Posted on 05/26/2024 9:48:38 AM PDT by Morgana
An Ohio mother was sentenced on Friday to at least nine years in prison for manslaughter after feeding her diabetic four-year-old daughter a diet consisting mainly of Mountain Dew.
“Tamara Banks pled guilty to manslaughter in March for the death of her daughter, Karmity Hoeb, who died in 2022 of a diabetes-related brain injury,” The New York Post reported. “Banks, 41, often gave the girl bottles of baby formula mixed with the neon-green sugary soda, according to prosecutors, long after she should have been weaned off bottles.”
Karmity died at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital due to diabetic ketoacidosis, the Cincinnati Inquirer reported. The child displayed symptoms of a “serious medical issue” for several days, but Banks did not call 911 until her daughter turned blue and stopped breathing, according to the report. Prosecutors said a later scan showed Karmity was brain dead.
Prosecutors argued that Karmity was abused, neglected, and denied proper nutrition and medical care. They also found that her teeth had rotted away by the time of her death, and that her parents had never taken her to a dentist. Mountain Dew notably contains 77 grams of sugar — far more than the less than 24 grams recommended by experts, according to the report.
“This is one of the most tragic cases I have ever encountered,” Clermont County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Clay Tharp said. “This child did not have to die.”
Banks also had a son who went into a coma when he was four years old because of undiagnosed diabetes, prosecutors pointed out. Clermont County Common Pleas Judge Victor Haddad said Banks should have learned from her son’s condition about the dangers of diabetes before her daughter’s death, the Inquirer reported.
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Is this a thing now? Because I'm noticing that children are still on diapers at that age and older which is something that was never heard of when we were younger.
“Ohio Mom Sentenced for Death of Diabetic Child After Feeding Her Mostly Soda Diet”
So she goes to jail for feeding her kid pretty much what the American Diabetes Association recommends for adults - which is carb-loaded diet? If anyone should be going to jail it’s the leaders of the ADA.
“Is this a thing now? Because I’m noticing that children are still on diapers at that age and older which is something that was never heard of when we were younger.”
That because when you (and I) were younger far fewer parents listed to Dr. Spock and let their kids run everything. Bottom-line is that kids like being in diapers and like baby bottles as other options are more complicated, so that’s good enough for today’s Woke parents.
“An Ohio mother was sentenced on Friday to at least nine years in prison for manslaughter after feeding her diabetic four-year-old daughter a diet consisting mainly of Mountain Dew.”
As fat as she is, sounds like a good diet to put her on for 9years.
“That because when you (and I) were younger far fewer parents listed to Dr. Spock and let their kids run everything”
Dr Spock was a hit when I was a kid! My parents had a copy of his book. Yet we were potty trained as soon as possible and taken off a bottle when old enough.
I don’t think today’s parents even read Dr. Spock let along know who he is/was. Only thing they read is their darn phone which they always have on their hands in front of their face.
Yea Liz I saw her mugshot and she looks like walking diabetes.
Is that you, Mama June?!
Proof that some men will pork anything.
Sad. I wonder if baby daddy is as hefty as she is.
That is a mental image I did not need ...
He probably is. More and more people are obese these days not just women, it’s men as well.
If so, they’d look like two beachballs rolling around together.....
I agree. All the processed food, sugar, etc. So many show no self control anymore.
“I wonder if baby daddy is as hefty as she is.”
if so, i doubt that they could mate ...
high fructose corn syrup. It’s in everything and hard to buy stuff it’s not in.
Fortunately Mountain Dew dropped the Bromelated Vegetable Oil from it’s ingredients and now has a zero sugar version.
And Walmart has Mountain Lightening for $1 per 2 liter. And it taste very close. Seems a little less thick.
You just need to read labels a little bit. Companies put “NO HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP” even on the front of packages now.
Still remember reading about the child rearing practices of the American Indian tribe from Soc 101. Breastfeeding until the bites got too painful. Thumps with a fist on the head. No diapers or training until the child followed an older one around and discovered the socially acceptable method of dealing with the problem. Family groups were not big favorites in trading posts for this issue. Wish I could remember the name of the book.
Back then, there were only cloth diapers. Disposable diapers are soooo convenient, even more convenient than toilet-training, especially 8f you have older children who have to be taken to many after-school activities.
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