How Long Did It Take?

Child abuse!!!

I have not been sleeping the past few nights. Partially from xanax withdrawals and the dependecny on them for sleeping .. but more so as from thinking about a child who's picture I saw on the local news and the sufferring he endured.
 

I am not writing this to exploit the little angel of three .. no, i am writing this because we all need to do our part if we even suspect the abuse of a child... also an animal .. of course children come first.. This little boy was beaten to death by his mother and father ... if you can call them that. Me, I call them monsters.
 

He was a little boy, black with a big smile and white shiny teeth setting on a bed and smiling.. (of course it happens to all colors of children) How could he smile when he suffered as he did .. I guess because children are so innocent and loving and maybe to him his mom and dad loved him and he them. The 'crime ' he comitted..wetting to bed.. he is 3 for goodness sake! And so... his mother and his father beat him with an electrical cord.. I keep thinking about it. Seeing it, wondering how long it took for him to succumb to death?
 

I can only imagine the pain and being only three... i'm thinking he did not know what to do or say and had he known it would have not helped..but he could not say, 'I'm sorry I wet the bed, please don't hit me it hurts so bad and i promise never to do it again and be a good boy'.. no, he couldn't do anything but suffer till he died from the beating, As hard as it is to say I am glad he is not here on this earth .. he is in a better place, a safe place. It hurts me to know this happned..and it happens many times each day across the world. I love that child and wish I could have helped him. As odd as it may sound it is as if he is haunting me .

But then, they all are, all the little ones in these situations.
 

So this I promise.. never will I let one little thing go when it comes to a child ( or animal ).. they have no voice of their own so I will speak up for them.. We all need to .. if you feel something is not right, call SCAN.. let the children atleast know we are trying. It is too heartbreaking to think of but it happens ..
 

The punishment for his 'mother and father'? Ten years in prison. TEN YEARS! What is wrong with the legal system? Of course in due time they will receive their just punishment.. Karma gets us everytime..
 

This is more bloggish than a story.. so please accept my apolgies for this .. also I am not using this baby to get reviews ,, i say this because one noted and lovely poetress on this site wrote of something similar and was accused of exploiting the little girl for her own gain..She was trying to get the word out and pay a small tribute to the child, yet she was chided.

Please if you suspect abuse report it .. It could safe a child. This little one did nothing but wet his bed .. his life is over .. other's aren't.

Let's try to help them.. I just keep thinking how long did it take for him to die from the beating? How long?
 

Bless the beast and the children..innocent they are and love unconditonally.

Author's Note

I detest . as we all do, child and ani,al abusers!

Reviews

[Angelheaded Hipster]

It is about the children...and sad as it is...kids die and get kidnapped every day by their parents hands....the ones that the children trust and love unconditionally....

I witnessed a three year old die in front of me when I was young...the mothers boyfriend did it...he walked after two months.
I hope karma has never been kind to him since. I just don't get why parents lose their cool when children act up, or wet the bed, or whatever.....they are children. We are the adults. We know better. They don't. Its our job to teach them, to raise them up to be civilized human beings.
Not to beat them, degrade them, humiliate them.

I have tears in my eyes from reading this, for the little boy, and for what I endured, and for all the rest of the kids out there who don't have voices.
You shouldnt get chided for this.
If you do....those people are just plain silly.

[Fran Marie]

It makes me so angry when I hear of people who abuse sweet innocent little children~
Those Monsters who killed this child will surely be condemmed to hell~I hope they burn in hell
forever~THanks for sharing this~Fran Marie

[desertraven]

i agree with Dave. I have seen friends horrified at the thought of going home to be punished for the same reasons. Child abusers , there is a special place in hell for them...
Sandra♥

[Roy]

It's beautiful that you would want to rise up and be the voice for helpless abused children, and of course the example you cite is most horrific. I applaud you for speaking up and speaking out.

[J. Hampton]

Child abuse.......

Everyone is afraid to get involved....to speak up. More children die at the hand of silence than at the sound of the screams that accompany the abuse.

Just so folks know....(( Child abuse suspicions may be reported ANONOMOUSLY ! )) No...you don't have to testify...etc..etc... Child Protection Services ( MUST ) investigate any and ALL report of suspicion.
These professionals are trained to find necessary evidence of abuse.
What if you said nothing....and that beautiful face winds up on the news...front-page...back of a milk carton ? I'd rather be WRONG....and live with that than .... find out I'm right from reading the obituaries.

Would it not be better to see an abused child placed with a family member...or temporary home...while parents may well be ministered to and counciled for drug or alcahol dependancy or receive the psycological help they need....to posssibly repair a family and restore the child to it.? It happens.
If not ,the child will be in immediate safety if nothing else.

I commend you Chloe, this might just be the heads-up people need to stop this insanity.
If we are not part of the solution....we are part of the problem.

Kudos .....

Blessssssssssss

[Debra Stevens Edwards (..]

Chole I think you did a great thing in speaking out for those who can't speak for themselves. Just as Deni did
and instead of being commended she was condemned. Each of us must do what we can to change the world around us. Condemned or not it matters not if it saves even one child and It also puts you in Great Company Jesus was condemned too. a sad yet inspired piece of truth.
Hugs Debby

[Lydia Shutter]

Child abuse is a problem that SHOULD be wiped out in our country, but somehow the abuse seems to have snowballed through the years. When I see a story like this one on the news, I feel ill. Indeed, how long did it take this innocent child to die? What were the parents thinking? How could they even BE thinking? There is no punishment great enough for them if you ask me. Your words are powerful. Lydia

[Stacy A. Foster]

I recently read another story of a stepfather who drowned his child because they were not saying thank you or please and it was seen as disrespect. I cried for this poor angel now in Heaven and cry for souls like this, who go through so much in so little time...

My daughter is everything to me. I can't imagine doing something like that to any child and being able to live with myself. Sometimes I think life is greater punishment than death, and the awful parents of innocents stolen should see their faces and hear their voices every day for the rest of their miserable lives to remind them of their sins.

*steps off of soap box*

I'm trying to start reading regularly again. Sorry I'm behind.

Love ya,
Stacy

[T. L. O'Neal]

It is a sad state of affairs when something like that happens. Some people should never have children. Thanks for bringing attention to this, maybe it will help someone. Good luck on the withdraws too, been there, it's not a fun place to be. T

[Cold Coffee Magazine]

Amen sister,
I've known kids who were beaten for the most stupid things and I don't mean whipped i mean hit, like a man hits a man. I could always see the light go out of my friends eyes when he knew he would be punished when he went home. I wonder how he turned out, if he hits his kids too. They say you reap what you sow but what happens after you've planted your seeds and reaped your crop so to speak? If you do nothing that same crop will sprout up again for someone else to reap won't it? The analogies can go on and on and the bottom line is, its a damn shame. Your right lady, that kid is better off.

Dave