Yet another child falls through the cracks.

I will warn you this is going to be a long one. *Drags out my soap box*. BAM, another press release. Sexual, no, not this time in a way it should be. I will however get to that. A 20 month old baby girl Imani Jennings. This poor baby girl was not only being treated as an animal, being left alone for 6-8 hours at a time. She was being beat by not only her 18 year old mother, but her mother’s 15 year old boyfriend. My first question was why is this not seen, does anyone know where this baby was? A family member, a friend, a neighbor? The child left with chicken nuggets and a glass of milk. I know, as a mother, chicken nuggets is not a meal and not something to be left for 6-8 hours with milk. This is terrible. Last Friday, while this 15 year old little boy was getting ready for school, this 20 month old had an accident and urinated on the floor. Well in his mind the cure for that was to beat her. Not only did he beat her with his fists but a metal rod, a cable cord, and a metal spring. I must throw in here they lived in a second story apartment. How did nobody hear this going on? Lets say that the neighbors weren't home this Friday morning but both the mother and the boyfriend told police they used these things to beat this child often. There was splattered blood on the walls. How do you treat your own child like this? I have had a baby approximately every 2 years since I was 17. Did I get frustrated with my girls? Sure, who doesn't, but I had the sense to put my child in her crib and walk away for 5 minutes. Put her in a safe place and take 5 minutes to collect myself. While reading today’s news article, I read many of the beatings took place over potty training. Gee, how sweet of them. I have a 3 year old who isn't 100% ready to potty train. It brings tears to my eyes when I think about beating her when she had an accident. Is that how they got this child to do as they wanted? Was it working? I doubt it. All the child would have wanted is love, hugs and kisses. At 20 months old she was far too young to even think about potty training. This is why I think younger people should have to take parenting classes. While I was pregnant with my oldest daughter I was taking early childhood development. I have seen some and I think it saved me a lot of grief and frustration.

Back to the sexual part. This 15 year old boy and this 18 year old girl are living in this apartment together. She has this 20 month old baby girl and is now 6 months pregnant. I'm sorry this 18 year old could potentially be charged with a lot more then the assault and endangering the welfare of a child. What about statutory rape? If the ages were reversed I wouldn't put it past the system to throw the charge in. What about the child who is to be born? What happens with that one? Do they throw that child in the same situation? I have seen it happen. People have kids taken away for neglect for abuse. Well, that’s ok, lets just have another. They do. They get away with this and it is a matter of time until the next child is in the same boat. I think when I am done with school this is going to be my goal. Someone needs to educate these young parents. Maybe just slap them into reality. I always said I would help girls like me. But, girls like me don't need the help it is the people who try and hide the truths. People who just don't get it. I am going to give this some more thought and come up with a rough plan as to what could be done. Wish me luck in my journey. I have a lot of evil to fight and education to get into children in the 15-20 age group who know everything.