A Child Called It

Hi folks! I'm terribly behind again....this week it's something new, which I'll post about soon.

But I'm still playing catch up from the last time I got behind in blogland.... I had read the book, A CHILD CALLED IT by Dave Pelzer. My sister is going for nursing and was urged to read it, and I had to borrow it. Read it in a few hours.

The book put me in a funk and I just didn't feel like blogging. Internet time was spent reading more about the author, whom the book is about.
As a young boy he was terribly abused by his mother. Abuse you wouldn't even think of. It was said to have been the 3rd worse case in CA in the 70's, and gee... I'd hate to know what the other two were!

What bothers me most about his story (besides what he went through), is that I don't believe the mother was insane. Sure, she had to have had some mental issues to do the things she did.... but everything she did was pre-meditated. She would wait till the rest of the family was gone to act out her horrific games. She was never convicted of any crime either. It also ticks me off that some people do not believe his story.

Even tho Dave Pelzer's story brought me down, I am not sorry I read it. It makes you more aware of what could be going on in a child's life. I feel I'd know more of what to look for if I suspected abuse. You can read more about Dave here.

I get infuriated quite often out in public, just viewing different parenting, or lack there of. I was in the fabric store a few weeks ago and there was a baby girl in a stroller, probably 9 months old or so. Cried bloody murder thru the place for what seemed an eternity. The mother and (I assume) grandmother did nothing, telling her to shut up.
No toys. No bottle or snack. No attention. No compassion.
She was crying SO hard she was choking. I finally went over and started to coo at the baby... smiling at her, talking baby talk... she stopped crying immediately~ her eyes lit up and she smiled. Her face was incredibly red and splotchy. I just wanted to smack these two stupid women. And I guess they were embarrassed that I came over. One of the things I asked the baby was "are you getting toofers?" They're like no, she ain't teething, she just likes to scream for nothing. UGH!! Babies do NOT scream for NOTHING. We may not always know the problem or understand WHY, but they do not cry like THAT for no reason.

They left the store and I watched them. I was going to see what they did when they got in the car. But alas, they didn't go to their car, they kept walking around the strip mall. I can't help but wonder how they treat her at home.

Ok, so enough of all that. Heather told me it might help to blog about it, and it has. So thank you for reading!