I hit baby so he won't be a 'punk,' dad tells cops

The Miami Herald ^ | 4-25-2003 | CAROL MARBIN MILLER AND TERE FIGUERAS

[Norse]

the black community has major issues. the first step is to get a hold of this ebonics problem

[Norse]

the black community has major issues. the first step is to get a hold of this ebonics problem

[Cathryn Crawford]

How f*ck*d up is the fact that my parents were not allowed to adobt a baby girl that had been living with them for nearly a year (since she was 2 months old), due to the fact that she was mixed (black and Vietnamese) and they were white?

My parents have been foster parents for nearly twenty years, and they've adopted twice. They absolutely hit a stone wall when they tried to do this.

Instead they moved the baby to an aunt a few hundred miles away. We haven't seen her since. They moved her THE VERY SAME DAY the decision was made. There was not even a pretense of "working her into the home" (see, I know all the terms) or whatever. It was simply done, and long-term damage to the child be damned.

[new cruelty]

You are right, stories like this are all too common. I just cannot understand how someone could inflict harm on a child. The very concept makes me feel ill.

I need a dandelion break.

[kaylar]

Is it wrong to hope that this POS winds up someone's "punk" in prison? Talk about poetic justice!

I don't normally wish sexual assault on people , and I despise those people who think it's cute to hope that any and every person with whom they disagree winds up in a cell with a 300 lb Bubba .(That's usually the term they use, BTW.) But in this case , I believe an exception is appropriate.

Worrying about a 8 month old's sexuality because teething pains make him cry! Can a two-legged thing so stupid and ignorant be considered human?

[Seruzawa]

Can't blame the father. His brain chemicals made him do it. Just put him on Prozac and he'll be fine.

I'll bet he's real sorry.

I'd like to give him a .357magnum apology.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

"The child abuse investigator."

Child "abuse."

The perp is a murderer, and we use jargon like "Child abuse?"

[Okies love Dubya 2]

Congratulations on your growing family! I would love to have a couple more, hopefully my sanity holds up long enough to do it!

I just realized that the first letters of my screen name spell OLD2 (I'm only 30, so it wasn't intentional--honest)!

[ThinkingMan]

I have 4 boys, ages 10, 6, 4, and 16 months- They have all cried while teething. Just a little childrens Tylenol and the world becomes a happier place. None of my boys are "punks" or "sissies" or whatever this bastard was so afraid of. BABIES CRY! It is a fact of life. Once their needs are met, they stop. This crap just makes me ill.

PS- Congrats on the 4th- now you will be outnumbered 2-1! Good luck!

[dark_lord]

Could it be because overall the social workers have the lowest IQ's and the worst education of any group of college graduates? (Even lower than College of Education graduates.)

Could it be because many of them are black racists who believe placing a "non-white" child in a "white" home is a crime against the child's "race"?

Could it be because they are demonically possessed?

My viewpoint is that it is all three.

[RussianConservative]

This jackarse should be pummelled to death...maybe he will consider what he did to his child before the light goes out.

[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

Does anybody see a pattern. I sometimes see wellfare moms and young not married moms and idealistic young people tell me that they are going to school for social work. It just doesn't work. Not only are they not prepared for the "tough love" that they have to give. But sometimes they just become enablers.

[Cathryn Crawford]

I don't know...you know the racist comment about the only good Indian is a dead Indian? Well, to paraphrase a bit...the only good social worker is a mute (they're already deaf) retired social worker.

I have stated this: the good ones get out (and I've known a few, out of the hundreds I have known, I've known a few) and stay out. Their consciences can't handle it.

As for the reverse racism, I was having a pretty good day, and this is really dredging it up. This just happened last year, and my family is still struggling to recover from losing a member of the family (for, that's what she was). The worst part is that they told us that we would be able to adopt her...my parents had everything planned, and then the rug was pulled out from under us. It's just a horrible, horrible thing.

[ctlpdad]

i hate DCF. they have a way of being SOOO wrong sometimes.
They let kids get murderd by scumbags while running down good people (fathers especially).
I knw someone who's daughter complained she was being abused because her father wouldn't drive her to the mall to hang out with friends, then said he was an alcoholic after he split a 12 pack with a friend on a saturday afternoon byt he pool. dcf opend a huge case and all sorts of stuff. Poor guy was crushed.

[pubmom]

Is it wrong to want to place the moron's head in a plastic bag and cinch it with some very strong rope?

[I still care]

I posted this article today. It explained so much of the mess I have seen here in FL. I want to take in some foster children but this article frightened the heck out of me.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/900202/posts

[mountaineer]

It's a real shame that people this clueless (and incapable of responsible parenting) can procreate with such ease.

[Cagey]

I heard a story on a New York news station this morning that New York is considering not allowing foster children to be placed in homes where an adult smokes cigarettes. So, there you go. That's what's important to these social service agencies now.

[I still care]

When I called someone and asked about how my home would be inspected for foster care, the first thing she told me was a smoke smell in the house was "an absolute no no".

[monday]

"She's just as guilty as the father."

sheesh...how do you know? Were you there?