Mothers From Hell
With Mother's Day tomorrow, I was appalled to read these stories today. In my book, the mother is the nurturer, the one who gives love and protection to her child. Not these nightmare images of mothers who mutilate, starve to death, and even sell their own flesh and blood. My heart goes out to these children.
A mother who claimed the family dog tore off her baby son's genitals was arrested Friday and accused of mutilating the boy herself with a sharp instrument.
Such news stories are becoming every day events these days and we read them and have little reaction. They're all too commonplace. This particular woman's baby was only 3 months old and faces years of reconstructive surgery and God only knows what mental side-effects. Sadly, the mother probably sees herself as the victim of some other event that led to this horror story.
The New York Post reported two similar stories on the same day:
- A Texas woman is accused of selling her child to a man she knew for $3000. Authorities said the teen turned up in Mexico and is now back in foster care; and
- Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Colorado couple, saying they killed a malnourished 7-year-old who died on Sunday.
To all those loving Mothers out there who are as shocked and outraged over these stories as me, Happy Mother's Day.
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