Outrage as parents cage twin boys (5) for four years

[ZKaudio]

maybe they couldn't afford a playpen?

 

[fistfullofsteel]

poor or not, throw the freaking book at them.

 

[ZKaudio]

spatts lol that was a joke. I would never put a child in a cage

 

[Lestat]

that is fucked

 

[Hannibal]

To give you a frame of reference, my 3 year old is just shy of 4 feet tall (the size of their cages), 50 pounds, talks a mile a minute, he's reading a little bit, is pretty good at basic addition and subtraction, and it breaks his heart if he makes me lunch and I don't sit down to eat with him right away. He has a killer broom-stick speed bench, likes to play his violin (even though it sounds awful for now), he's been potty trained for a year and a half, and starts kindergarten next week.

That's my buddy....

As for the "people that managed to reproduce" (they aren't parents)...there aren't words.

 

[velvett]

What makes you say that they were poor?

It didn't say that anywhere - did it?

 

[Y_lifter]

The absolute worst part of this story is that apparantly child protective services knew or had a report of the exact activity
going on in this house almost 2 years earlier and did nothing.

No Investigation was ever even done.

 

[SV2]

They both need a severe beating.. Jailing them is not justice enough.. they need to be beaten to a pulp.

 

[velvett]

Poor or not, there's no excuse.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[bigschweeler]

The absolute worst part of this story is that apparantly child protective services knew or had a report of the exact activity
going on in this house almost 2 years earlier and did nothing.

No Investigation was ever even done.

This happened locally in Phoenix where I am.

There has been a big push by our new governor to reform CPS, and this issue is a great example of how CPS needs to change.

It's a fairly difficult issue for a state like Arizona that is traditionally conservative. I think most of us would agree that it isn't the state's business how we choose to raise our children, but then idiots like these two can torture and confine their kids. The children can't even speak!! They can only whimper and use sounds, but don't know either English or Spanish.

So the real question is how to balance a parent's right to privacy and self-determination for their children with prevention of atrocities like this.