Wonderful parents - not!

[matchmaker]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-wes...

BBC said:

The parents of a malnourished toddler who died have admitted neglecting the child.

Two-year-old Lauren Wade was emaciated, dirty and riddled with head lice when she died in March 2015.

The filthy flat she lived in with parents Margaret Wade, 38, and Marie Sweeney, 37, was described by one detective as the worst he had seen.

The pair admitted the wilful ill-treatment and neglect of Lauren between June 2014 and March 2015.

They also pled guilty to a similar charge in connection with two older children between 2007 and 2015.

Shooting is too good for them.

And 38 and 37? FFS, fking hard paper round!

[ambuletz]

give em a life sentence and barely enough food to stay alive. that'll teach them.

[Exige77]

Difficult to comprehend.

[curlie467]

Exige77 said:

Difficult to comprehend.

It is isn't it, just horrible.

[anonymous-user]

Despite all those lessons learnt, yet another innocent life slips through the safety net.

RIP Lauren, poor kid never stood a chance.

[Rovinghawk]

And nobody at social services did anything wrong.

[grumbledoak]

Oubliette for two, please.

[Mark-C]

Rovinghawk said:

And nobody at social services did anything wrong.

Reading the article there doesn't appear to be any Social Services involvement until after the police probe had started so I'm not sure what you'd expect them to have done before that.

[Rovinghawk]

Mark-C said:

Rovinghawk said:

And nobody at social services did anything wrong.

Reading the article there doesn't appear to be any Social Services involvement until after the police probe had started so I'm not sure what you'd expect them to have done before that.

I thought Scotland had this system whereby each kid has a government bod sticking their nose in?

[Mark-C]

Rovinghawk said:

Mark-C said:

Rovinghawk said:

And nobody at social services did anything wrong.

Reading the article there doesn't appear to be any Social Services involvement until after the police probe had started so I'm not sure what you'd expect them to have done before that.

I thought Scotland had this system whereby each kid has a government bod sticking their nose in?

No idea how it works in Scotland but can't imagine they have the budget to do that in a meaningful way. In England the system depends on external referrals (ie the wider public) unless the parents are already known to the system. It's hard to imagine these two weren't but that's how the news report reads.

[wiggy001]

I don't understand how this can happen. After both of our girls were born we had community midwives coming round every few days, followed by health visitors. I didn't think this was optional so what happened here?

And, obvious question: where's the poor child's father in all this?

[grumbledoak]

Yes, you cannot have a baby in England without them sticking their nose in. They pretty quickly work out who they need to revisit too. It's not usually the ones they would prefer to be visiting.

[ikarl]

At work I sit next to one of the nicest guys I know - genuinely a lovely guy, everyone likes him and he never has a bad word to say about anyone. Him and his wife wanted kids but had complications with a pregnancy many years ago and alas, it was never to be. Everything about him just marks him out as a great guy that would've made a great dad.

We've spoke about it a few times and I can see the pain it causes him.

We talk about general news every day but this I don't want to talk to him about this story... I know life isn't fair, but it really isn't fair when this baby lost her life because of these absolute s and there's people that would give their back teeth and all their love to have a child in their lives.

[Thats What She Said]

It beggars belief how people can be content to live in such filthy conditions.

How hard is it to wash a few clothes and some dirty dishes. They would rather live in filth surrounded by lice and insects and flies?

[RTB]

wiggy001 said:

I don't understand how this can happen. After both of our girls were born we had community midwives coming round every few days, followed by health visitors. I didn't think this was optional so what happened here?

And, obvious question: where's the poor child's father in all this?

It's optional in as much as you can tell them to go away, or not answer the door when they turn up.

[eldar]

wiggy001 said:

I don't understand how this can happen. After both of our girls were born we had community midwives coming round every few days, followed by health visitors. I didn't think this was optional so what happened here?

And, obvious question: where's the poor child's father in all this?

Parents are serious addicts, drugs, alcohol/both. Focus is next fix above everything else. Having a lifestyle outside the system means they can and do avoid contact with authority. Add mental illness into the mix and it gets worse.

Tragic, and almost unavoidable.

[Shakermaker]

pgh said:

RTB said:

It's optional in as much as you can tell them to go away, or not answer the door when they turn up.

Also, easy to put on a good show for a few visits during the first weeks especially while there's the novelty of a cute baby.

We took our daughter for her 10-12 month check up a couple of weeks ago. I think it would be very hard for them to miss anything at that stage with obvious bruises or similar given how they get them on the scales naked to weigh them, measure them, check hip positioning etc.

You'd have to avoid them altogether for them to miss this

Horrible. Can't understand people that do this, I really can't

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Rovinghawk said:

And nobody at social services did anything wrong.

It's the worst job in the world. For most people, rarely can they do anything right.

[mcelliott]

Poor little mite, hope those filthy s die in the most horrific manner.

[Hereward]

A graphic example for those Lefties who incessantly bleat on about us all being "equal" - Nope; humans come in all shapes and sizes with vast variations in ability, character and other traits.