Monday, January 31, 2011

The Breeders' Cup

Its just not a good time to be a kid.
In a story out of Missouri, a four-month old boy has seven fingers mangled, allegedly eaten by the family's pet ferret. I say allegedly, because I don't believe for a second that a ferret ate that baby's fingers.
The disturbing part is that the 'mother' was sleeping in the same room, while her baby's fingers were allegedly being chewed off.

In one of the many comments on this, a man referred to these parents as "Breeders". This has been my marching song for a number of years- Too much breeding, not enough parenting.
Apparently, this couple has had both Child Services and Animal Control after them before this.
So, they're no better pet owners than they are parents.

But, although he is maimed for life, he's alive. Not so for a little girl in Temecula, CA. She was thrown from a speeding vehicle, that had slammed violently into a light post and a tree. She wasn't wearing a seat belt, nor was her brother, who has a broken back. Her 'mother' is being charged with murder and DUI. It was 3 pm, and she was picking the kids up from school.
Drunk. At 3 in the afternoon. Really?

A young couple in Hesperia,CA, were recorded on a cell camera, giving their 2 year old the pipe from which they were smoking marijuana.
The person who recorded them showed the video to police, who arrested the couple.

Every day, we are shocked by the horrendous things people are doing to their kids, thinking we have seen the worst we can see. Then something wholly unbelievable happens.

I'm following the Missouri case. As a ferret owner (and ferret lover) I'm certain they will find that the ferret did nothing to the baby. I'm a bit terrified that what authorities will figure out happened to that baby is far more sinister than what the 'breeders' are claiming.

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