WEEK 7 EOC:

I think the child protective laws concern me the most because these are innocent victims who can’t control what happens to them and protect their well being. I am constantly saddened by news of yet another child abused, abandoned, sexually molested, child trafficking, teenage pregnancy or even those kids who get themselves in trouble along the way due to the way they were raised. When you watch the news and see two murdered kids lying on the floor and their drunken parents being arrested, how does that make you feel? Then as the story progress you find that Child Protective Services has been out to the home several times and the Parents have this long list of criminal charges that clearly states how misfit they really are. I am beyond mortified and to say it lightly pissed as to how we as society constantly keep dropping the ball. Where are the laws protecting the welfare of our kids? If they are in place why are we not using them to avoid these tragic situations? The latest epidemic of abuse is obesity in our youth. I think that is just as much abuse to overfeed your kids as it is the beat them. You are lining them up for a future of health problems, self esteem issues along with social issues which sure will take them down. How can you explain that you had nothing to do with your six year old weighing in over 100 pounds or more….that’s crazy? This is unbelievable to me as to how this is occurring everyday and we are contributing to the problem and not the solution. I think that if I had to pick a topic then it will definitely be children because they are our future!!!