I was an abused child fromthe time I was 1 year and 4 months old (that is when my brother was born). At the age of 2 my mother tried to drown me. The neighbor saved me. My mother never spent one day in jail and I was never taken from her because she would ship me to family members. When I was older and still being abused, I turned her in and they authorities told me I was lying. And why is it that people who do not deserve children get to keep them and those who would love and care for them don't have a chance at a fair shake? I have an ex-friend who has three children that range from 15 to 5 years old. The oldest lives with her father now. the 8 year old (his father is in prison), he has ADHD and he is always being put to the side and not cared for, and the youngest one has Cyrbal Palsy (hope I spelled it right), slow growth and mild mental retardation (legal term used on her paper work) and she can only say just afew words. This woman stays out all night, she leaves her children at home to go clubing and she feeds them when she wants not when they are hungry. She tells you that they don't want to eat but they really do. They get a bath once a week by either me when they are at my house or their older sister when they are with her. The mother takes the youngest one's money (social security and Child support)and uses it to buy a cell phone every other month (when she is sick of her old one), She spends it on her (the mother)friends and herself. She never pays the bills. She gets a place and can not even pay the rent before doing what she wants. She gets new clothes and her children wear hammy downs from friends and even strangers. Her son wears clothes that go above his ankles and gets teased at school. This woman has a new man and his cousins beat on the boy because she (the mother) used to treat him like he was a fragile doll and he now acts like a girly girl and he hates it. He is the oine thatneeds to be saved because he is going to be a murderer when he is older. I see it coming and most times I am right. Another story in my life is my brother and his family. His second wife has been in prison and has lost three children to child protective services and she was forced to put them up for adoption. Now she is facing the same thing. My brother is in a protective shelter for families and his wife is only allowed there on Fridays to see their boys. This woman has had my brother put in jail, stabbed, shot at, ran over, dumped in a river for dead and beat up. The last time my brother wasin jail she had custody of his two younger boys. The youngest boy held the oldest child out a three story window and was going to drop him telling his brother that he wanted him dead. Their mother was in bed with another man. This happened all the time. She gave my mother the boys because her own mother and neighbors turned her in for child neglect. My mother had a heart attack and my step-dad took the boys to Children's Services. He saved their lives. The court gave my brother an option; You either divorce your wife or loose custody of all four of your children. I am going to court to testify against him with for his older boys so his ex-wife gets custody of them and for him with his 2nd wife so that he can get the boys and his divorce from her. My brother has never abused his boys. He is a good father but The older boys are better off without him in their lives. I am doing this because my oldest nephew asked me to do it a while back. I am so proud of him for sticking up for his brothers. I have lived through his hell. That is why I asked why is it parents who deserve to be parents have it hard and those who abuse and/or neglect get every chance in the world?
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