Saddness

I do not write many posts on things not happening around the household. I typically keep things to just what Braylon is doing, however today is a different case.

If you have not watched the news recently you may not be aware of all the children who have gone missing or have died in the past few days. There was little Tyler whose mom was upset that he woke up in the middle of the night and would not go back to sleep so she beat him to death and placed his body in the woods. He was only 13 months.

Then there is baby Lisa who went missing from her bed over a month ago. I am sorry but I am not convinced that the mother did not have something to do with this. I know she says all her kids were asleep so she can do what she wants. But five plus glasses of wine might be a little much! What if a kid woke up and she had to take them to the ER for some reason? How would she have driven there? I am just not convinced. She was only 10 months when she went missing and now she is a year.

Then there is Skyy from Washington. He is a two year old who was with his mom in the car on November 6th when she says it ran out of gas. The mom claims to have left Skyy in the car while she went for gas and when she came back he was missing. Why not take him with her? Oh and get this, she is in the middle of a bitter divorce and custody battle with Skyy's father.

Then here in Albuquerque there have been three more incidents. last Thursday a man was taken into custody for beating his step daughter so bad that she has a brain bleed. She is two and is not expected to recover. Last Wednesday night a man got into a car with this girlfriend and their two and four year olds. They were both drunk and did not buckle the children. The man flipped the car and killed everyone expect for himself. Oh and he was released from jail Wednesday morning. And finally Sunday night a man slit the throat of his two year old and wife. He claims he does not know why but was playing a violent video game before he did it.

Wow. That is a lot of children harmed by the very hands that we suppose to protect them. Part of me feels like there should be more resources so that when parents start to feel like they need help they can get it. Part of me thinks that these parents would not call and get help. I am unsure what the answer is.

Every parent at one point feel overwhelmed. We all get frustrated and loose our cool once in awhile. We are human and we make mistakes. However, most know their breaking point and ask for help.

 In think about this, the grad student comes out. Is this a socioeconomic issue? Are they coming at solving it from the wrong perspective? If I did not have a 14 month old I would totally find the data and research it. I guess I will have to settle for hoping that others have researched.
 
As much as it pains me to say it, these children are better off in the place they are now. They no longer have to suffer abuse. They no longer have to feel pain. I just pray that the parents live a long life with so much hurt and pain.

On a happier note Braylon is 14 months today! Where has time gone?