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Saturday, August 05, 2006

Another Bad Mother

There is an article today about an abused 10-year old who has an indignant mom testifying against the neighborhood drug dealer that repeatedly abused her son. She self-righteously proclaims that she doesn't want this dealer to abuse any other child.

Huh? Who's buying this load of horseypoo?

It's a rotten mom that doesn't know what her kid is doing. It's a negligent mom that doesn't know where he is in these troubled times. It's an idiotic mom that dismisses the signs of abuse (including strangulation, bruising, and cigarette burns all over the child's face). It's a horrible mom, when the child can't believe that he can confide in her (unless she already knew, that is).

This mother would rather be seen as all of the above, since the truth is much uglier. She knew. She had to know.

When the grandmother finally insisted that the police come out, the police eventually got the kid to confess to what was happening, and he led them to the dealer. (Look what drugs are doing to us, to our country. Every user is also responsible for the crimes which were committed to bring them that elusive high. But that's not my focus at the moment.)

The grandmother insisted. Mom was too stupid to see it. Or was she?

6 comments:

Dave said...

Saur,

The Times often presents African Americans in a negative light. I really question whether the article is giving us all the facts.

I had a friend growing up his name was Forrest and he always said " stupid is as stupid does."

Have a good weekend.

Miss Cellania said...

In cases like this, there's usually enough blame to spread around to everyone. It takes a real social breakdown for this kind of thing to continue for any length of time. Sad.

Valerie - Still Riding Forward said...

I don't know, it is making me very sad, Ray.

Some Random Girl said...

mom was too busy going to school. I don't know what this area is like but I'd like to know if it's a poor area or an affluent area. I agree that the mom wasn't attentive by her statement in the article that said "she had to miss school to take him to the doctor". OMG! YOu mean you have to take your child to the doctor? holy hell? I had no idea.

High Power Rocketry said...

I think there is something called abuse by omission.

mikster said...

I find it hard to believe a mother wouldn't know or take action in the case of 50 odd burns to her child. There is a degree of negligence there as well.