Abuse Risk Seen Worse As Families Change

The article on abuse among young children was disturbing. Three young children were killed by their mother's boyfriends; a statistic that is often seen among single mothers and their boyfriends. Unfortunately it is sad to say but in most cases abuse is seen among children in cases where there is only one biological parent, or no biological parents or adoptive parents at all. Like the saying goes no one will take care of your child like you can. You have that certain love for your child or someone who have raised since infancy that no one else can have for them. Yes, in all cases this may not be the cases and the parents may be the crazed ones, but in this case the boyfriend was the murderer.
To do damage to a child is absolutely grotesque; unbelievable to imagine hurting someone that small. Children can be a handful at times, but repremanding them would suffice. There is a huge difference between discipline and abuse. I am all for spankings when needed but some people cross the line. However, no one should be able to do the disciplining but the parents. The parents should be the only people who lay a hand on the child. In many casesI believe this is where parents are messing up. They are the rightful parents so they should be the one to do the correcting. When you let someone else besides the biological parent do the discipling then thats where things may get out of hand. When someone who isn't even your spouse doing the spankings or dicipline than your in a whole new ball game. All parents should do a mandatory background check on anyone who comes in contact with their child. Their are a lot of crazy people in this world, and there is no way of knowing what they are capable of. We have heard too many horror stories of what people have done to children when left alone with them, to not want to know everything we can about whose around the children. Many people have a whole new side to them that they may not show right away. First appearances can be deceiving, only time will show the true character. I'm sure these mothers felt comfortable enough knowing that their children would be in good hands of these men, but to their surprise upon arriving home found their children missing or worse yet dead. Everyone beware of who comes in contact with your kids, don't be too trusting!

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