I watched Oprah in horror as the story of a little girl name Danielle came to light. What happens when a child is left with no parental love, touch, affection? or without learning to talk, to walk, or to reason? Danielle is the result. In July 2005 detectives were called to a house where a little girl, never seen before, was peering out a window holding a dirty blanket. Fearing the worst, the neighbor called authorities. What they found when they arrived can only be described as barbaric. There were feces on the floor, dirt, food and thousands of roaches. When they went into a bedroom they found 6 year old Danielle huddled in a corner in only filthy diaper. Drinking from a bottle, her mouth just hung open in fear. She could not speak and grunted like an animal; She weighed just 43lbs. When her mother was asked why this was done her mothers only response was "I did the best I could". My heart just broke when I saw this and I was able to quickly see the correlation between what is learned in the 1st formative years of a childs life and the the outcome of neglect such as this. If those basic human needs are not then we do not learn or grow mentally.
Wow, that is really sad. I hate to hear about things like this, because it's so ugly you almost don't want to know, but at the same time everyone should be aware of these situations so that they don't happen and neglected children can get help. Poor thing, she's really cute too.
ReplyDeleteThis is heartbreaking. Our family struggles everyday just as a lot of other families, but my wife stays at home just so our little boy can get all of the love and nurturing his developing body needs and thrives for. What kind of person in their right minds would even say that they did the best they could to raise their child if they knew they had never made a single effort. I have a full time job and go to school. I still take advantage of every moment I can to play, love, and teach him.
ReplyDeleteI am a very strong advocate of parental responsibility to their children. I believe that no one has a right to bring forth children unless they can first commit themselves to the care of that child. 'I did the best I could' is no answer. The best you could have done was to stay away from the pregnacy. You went after your own sexual gratification at the expense of a child's, a human being's expense. If that is not a crime, what is? I feel there should be laws barring pregnancy and parenthood unless an individual proves responsible in life. The minimum the society could do is to obligate the young people to undergo a few educational programs about their parental responsibilities. I also believe that the American society does not show enough disapproval of these social, behavioural inadequacies. It takes shelter under the grand protest of providing individual freedom.... I can go on...
ReplyDeleteI watched this episode of Oprah and it was very heartbreaking. Most every person and family has to struggle at some particular point in their life. I feel that it's the parents responsibility to make sure their children have the best of what they can provide and this particular mother obviously just did not care. There was no excuse for her to be living in filth and not to have any social skills. That is pure neglect on the parent and in my opinion they should be punished to the fullest extent.
ReplyDeletethis is just a horrible and sad situation. no child should ever be put in this type of environment, and the parent is completely at fault. you should try to do the best for your children
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