington to stand trial for overdosing son.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/14/news/sandiego/8_45_519_13_07.txt

And I can't find the link, but a woman was ordered to stand trial for 1st degree murder for killing her son, disposing of him in a dumpster and then claiming he disappeared out of his crib.

 

[diamondgirl]

Is it me, or are we having more and more cases of child abuse lately? Maybe we always had them but just didn't hear? Perhaps it's the internet where we can gather information from all over the world as opposed to our home-town newspaper?

Is there anything WE can do about it? I don't mean more laws, I mean kind things like parenting classes, helping out the young couple down the road by babysitting once in a while so they can go out. Where are the parents? WE can make a difference. I think it's worth discussing.

I also why in the world there is so many new cases of child abuse. Maybe it's because it's more publicized. I'm not sure. I think parenting classes may help some, but then again you can't really teach love. I had my 1st baby when I was 20 and couldn't go out partying on my 21st b-day because I was nursing a 6 month old. These two left their baby at home strapped to a stroller. What in the heck is wrong with them?

 

[CaliKid]

It's like a return to the Me-Decade. So many of these parents are putting their own selfish interests ahead of their children's.

 

[Texana]

It's like a return to the Me-Decade. So many of these parents are putting their own selfish interests ahead of their children's.

You said it, Calikid. I just don't get it at all.

 

[Txmom]

I know that I will get slammed for this but....imo, too many parents, now the grandparents over indulged their children. Whatever child wanted, child received. This children are now adults, and they think that they can have and do whatever they want.

My children and I have gone around around on this. I did not and do not give my children everything. As I told them, the State of Texas demands that I keep a roof over their heads, food available and clothing. The State of Texas does not say that I have to provide..cell phones, TVs, Segas, vehicles for them, and all this electronic stuff that Im not going to buy. We've had arguments thats for sure. My children have thrown at me--"Your parents had money and gave you everything" and to that I ALWAYS respond with-- you're right, and thats the reason that I dont give you everything.

 

[Samiya]

They're lucky they were not charged with murder, he almost died because of this severe neglect. I like Taixmom's justice but lets not let them out just leave them until they die.

Well, I think it should be attempted murder.

I reckon they should hand a hollowpoint to new mom's and say "if you aren't going to take care of your child and put it before all others.....bite this NOW, because it is nothing compared to what will happen if WE catch you neglecting your child"

Sami

 

[diamondgirl]

I know that I will get slammed for this but....imo, too many parents, now the grandparents over indulged their children. Whatever child wanted, child received. This children are now adults, and they think that they can have and do whatever they want.

My children and I have gone around around on this. I did not and do not give my children everything. As I told them, the State of Texas demands that I keep a roof over their heads, food available and clothing. The State of Texas does not say that I have to provide..cell phones, TVs, Segas, vehicles for them, and all this electronic stuff that Im not going to buy. We've had arguments thats for sure. My children have thrown at me--"Your parents had money and gave you everything" and to that I ALWAYS respond with-- you're right, and thats the reason that I dont give you everything.

I don't think anyone would slam for you this...Your right on the money.

 

[Brefie]

I know that I will get slammed for this but....imo, too many parents, now the grandparents over indulged their children. Whatever child wanted, child received. This children are now adults, and they think that they can have and do whatever they want.

My children and I have gone around around on this. I did not and do not give my children everything. As I told them, the State of Texas demands that I keep a roof over their heads, food available and clothing. The State of Texas does not say that I have to provide..cell phones, TVs, Segas, vehicles for them, and all this electronic stuff that Im not going to buy. We've had arguments thats for sure. My children have thrown at me--"Your parents had money and gave you everything" and to that I ALWAYS respond with-- you're right, and thats the reason that I dont give you everything.

:clap::clap::clap:

No slamming here. I think kids get way to much. I took my nieces, who are from the UK to Orlando Disney parks last year. While they are not ungrateful kids, they were not even a little excited. Why would they be? When they landed in the UK upon their return, they stayed in a nearby airport because they were flying to Greece the following day for ANOTHER vacation.
When a child (especially not from the US) cannot get excited about Magic Kingdom. there is no question they get too much.

 

[GlitchWizard]

I know that I will get slammed for this but....imo, too many parents, now the grandparents over indulged their children. Whatever child wanted, child received. This children are now adults, and they think that they can have and do whatever they want.

My children and I have gone around around on this. I did not and do not give my children everything. As I told them, the State of Texas demands that I keep a roof over their heads, food available and clothing. The State of Texas does not say that I have to provide..cell phones, TVs, Segas, vehicles for them, and all this electronic stuff that Im not going to buy. We've had arguments thats for sure. My children have thrown at me--"Your parents had money and gave you everything" and to that I ALWAYS respond with-- you're right, and thats the reason that I dont give you everything.

I do spoil my daughter, however, I've often told her "The law says I have to feed you, it doesn't say you have to LIKE it."

 

[imthemom]

I agree that part of the reason may be spoiling but I was pretty spoiled as a child and I had my son when I was 18 and he was my whole world from that point on. I don't agree with the poor young mother. I went to college with a toddler and he is a great kid that the state paid for because I was low income, they even will pay for daycare and sent me a check at the end of the semester for gas and food expenses. I hate it when people don't take advantage of the opportunities given to them. By the time he was 4 I was done with school and now work at a local hospital and I did it for him, not for myself because I wanted him to have a good life. I just think some people don't have that motherly instinct to protect or care about their kids.

 

[AfterMidnight]

I agree that part of the reason may be spoiling but I was pretty spoiled as a child and I had my son when I was 18 and he was my whole world from that point on. I don't agree with the poor young mother. I went to college with a toddler and he is a great kid that the state paid for because I was low income, they even will pay for daycare and sent me a check at the end of the semester for gas and food expenses. I hate it when people don't take advantage of the opportunities given to them. By the time he was 4 I was done with school and now work at a local hospital and I did it for him, not for myself because I wanted him to have a good life. I just think some people don't have that motherly instinct to protect or care about their kids.

I agree with the part I put in bold. You have to have nurturing parent in order to know how to nurture in most cases. It isn't enough to know what not to do, you must know what to do to properly care for your child, and I think that's sorely lacking in today's world.