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May 14, 2007, 2:38 am PDT
*Dr. Phil Prime Time Special: Caged
Quote From: mickey_64Here in Reno area, we had something similar to the young boy being caged by his father. Two young children, a boy and an older girl, were kept locked in a bathroom in the home of their grandmother, mother, and stepfather, for ten years. They slept on the floor, had very little to eat and were never allowed to leave the small bathroom. One day the girl managed to overtake her grandmother and get out, with her brother. The girl was found wandering in the streets and the two were rescued. The adults were convicted and sentenced to prison terms. Justice was served. The two children were put into foster care and are now doing very well. It just amazes me that parents can do this to their own flesh and blood. However, my own mother hated her children but that was due to the fact that my dad cheated on her and eventually left her with us to raise, on her own. But as cruel as she was, she never locked us up or starved us. Quote from sassie: It is so sad that a Mother of her own flesh and blood could abuse and neglect her children. It is something I have never been able to understand. Children are a blessing and our heritage and to abuse and neglect little one's makes me sick to my stomach. First of all, they cannot defend themselves, second of all, knowing how much I love my own children and grandchildren and the strong bond between us, I just don't comprehend the abuse upon children that is going on in this Country. How a mother can abuse her own children is beyond me. I don't know how anyone can abuse a child let alone their own flesh and blood. I grew up in an abusive environment , more neglect than physical abuse, I was just left alone to my own self most of the time and that being bad enough, when I hear of cases as severe as children being locked up into rooms, made to sleep on floors of bathrooms, having to urinate in bottles is just disgusting. It's no wonder that there are so many mentally disturbed individuals in this Country having to grow up in these kinds of situations. We try to understand it, we even try to find reasons for this kind of behavior upon children but to me is senseless and sad, very sad. And I wonder what happens to all the little ones that no one hears or comes to their aide, so very, very sad!
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