On Oct. 21, 2010, I discovered a story about a man who sprayed a two-month old baby with pepper spray. The reports say the man and the mother of the baby were having an argument, when he decided to whip out the pepper spray, and spray it - somehow it hit the wall next to the baby and it landed it the baby's left eye.
This whole situation is completely messed up. For one, why are they arguing in front of a two-month old baby? Babies pick up everything, and continuously arguing in front one cannot be healthy for is mentality, nor it's mood. When a baby is around panic and stress, it WILL cry.
Second of all, why the hell does the guy have pepper spray? Was the argument so intense that he felt like he needed to protect himself from the mother...by spraying her with pepper spray? Not only is it bad to be arguing in front of a baby, causing the baby's mother physical harm is just as bad. What a great guy. At least he didn't smack her across the face...
Gregory Tate, pictured above, is charged of one count of child endangerment. He should also be charged with attempted domestic abuse. There was obviously a reason he pulled out the pepper spray, whether I believe he meant to cause harm to the baby is one thing, but even having it visible midst an argument is also questionable.
But this isn't the only instance of poor judgment while around a baby. A few weeks ago, I took noticed about a story on Gawker about a couple who duct taped their 22-month old to a wall, as well as his sippy cup so that it was out of reach when he wasn't taped to the wall..
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What kind of people are getting pregnant and being allowed to keep their children? Well one, the mother, who is 18 by the way - I don't even want to begin on the issue of teenagers getting knocked up - and the father of the baby were high. It's people like this that give marijuana a bad name. Though I am not admitting to have ever been under the influence of marijuana, it's not that harmless of a drug, and causes just as poor judgment as those who are drunk.
Back to the point of the story, these parents are by far not suited to be guardians of another human being - ever. This wasn't even a form of punishment for the kid, he didn't even do anything to deserve a form of punishment, and even if he had, this twisted sort of abuse is never okay. The parents just thought it was funny to tape their child to the wall. A friend of the teen was the one who turned her into the cops after seeing the photos. A friend! Thank God she has friends who aren't idiots.
The couple was sentenced to jail time - the mother, Jayla Hamm, was sentence to 10 days in jail and two years' probation and must have state supervision when with her child. Her boyfriend received a longer jail time, 36 - 60 months, in jail for separate charges of burglary and possession of a firearm.
I just can't believe she has custody of the child, hopefully if something like this ever happens again, the child should be turned over to child services or its grandparents at the very least.
Back to the point of the story, these parents are by far not suited to be guardians of another human being - ever. This wasn't even a form of punishment for the kid, he didn't even do anything to deserve a form of punishment, and even if he had, this twisted sort of abuse is never okay. The parents just thought it was funny to tape their child to the wall. A friend of the teen was the one who turned her into the cops after seeing the photos. A friend! Thank God she has friends who aren't idiots.
The couple was sentenced to jail time - the mother, Jayla Hamm, was sentence to 10 days in jail and two years' probation and must have state supervision when with her child. Her boyfriend received a longer jail time, 36 - 60 months, in jail for separate charges of burglary and possession of a firearm.
I just can't believe she has custody of the child, hopefully if something like this ever happens again, the child should be turned over to child services or its grandparents at the very least.
This makes me so incredibly sad. There are people who deserve children who will never get them and there are people who don't who somehow keep reproducing and do crap like this. It's sickening.
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