A Mission

Enough! For all the things that make our country great, there are some terrible truths that we must face... and soon. The -isms continue to weaken us. And something which should be our greatest source of pain and grief isn't even an -ism at all. It is child abuse.

Ten years ago my life changed when my own child clawed his way into this world. I know first-hand that parenting isn't easy. I also know first-hand that our children are truly voiceless, and until someone speaks up our nation will continue to accept child abuse as a sad consequence of stressed out, addicted, undereducated, or young parents. Throughout 2010 I will be tracking the child abuse stories across the country in this blog. Stand up! Become irate! Be silent no more!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Four Days; Four More Stories

The police differentiate between child abuse and child neglect. But I won't. If we are to create a society that values our children and protects them at all costs, we must examine all these stories to find the cures.

Out of Amherst, Virginia we learn about 19-year-old Sandrina Mae Busick whose eight-month-old son ended up in the hospital with severe burns. This, and the fact that the mother is being held in the Amherst County Jail without bond, is all that the report shares.

In Tahlequah, Oklahoma 19-year old Amber Walker and 18-year old Henry Carey were literally having a tug-of-war with their two-month-old daughter when her leg broke. However, an examination at the hospital revealed that the child had suffered inujries two other times. This child is TWO MONTHS OLD!

In Johnson County, Texas a 33-year old man faces allegations of domestic violence and child abuse after threatening an assaulting two of his three children. Details are scarce.

I cannot write about child abuse without writing of sexual abuse of children. Only four days into 2010, and we learn about Jared Mohler who is accused, along with his father and three brothers, of sexually abusing children on the family farm in Bates City since the 1980s. Deplorable. How can five men abuse child after child for DECADES?!

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