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I heard some things today that were so freaking horrible that I’m not even sure I could adequately describe them. Here’s my conclusion, in the clinical language of risk assessment:
2yo child is in the care of and accessible to MO and FA, who fail to provide any care at all. The child appears significantly malnourished. The child has numerous injuries including a dog bite and cuts to the face. MO and FA are violent towards the child. FA shoots the child with a BB gun on a daily basis. MO and FA do not intervene when a large dog attacks OV. The child is constantly dirty and the home environment is unsanitary. The child is ill and does not receive medical attention.
That of course doesn’t even really give you the picture. It doesn’t tell you about how the floor is sticky when you walk in the door because of all the dog urine and the child’s urine. It doesn’t tell you how the mother drops pieces of sliced cheese and chips on that floor for the child to eat right in the midst of the filth and animal feces. It doesn’t tell you about the time the child fell and knocked himself unconscious and how the mother just picked him up like a sack of potatoes instead of taking him to the doctor. It doesn’t tell you how the child is two years old and can’t speak a single word.
Real winners. Fine, upstanding American citizens. I was so angry when I typed that report. So very, very angry.
It also doesn’t tell you how the mother is 8 months pregnant and drinking a case of beer every night while she chain smokes. That sort of thing disgusts me on another level. There’s no excuse at this point that you don’t know doing that kind of shit is dangerous for the fetus. Come on now. If you're carrying a child and intend to give birth to that child, suck it up and pay attention.
The other day at work, a young female security guard asked me for a cigarette. I never mind giving one to someone. Right after she lights it, she starts talking about how she’s three months pregnant. I was so angry I was literally speechless. I ended up walking away because anything that might have come out of my mouth would have been ugly and caused a fight.
I make no bones about the fact that I’m not maternal. I’ve never wanted to have a child of my own. My interest in the children of others wanes quickly. But it seems perfectly clear to me that children should be treated better than livestock, fashion accessories or personal punching bags. Torturing a child makes you one cowardly son of a bitch.
I still want a shirt that says “I save babies.”
2yo child is in the care of and accessible to MO and FA, who fail to provide any care at all. The child appears significantly malnourished. The child has numerous injuries including a dog bite and cuts to the face. MO and FA are violent towards the child. FA shoots the child with a BB gun on a daily basis. MO and FA do not intervene when a large dog attacks OV. The child is constantly dirty and the home environment is unsanitary. The child is ill and does not receive medical attention.
That of course doesn’t even really give you the picture. It doesn’t tell you about how the floor is sticky when you walk in the door because of all the dog urine and the child’s urine. It doesn’t tell you how the mother drops pieces of sliced cheese and chips on that floor for the child to eat right in the midst of the filth and animal feces. It doesn’t tell you about the time the child fell and knocked himself unconscious and how the mother just picked him up like a sack of potatoes instead of taking him to the doctor. It doesn’t tell you how the child is two years old and can’t speak a single word.
Real winners. Fine, upstanding American citizens. I was so angry when I typed that report. So very, very angry.
It also doesn’t tell you how the mother is 8 months pregnant and drinking a case of beer every night while she chain smokes. That sort of thing disgusts me on another level. There’s no excuse at this point that you don’t know doing that kind of shit is dangerous for the fetus. Come on now. If you're carrying a child and intend to give birth to that child, suck it up and pay attention.
The other day at work, a young female security guard asked me for a cigarette. I never mind giving one to someone. Right after she lights it, she starts talking about how she’s three months pregnant. I was so angry I was literally speechless. I ended up walking away because anything that might have come out of my mouth would have been ugly and caused a fight.
I make no bones about the fact that I’m not maternal. I’ve never wanted to have a child of my own. My interest in the children of others wanes quickly. But it seems perfectly clear to me that children should be treated better than livestock, fashion accessories or personal punching bags. Torturing a child makes you one cowardly son of a bitch.
I still want a shirt that says “I save babies.”