Parents of starving kids get 7 years

[sussex]

As a fostercarer, with children (2 out of 6) in my care that were treated as the children were in the Sheffield case.

I feel that I must add to this thread, comments that were said by my foster kids, as they saw the news item.

 

"That was just like our old home"

"Are they safe like us now?"

"Why did our parents NOT go to prison?, they should have"

 

(and what brought a tear to my eye was)

 

"I hope those kids have a new mum and dad like we do, a mum and dad that shows us we are loved."

[vidster]

Good on you sussex .

 

Welcome to the forum but i thought i had seen your name on here before?.

Are you a member of any pc tweaking forums?

[Abdul]

Originally posted by ianmitchell

Surely if they have been abused they are not going to want to carry on with the "tradition".

 

I'm not so sure. I think that someone who is abused could abuse others. Sadly, that is often the only way they know of resolving situations (eg, hitting a crying child instead of comforting them).

 

And you will always get the odd parent saying "I were slapped round t'ead when I were a lad an' it never did me any 'arm"

 

Note to the hang 'em & flog 'em brigade - I'm not trying to find excuses for the parents, nor am I saying that all abused children turn into abusers; I'm only providing my opinion to Bloomdido's question.

 

My thanks to you all

[MovingOn]

Apparently there was no history of mental problems in the case so there was no excuse for the way these people behaved towards their young offspring.

 

It's saddening to think that in this day and age, there are children who are clearly unwanted by their parents, especially when there are so many people who can't have children.

 

The really sickening thing is these people will no doubt be released in 3 and a half years, with good behaviour and start procreating all over again.

[Titian]

Originally posted by MovingOn

Apparently there was no history of mental problems in the case so there was no excuse for the way these people behaved towards their young offspring.

 

It's saddening to think that in this day and age, there are children who are clearly unwanted by their parents, especially when there are so many people who can't have children.

 

The really sickening thing is these people will no doubt be released in 3 and a half years, with good behaviour and start procreating all over again.

 

I don't think they will be allowed to procreate. As far as I am aware the law will require them to be sterilised.

[tattoo]

I read it in the star last night.This man & woman fed themselves , they even fed the sodding gioldfish but not their own children.They knew what they were doing, no excuses for them.What i dont understand is this:any child under the age of 5 is supposed to be seen by the health worker,especially under the age of 1 for their jabs, haering tests. weight etc,etc,.I cant understand why the health visitor didnt pick up on this one.Also anybody going into the house & seeing these poor kids should have known something was very wrong.The babysitter could have spoken out.And it took a child of 8 to convince her mum to get an ambulance cause she thought her little brother had died?.And it turns out that this woman happened to be pregnant again and has an abortion while in prison on remand.Doe she think (dont matter if one dies i can soon have another?) it makes you wonder doesnt it?

This one is beyond belief to me, i cant get my head round it.And i cant think of a punishment bad enough for these rotten ,evil, low life B******S.

[Titian]

Originally posted by tattoo

I read it in the star last night.This man & woman fed themselves , they even fed the sodding gioldfish but not their own children.They knew what they were doing, no excuses for them.What i dont understand is this:any child under the age of 5 is supposed to be seen by the health worker,especially under the age of 1 for their jabs, haering tests. weight etc,etc,.I cant understand why the health visitor didnt pick up on this one.Also anybody going into the house & seeing these poor kids should have known something was very wrong.The babysitter could have spoken out.And it took a child of 8 to convince her mum to get an ambulance cause she thought her little brother had died?.And it turns out that this woman happened to be pregnant again and has an abortion while in prison on remand.Doe she think (dont matter if one dies i can soon have another?) it makes you wonder doesnt it?

This one is beyond belief to me, i cant get my head round it.And i cant think of a punishment bad enough for these rotten ,evil, low life B******S.

 

It isn't compulsory that a child see a health worker under the age of 5. My daughter hasn't seen one to be wieghed etc. So I woiuldn't say that the health workers are at fault. I do wonder if the children attended school though as it is compulsory to report concerns there.

[Ned Ludd]

Originally posted by bonny

I don't think they will be allowed to procreate. As far as I am aware the law will require them to be sterilised.

Unfortunately not true. There's nothing to stop them being released and starting again (except any babies would now be taken into care by the authorities) This pair should forfeit the right to have more children.

You wonder what sort of families these people come from. They had their first kiddie when they were both 15 and they've hardly missed a year since.

Apparently their previous house was left with s*** streaked walls and floors and urine all over the kitchen. prresumably this must be a common occurence as the Council clearly did not investigate how the house came to be left in such a state.

[niko007]

I agree they should be both sterilised

 

And i expect they are gonna be very popular in the nick

[tattoo]

I am noy saying the health visitor was at fault, all babies need their jabs ,plus the usual assesments that health visitors are supposed to do (the hearing test at nine month, booster jabs at 10 months).How did they manage to avoid this?

I found the whole thing deeply disturbing,cant begin to imagine what those poor kids went through.I am jusy hoping & praying that these kids are young enough to be able to get through it all without too much physical & emotional damage.

 

All children are precious and deserve to be loved, kept warm, fed and be protected by their parents, not treated like dirt.Its just so disturbing that any human being can do this to thier own children,while taking care of a goldfish.Can anybody out there make sense of that one cause i sure as hell cant.