Caged Kids
By terryt52
@terryt52 (243)
United States
December 16, 2010 1:28pm CST
I was just reading an article online of our local newspaper. A mother whom once rescued dogs. Cage her young sons in a dog cage. When I read articles like these it just burns me up. I think parents whom treat their children like this should be treated in the same manner or worse. I do not want to hear that may be this was the way she was raised. That is not an excuse and that does not work with me. What do you think.
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
16 Dec 10
Here in the US a parent would certainly have an issue with the law and DCFS as it is child abuse and endangerment to do something like this.
Why on earth would she think it would be okay to do this to a helpless baby, it too burns me to hear of something like this, what a shame. Poor baby.
I see you are fairly new so a warm welcome to you on myLot terryt52
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@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 10
I bought a pet carry case to carry my miniature poodle called Secret. I used it when I took my dog over to Sark in the Channel Islands. He only stayed in it whilst on the ferry because this is the way he had to be carried. He hated being it and so would any child.
No child should ever be put in a dog cage. That is terrible kind of cruelty. A young baby might sit in a bouncy chair placed on the floor with the parents attention. There is a special sort of chair a baby can sit in when he or she can hold his or her head up. This is good to use before the child is able to sit independently. A baby mat is a good thing for a young baby and a child that is able to sit and play. A highchair for meal times is superb beginning at 6 months of age.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
16 Dec 10
I agree that "the way she was raised" is not a reason, it's an excuse with no ground. We all have choices to make regardless of how we were raised. This woman should not be allowed to keep her children. I am usually reluctant to say things like that because I don't believe anyone should have much control over our lives (except for obvious legal issues), but in this case,someone needs to step in and protect the children.
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@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
18 Dec 10
All life is precious, but when I "see" and "hear" of incidents like this I am sickened. I wonder what was wrong with this woman that she treated her child like a caged animal. It's just sickening. I also can't fathom people taking more interest in a dog's life (I love animals, all of them) than what they do in human life. Animals can fend for themselves most of the time (again, I do not agree with mistreatment of animals either), but innocent children can not.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
20 Dec 10
Though there have been times that my children have wanted to play in the dog cage, there has never been a time that I would put them in one and lock them in it. The reason for this is that I think that it is inhumane treatment to do something like that to a child. That said, I think that people that do something like this should have their children taken away from them because children deserve better than that.
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@sender621 (14893)
• United States
17 Dec 10
How could Parents be so cruel as to cage their on children? it does not make any sense to me. How can someone call themselves a parent and treat their children as animals? These kinds of people desperately need to seek help for themselves and for their children.
@zapatee (477)
• Philippines
24 Dec 10
that is so sadistic. i wonder why she even decided to have children if she cant even be a good mother. she should be reported to the authorities and slapped with jail time. i know being a parent does have its bad days, but treating your children with cruelty is not the best way to raise them. aside from the trauma that this can cause them, abused children may well turn out to be abusers themselves when they become adults.
@JudgeIronFist (2472)
• Singapore
17 Dec 10
That's equivalent to child abuse. Caging children in cages is no better than caging dogs in it. I strongly disagree with what these parents are doing and they are indeed mad to do this to their own children. Children are a product of the mother and the father and there they are, hurting their own products. Children are meant to be loved, they don't deserve to be treated like animals! That's just wrong!
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@kodukodu84 (1569)
• Malaysia
17 Dec 10
That is a very awful way for a mother to treat their children. It is very unfair and the mother should be taken to the court for that. If they cannot be nice to their children then there's no reason for them to get even a single kid at all. I hope something can be done to correct this kind of action. Thanks for sharing and have a nice day
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@jash1985 (51)
• Canada
17 Dec 10
According to my understanding of such things, it should not happen at all. In some cultures it is ok to slap your children or to beat them. Parents think that they are right and doing it for their good but it suppresses children's soul.
To solve such problems, we should go towards the formation of a new kind of society that would be totally different from the present one. Giving a birth is totally a different thing and treating them like their part is totally a different thing. Violent and suppressed people should not be allowed to produce children. It sounds weird but it is for the prosperity of children. You need to be totally alive, open minded and conscious to produce children.
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