Mom beats four year old daughter ...

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I watched the "live" statement by the mother ... she was pretty upset ...

She was upset because she got herself into trouble. If she had not been caught she would have not been upset.
she admitted that she made a "mistake"

IMO The only mistake she truly thinks she made was not to look for security cameras. She did look around to see if anyone was watching. She knew what she was planning to do was wrong!!

and then she went on to say that it was her fault and that her daughter should not have to suffer for it (being taken away by child protective services).

Believe me when you are placed in protective custody... you can sleep.


She will be arrainged on Monday.

If she is unable to admit that she was wrong and needs help then she is far from ready to take back her child. The next beating could be the last.
 
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I finaly saw the full video. It seemed like she was going wild on that child.

The majority here seems to agree that this woman needs to be crucified. I disagree with this. I think the woman needs help and the child needs to stay with the mother. We should not be so quick to judge and condemn. What do we even know about this woman? She may lead a good honest life.

My main point is that I think mercy is in order here. I was beat as a child and I'm ok now. I'm sure glad that no one came in and split up my family.
 
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Mercy, yes.
Supervision, yes. For the mother.
I think it would be wrong to make a child return to a mother that abuses him/her, but I think I'll stay mostly neutral, because the mother must love the child, because all mothers do--even surrogate mothers, another tough issue, love the children that come from their womb. It's something that happens
I think the mother needs counselling, as well as the daughter, and they both need to stick together through the rough times.
But not returning something to a mall is no reason to beat a defenseless child up.
 
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Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That
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But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me:
for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
 
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No. I think she needs to be beat ONE TIME by someone twice her size the way she beat on her daughter

She probably already has been beaten many times by someone twice her size the same way she beat her daughter.

The abused, many times, become the abuser.

She needs help. Doctors will be better able to assess the situation better than police officers.
 
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The little kid shouldnt return to the mother until she has gotten help for a looong time and when the people are POSITIVE that she has changed and will not beat her daughter, come on if she leads a good honest life she wouldnt have beat the crude out of her kid, jesus wouldnt do it! so she shouldnt either...being abused as a kid makes you feel worthless and people could grow up with so many sideeffects of that abuse, it hurts me to even think about that little girl getting beat up by her own mother i can see the child doing something wrong and a little swat on the knee or bottom but not baam baam baam in the head..thats just wrong. the mother needs serious help maybe she could get a christian counseler that can explain how the home is supposed to be brought up in love, and with alot of care...whats the world coming too. it's so sad, i thank god i have a great family!
 
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being abused as a kid makes you feel worthless

This is not always true. I could always sense a LOVE that would not allow my spirit to be harmed. I believe I knew Jesus, before I knew his name. For I always knew that what the abusers were doing... depleted their worth... not my own.

I pray the little girl has been given this same protection.
 
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How old was the little girl?

I know that family is a very important thing, but also is the mental and emotional health of the child. Just one time can have devistating effects on the rest of her life. So while having the family together is good, What are the effects of this girl living with her mother? What are the effects of her not being with her? For my mom, she tells me that she was abused as a child and she's been a rotten mother. She has. Is something like that going to happen to this little girl?
 
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Mistake??? No she committed a crime. Three years would nevr be enough. And th sad thing is she will likely get off altogether and the girl will remain with the mother.

I think she should have both hands amputated. Maybe then she would not hit her with her fists again.


Originally posted by LilyLamb
I watched the "live" statement by the mother ... she was pretty upset ... she admitted that she made a "mistake" and then she went on to say that it was her fault and that her daughter should not have to suffer for it (being taken away by child protective services). She will be arrainged on Monday.

She says she has never done this before ... she's 26 and has been a mom since age 19 ... she has three children. The lawyer mentioned something about the child playing with the toys and hiding while in the store. Apparently the little girl was really misbehaving and got on mom's last nerve.

She could get as much as three years in jail ....



I will be the first to admit that people do make mistakes and that there are times when people allow circumstances to overwhelm them and they "lose it" ... what she did was wrong ... but I do hope that they will be able to keep this family together and that they get the help they need so that this never happens again.

I am a foster mom ... so I know what goes on out there ... but my number one priority when I get a child is to pray that the family can somehow be reunited ... that God heals them and delivers them from whatever evil tore their family apart. And while I have that child I pray that I make a difference in their life and give them a safe, secure place to live as long as I have them.
 
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I'm with Gerry on this one. As far as I'm concerned, counseling and psychotherapy is a crock. Psychiatrists seem to have the answer to everything. Sometimes people need to be dealt with, and not talked to. By going through counseling, she'll learn that, as an abused person, she has a crutch to lean on and bring up an excuse for the rest of her pitiful life. She will ALWAYS use the "abused victim" scam for her poor behavior. Take her out behind the barn.
 
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I disagree ... I know for a fact that there are too many people out there that honestly do not know how to parent ... they need to be taught that there are other/better ways to respond to a child that misbehaves ... especially if they were raised in a home where all they knew was physical punishment.

If we can provide counseling for married couples who are struggling with adultery, inappropriate content or just not being able to communicate with each other in order to SAVE the marriage ... then we should also be providing counseling to parents in order to SAVE their families.

There are too many children in foster care ... the answer to abuse isn't in "permanently" taking a child out of a home - but in temporarily providing a safe place while mom/dad get their act together and get the help they need to be better members of society.

Under a new policy that came out this spring parents are given one year to get their act together - that's more than enough time to show an effort to reunite the family - if they don't then the child is immediately available for adoption. The govt. is putting a stop to long-term (more than one year) and multiple foster care (more than two foster homes). There are only so many foster families that will be able to adopt only so many children ... these families need healing and help.
 
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Good point, Lambslove. This almost reminds me of the crucifiction of Jesus. The crowd yelled, "crucify him".

This national tv coverage of this case has caused a "mob lynching" type attitude. It's because we don't know this woman personaly, and therefore we don't care if she is crucified.

God showed us great mercy, should we not show the same? The bible supports this. Of course, there are those who will say, "but what about the child?" Children are more resilient that we give them credit for. They tend to forget alot of bad. If this was not so, then we'd be over run with adults full of emotional scars from childhood.
 
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How does it help the child to have her mother "lynched" without mercy?

How much brutality did YOU have to suffer to receive mercy from God?

I tell you that mothers and fathers are found guilty of the same crime almost every day, and the usual punishment is for them to take parenting classes and anger management counselling and then to be reunited with their children. This woman is being lynched because she was on national news, not because her crime is extraordinary or beyond the extreme.

What this little girl needs is a mommy who can control herself, not a dead, beaten, villified mother. She needs to live in restoration and love, not fear and alienation from her family.

If you really care about the child above all else, you will see that in this case, mercy IS justice.
 
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