Child abuse

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Well, the important thing here, your little personal digs aside, is that we agree about this mother. Anderson Cooper mocked her last night on 360, I can only hope that child protective services gets involved...I don't know where she lives and what the laws governing child abuse are in her home state but surely this has to be a violation....

She's being investigated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_861515.html

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

She's being investigated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_861515.html

and the father of this 16 year old is not

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/04/...nged-marriage/

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

and the father of this 16 year old is not

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/04/...nged-marriage/

Wait a minute....who was the guy I just quoted above?

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

She's being investigated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_861515.html

Thank god!

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Thank god!

What would you do if you were running point on this case?

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

What would you do if you were running point on this case?

Obviously authorities are restricted by the law, one would question the mother's background relative her ability to safely treat her daughter with injections, where she is obtaining the botox, the involvement of a physician in the treatment...these would seem to be some of the key legal questions. Again, the legal statutes regarding child abuse will be key...to me there is no question that this is child abuse, but I cannot speak to the legal issues. The mother stated that mothers of other contestants are doing the same thing...this should be investigated and if true, action should not be limited to this one case.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Obviously authorities are restricted by the law, one would question the mother's background relative her ability to safely treat her daughter with injections, where she is obtaining the botox, the involvement of a physician in the treatment...these would seem to be some of the key legal questions. Again, the legal statutes regarding child abuse will be key...to me there is no question that this is child abuse, but I cannot speak to the legal issues. The mother stated that mothers of other contestants are doing the same thing...this should be investigated and if true, action should not be limited to this one case.

All the legal BS aside, what do you want to see happen in this case?

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

All the legal BS aside, what do you want to see happen in this case?

Please stop encouraging him. Please.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Please stop encouraging him. Please.

I'm kind of curious of what he has to say. (personal reason)

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

All the legal BS aside, what do you want to see happen in this case?

I think if we can all just agree that someone, somewhere simply needs to be castrated for this -- which should restore order and balance to the world in the wake of this, we could tidily wrap this thing up and get back to talking about Newt's eighth wife again.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

All the legal BS aside, what do you want to see happen in this case?

I want to see this little girl protected from obvious abuse by a clueless mother, I am always hesitant to recommend foster care (sometimes placing the child in an even worse situation, not to mention the long term psychological effects), so it comes down in the end to the mother's ability to understand that her role is to protect and nourish this child, not use her as some perverted extension of her own psyche. If the mother remains clueless, then reluctantly I would favor placing the child elsewhere.

[Danzig]

i think anyone who enters their child in a pageant should be subject to a mental eval.
anyone who dresses their 8 year old up like an adult, with enough make up that it would last me for six months should be institutionalized.

but, that's just me. i don't get it, i will never understand it. babies up to 18 year olds, and every age in between....ridiculous.


now, this woman? just thinking about the situation angers me. how did she aquire this? isn't it a controlled substance? shouldn't you have to be licensed? the whole thing is just awful.