WITT: No honey, that’s where I found them in the morning. Because children do wander around sometimes doesn’t make me ... irresponsible.
TaMoDee: Right On!! My daughter is an ER Nurse. The worst words a child can hear from her mother: “Dear, This is my new boyfriend!”
Samwise: Mark 10:14 Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God...
Here's the deal. A child in a home whose parent or parents hold to the simplest Christian ethic can wander and sleep anywhere in the house and be safe. You don't even have to be a churchgoer, for Pete's sake, to raise a child in Christian decency and safety, let alone a perfect mom. This little girl was killed in a worldly way by the beast who should die for it and quite possibly by the mother for her choice of boyfriend. Animal instinct is for the male to kill the child progeny of other males; Christianity is what saves men from reverting to animals. Christianity is what saves women from the results.
In a worldy way, the perp and possibly the mom did it. But beyond that, a lack of Christian ethics is what killed this kid. But there's nothing new under the sun; things like this have always happened and will always happen as long as man draws breath. It just happens a LOT MORE when Christian principles are abandoned.
Don’t forget Jewish folks. Should say Judeo-Christian ethics.
I understand that studies show that “boyfriends” and “stepfathers” are a disportunately large group of offenders.
That is not always the case. Some men are better at fathering than the biological father.
As for the child sleeping on the couch, that is not that unusual. My little one was very stressed out during the campaign of attrition, and had to watch TV to fall asleep. The doors were dead bolted, and I was on the other side of the wall. Sometimes she slept with me. Ooops call CPS! Inappropriate!!!!
We should hold our fire until there is an arrest made, if there is one.