I was watching the news last night and heard what has to be the greatest case for a sentance of mandatory sterilization. A woman left an infant (I did not catch how old) in a crib for three weeks - alone. The baby, miraculously, is not dead. A neighbor found him. The mother had told a friend that the baby was with a sitter. Instead, he was slowly starving to death. The baby is in the hospital now and I hope she has a creative judge - one willing to make an odd sentance. This woman should not be allowed to have children - not even allowed to create them. CPS has it's good points but, how many kids slip through the cracks, how many parents are so good at charming the agents? There has to be a point where these parents are just so bad that they get to be sterilized. When my son was a baby, I could barely leave him for three hours - and that was only if he was with relatives and had everything he could possibly need. I can't imagine a mother who could leave her child for three weeks. It just flat out makes me sick.
~S
Posted by Shade53 at October 23, 2005 08:13 AM