Another innocent child starved

[kdri155]

Surely it's ime for prospective parents to be vetted after this poor little boy aged just 3 was so hungry he pulled out his own hair to eat.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109225/Ab...

[devonshiredave]

And yet they get off so lightly... How can that be right?

[MX7]

Tragic, but are you really suggesting that the state dictates who can have children, and who can't? How do you stop them? Sterilisation? Compulsory abortions?

[Odie]

"PC James Periam said: ‘I found the boy locked in a bare cell-like room. There was no lighting, the radiator was turned off and it was snowing outside.

‘All there was in the room was a potty, a bowl and a fork. The child and walls were covered in faeces and when I held the boy he was flopping on my shoulder.

‘His eyes rolled to back of his head with his breathing shallow, he was ice cold and lifeless.’"


"The pair, of Pontypool, South Wales, pleaded guilty to wilful neglect of a child. Brooks was sentenced to three and Lewis to three and a half years."

Seriously? Really 'Wilful neglect' are you fking kidding me..

[cymtriks]

MX7 said:

Tragic, but are you really suggesting that the state dictates who can have children, and who can't? How do you stop them? Sterilisation? Compulsory abortions?

Ok, I'll suggest it. Sterilisation will do just fine. These nutters should never be allowed to have any more children.

[andy_s]

MX7 said:

Tragic, but are you really suggesting that the state dictates who can have children, and who can't? How do you stop them? Sterilisation? Compulsory abortions?

Contraceptives in Methadone, obligatory parenting courses with final exam like driving, no one allowed more than 2 children.

It sticks in the throat, but a lot of the worlds problems would be solved...

[MX7]

cymtriks said:

Ok, I'll suggest it. Sterilisation will do just fine. These nutters should never be allowed to have any more children.

kdri said that "prospective parents to be vetted", but how could you predict that this was going to happen?

I'd have these two sterilised too, but that wasn't what was being suggested.

[DamienB]

Sterilisation for this pair would get my vote. And add a 0 on the end of each of their sentences. s.

[Hooli]

andy_s said:

Contraceptives in Methadone

And in Stella.

[johnfm]

Sterilisation linked to benefits*

• Not that people on benefits are necessarily bad parents. But until you can support yourself, supporting kids is a bit of a stretch.

[S13_Alan]

I'd vote yes to have them locked in an empty room and left to die and fail to see why they deserve anything better.

[aizvara]

Hooli said:

And in Stella.

Just put it in Iceland's food.

[aizvara]

S13_Alan said:

I'd vote yes to have them locked in an empty room and left to die and fail to see why they deserve anything better.

+1 to this. What drives a person (or persons) to do things like this? It is almost overwhelming to read stories like that.

[jayb289]

i wonder if carmonk is gonna give us a rant for this lot as intense as the one in the witchcraft thread lol

[Jasandjules]

MX7 said:

Tragic, but are you really suggesting that the state dictates who can have children, and who can't? How do you stop them? Sterilisation? Compulsory abortions?

This is an easy one.

Child found in room with walls covered in his own feaces and no heating or lighting and so on - the parents get shot. There we go, that's going to stop them.

[jjones]

Jasandjules said:

This is an easy one.

Child found in room with walls covered in his own feaces and no heating or lighting and so on - the parents get shot. There we go, that's going to stop them.

+1

[MX7]

Jasandjules said:

This is an easy one.

It's very easy if you ignore what was being suggested!

"Surely it's time for prospective parents to be vetted"

[bexVN]

And to top it all they took photos of him in the room.

I don't know the answer esp as some people can seen decent and respectable to the outside world yet still be cruel.

This used to sicken me before I had my boy (as it would to most of us) but now I read these stories then look at him and think how could they and usually end up in tears.

[Mr Tumble]

Another innocent social worker/health visitor no doubt as well, poor little thing didn't end up like this over night..

Duty of care my arse.. Mean while I hear of a foster Mother (20 years doing this) who has a child removed for nothing! WHY is this sickening st still happenening????

2 yr check by health visitor should of shown something?? Mind you child abuse ends at the end of working day..... and yes there is a whole load of info not known, but the little lad does not eat his hair and locked up like a caged animal hitting himself over night.

Thankyou to the decent person who gave the tip off otherwise another death..

[98elise]

Mr Tumble said:

Another innocent social worker/health visitor no doubt as well, poor little thing didn't end up like this over night..

Duty of care my arse.. Mean while I hear of a foster Mother (20 years doing this) who has a child removed for nothing! WHY is this sickening st still happenening????

2 yr check by health visitor should of shown something?? Mind you child abuse ends at the end of working day..... and yes there is a whole load of info not known, but the little lad does not eat his hair and locked up like a caged animal hitting himself over night.

Thankyou to the decent person who gave the tip off otherwise another death..

I don't see any mention of social workers or health visitors?

Do you blame nurses when sick people die in hospital?

The blame lies with the parents, and the parents alone. The support and care services can only do so much with the money and people they have. They cannot watch everyone day and night.