Mom and boyfriend tape toddler to wall!

United States
October 1, 2010 12:11pm CST
http://gawker.com/5652804/mom-boyfriend-sentenced-to-jail-for-taping-toddler-to-wall?skyline=true&s=i An 18 year old mom and her boyfriend tape her toddler to the wall. His sippy cup is tapped out of reach so he cannot get it. She should have her private parts taped. I am so sick of the abuse these people are responsible for. She only got ten days in jails and has custody of her son. Does this make sense? They should shoot her arm with birth control so she cannot give birth to any more children. Tough crimes call for tough time.
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
1 Oct 10
And she still has custody,. even supervised custody? Back in the 50s and 60s if you did that to a child, the child was taken away from you, no questions asked, no chance of getting the child back. The child would have been given up for adoption and made sure that not even the relatives would get him.
• United States
2 Oct 10
You are absolutely right! What has happened to this country?
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@elmsquie (78)
• Philippines
7 Oct 10
Omg this is crazy! I cant believe a mother can do this to her child. They both (mother & boyfriend) deserve the punishments.
• United States
8 Oct 10
It makes you wonder what happened to these people to make them do this sort of thing.
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
1 Oct 10
I hadn't heard this one but 10 days in jail is not nearly enough punishment for the emotional damage that something like this will do to this kid. What is really unbelievable is that the child got put back into the hands of these abusive parents??
• United States
2 Oct 10
Yes, what kind of social services do we have?
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
2 Oct 10
yeah the mom and boyfreind. well let me have the boyfriend for awhile and he will know what it would be like to go through hell. they both should be shot, never understand how anyone can hurt a kid. i think they need to spend time in jail but with all the other people in jail so they can get what coming to them
• United States
3 Oct 10
I wonder where they get ideas for doing these kinds of things.
@misalax (307)
• Ireland
2 Oct 10
10 days is not enough for this thing that they've done. Just what on earth ran to their minds that made them play and abuse the little boy like that? Not just because the kid is too young to retaliate doesn't mean they have the rights not to treat him like a person and not a toy. So what they're saying is they've given the boy back to his mum, who knows what else they may do to him. Yes they can say that the mum and the boyfriend are still young, but that's obviously child abuse we're seeing here.
• United States
3 Oct 10
There needs to be a creative way of dealing with this. Ten days in jail does not do it.
• United States
2 Oct 10
You never know, she may have a psychological problem. I agree that what she did was wrong, but instead of shooting her birth control for her mistakes, someone should help her. I think instead of putting her just in jail, they should have checked to see if she had any mental issues. It just sounds like she has something. So many people are abused in their childhood, and once it starts, it can travel in the family. One reason is because of "monkey see, monkey do", children who grew up abused usually have some kind of psych problem that needs to be addressed. However, our country (the u.s.), does not support the mental health issues as much, than opposed to supporting the physical health. It can be just as bad as a disease, if not treated.
• United States
3 Oct 10
She does need help, but she needs a bit more than that.
@djbtol (5493)
• United States
1 Oct 10
It does sound like abuse. I think many 18 year olds are just not mature enough to be parents, even though their bodies are. Parenting of toddlers is demanding, but you have to be smart enough to meet their needs, control their engergy and always love them - and do this all at the same time. No duct tape required!
• United States
2 Oct 10
What a shame. Unforunately I hear more and more about actions like this. I don't know what leads a person to be so cruel to defenseless children. Clearly these people suffer from some type of mental illness because a sane person could never do something like this.
• Philippines
2 Oct 10
Oh my gosh. She's crazy, and she only got 10 days in prison? They should have checked her mental capacity I think she is not capable of handling a baby.
@ktmatunog (912)
• Philippines
5 Nov 10
What terrible news this! This is child abuse. The child should stay away from parents like that.
@luxlyangels (1286)
1 Oct 10
They should be dealt with, The mother is so stttuppiid. Imagine the nonsense. some people are unbelievable. They need help and should be admitted in psychiatric wards.