Quote From: sliderktaDear. Dr. Phil,
Finally, a show that everyone can sink their teeth into! It's about high time that all parents in the U.S. know the difference between "discipline" and "child abuse".
I come from family of 5, and experienced abuse (like these kids) from both parents. This woman is teaching her children to get their way by bullying others. I'd be more than happy to go on stage and tell people like her what happens to kids who are raised in these situations.
At the age of 14, I fought back like a vigilante--physically, verbally, and with the Word of God at my side. My sisters joked about me being like Joan of Arc, but it was enough to scare these people down. Eventually with the help of my grandparents and sisters, the violent, "Bonnie and Clyde" marriage ended in 1998. I know that my case was a lucky one because I didn't see the jail. Other kids living in these types of situations are much more violent. I heard about a case on the East Coast, where a boy axed his abusive father to death. Others shoot, strangle, or poison the abusers. Heck, when the Menendez brothers killed their parents, they told the world about how they had been abused. Having come from such a situation, it's very hard not to believe it.
Furthermore, there needs to be a federal law that says that all abusive parents should be banned from adopting kids or having babies. All Abusive parents should be forced by law to have hysterectomies and vasectomies. There also need to be an Abusive Parents Registry, just like what the sex offenders are subjected to. I think these measures would get parents to think about the differences between child abuse and discipline. It's a bit extreme, but there are too many parents doing the same thing and claiming they're just "diciplining" the child. This type of thing is an EPIDEMIC.
Child Protective Services (CPS), medical professionals, and authorities can't handle the number of abuse cases that come in every week.
As Pastor Casey Treat once said, "You abuse your power, you lose your power." If parents know there are consequences for their actions (other than kids getting violent), they would be least likely to commit abuse in their homes. As Americans, we should not tolerate this.
--KS Randall
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I have adopted two children, and have fostered many others and I'm writing this to assure you that CPS background checks are done before you can adopt a child. In fact all types of background checks are done. The adoption process is very difficult in order to protect the child/children involved. If there is any history of founded child abuse in an adoption applicants past they cannot adopt. I believe the legal system is doing it's best to protect children from all the crap out there, they are just under-staffed, overwhelmed, and under-funded.
