My heart breaks for the family.
Sorry to be vulgar but this &%^$ pisses me off. When are we going to get serious about protecting our kids in this country? I'm so damned tired of hearing about kids molested, killed, brutalized not only by strangers but by their own family members. There was just a story here about a 3 year old locked in his room with a broken arm for months. His crime? He said a couple of cuss words. I want someone to break his father's arm and leave him in a room for three months. I'm actually not a strong supporter of the death penalty, but I can't help but feel that if they find a dead kid in your basement it should be an automatic death penalty or at least life in prison, no chance for a plea bargain etc. When I think of a little kid spending her last days on earth in fear and pain it makes me want to scream.
Sorry for the rant.
Sparrow
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow - what a ride!’ — Peter Sage