Why was a 13yo babysitting four younger siblings? 13 isn't a baby, but neither is it adultish. I guarantee you - I GUARANTEE - they have seen signs of this prior to now. These things DO NOT happen in a vacuum. But people see what they want to see, and they believe the best of people. I will also note that the 2yo is a half-sibling, so there's some blended family stuff going on for starters. Then the neighbors called and said a boy was over there and the parents told the neighbors to tell the boy to go home. Apparently that set the 13yo off. Reading between the lines, but it seems pretty obvious.
I so agree. I bet this type of violence had been done to the 13 year old in a lesser degree for a while. It doesn't happen in a vacuum. I was babysitting full time at 12 so I don't see anything wrong with that if you are a mature 13 year old but there probably was a hx of UNREPORTED violence to this 13 year old in the past.
1 of 4 girls / women have been victims of violence. That is sad statistics but true.
I have a special calling to work with Domestic Violence victims as I have been in 2 relationships like this in the distant past, along with growing up with a dad who did the same. Our society in general pays for all this and it's sad.
It's just horrible.
I worked in a major hospital in the late 80's and we had a girl brought to us, I worked PEDS, that was tied down with chicken wire in a closet and she was 18 years old. NOBODY knew she was even there. Even the DFACS worker who was assigned to a sibling and made home visits.
The system is broke to help this situation. We all hope that this kind of thing wouldn't happen but there are nutholes our there that keep it going.
I chose to live my life without violence and this ticked off my parents but I have no tolerance for any of it.
I wonder how she will be tried.
The legal system sucks as well usually in these cases. Alot of education needed for the legal system.
ray
Pitiful and tragic and utterly mind-boggling all the way around.