Teen charged in death of 4 year old boy

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

A sad tale, all the way around.

What the hell is the matter with this kid's FATHER? Who dumps their kid off on a stranger and disappears with no way to contact them? How did the father wind up with these kids, and the mother have to search for them, while the father just farmed them out to strangers and vanished?

There is more to this tale than is being told, but the one obvious conclusion is that this boy led a short and brutal life. His death at the hands of a loon is only the end of it, neither the beginning nor even the most of it. It's a sad commentary on the condition of life, but killing him might have been a mercy, considering the mysterious circumstances surrounding his life among what appears to be a pretty heartless bunch. That is no less tragic than his kidnapping and death. He would not have been in a place to have been kidnapped and killed if his father wasn't such a douche.

It's all around a sad tale. This is why I hate humans.

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I see this kind of thing on both sides, enough that I won't allow myself to contribute to the Black vs White is the most evil, propaganda and distribution game.

You are asking the right questions. Children are at the mercy of the adults in their lives, the welfare and the safety of children has always required a community. This is not new, unfortunately. Parents and adults have been the worst nightmares for way too many children, and it crosses completely into every race, religion, and culture, over the history of the world.

COVID has made more children vulnerable, and less likely to be identified. The number of cases that come to us has greatly increased. That only leads us to believe the number of children that were not identified has sky rocketed.

Child abuse, sexual assault, and murder, are cultural and societal issues that have been a problem for centuries, especially when times are difficult. Throughout history, societies sacrificed children in numerous ways, for what they believed to be as a benefit to the society. We as a modern society have not really done much to protect children. We give lip service, and we donate small amounts of money to what we think is the problem, but we do nothing that sufficiently addresses, or resolves the issues. 

For some it is unimaginable that such heinous crimes could be done to children, but for most it is more of a "tsk,tsk" and a shaking of heads. Even for us on the front line, at some point it becomes just too much. You have to take a sabbatical to come up for air, or you just have to leave the position all together.

In our attempt to make sense out those things we cannot understand, we often throw the baby out with the bathwater. I think you are likely justified in hating some people, but don't give up on all people. Of course, this is simply the way I think about it. It is just my opinion, and we all know what that is worth. 

The hurting of a child is horrible. It should be addressed, but it is a waste of valuable time and energy, just looking at the color of the offender.

Again, just my opinion.