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Understanding or stone thrower?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 283265" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Understanding intent is good but it does not resolve one of personal responsibility for the act of harm on an innocent. I understand that there are many instances where a parent is unprepared for the rigors of a difficult child and parenthood or they have a history of abuse. I have sympathy but it is still not an excuse. We can't control who has children or how many or how young but we can deal out consequences for harming another. </p><p></p><p>Comparisons to the animal kingdom is right on, in my humble opinion. I tend to see behaviors in difficult children that are a little less evolved or civilized. Looking at animals helps in understanding. There are so many times the male who comes in hurts the children. Yet often the step father is good, kind, hard working man but we don't read about them. We don't read about the good stepmom who tries hard to make a home for a stepchild. We only have the horror stories to go on. Being a step parent is one of the most difficult roles to take on if you intend to do it right. It's pretty much thankless because everyone is scrutinizing your childrearing, homemaking, work history and moral character. </p><p></p><p>This man who destroyed this young child is a vicious sociopath and regardless of his personality disorder has to pay the consequence for this horrendous crime. Death or life in prison doesn't matter to me if life means life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 283265, member: 3"] Understanding intent is good but it does not resolve one of personal responsibility for the act of harm on an innocent. I understand that there are many instances where a parent is unprepared for the rigors of a difficult child and parenthood or they have a history of abuse. I have sympathy but it is still not an excuse. We can't control who has children or how many or how young but we can deal out consequences for harming another. Comparisons to the animal kingdom is right on, in my humble opinion. I tend to see behaviors in difficult children that are a little less evolved or civilized. Looking at animals helps in understanding. There are so many times the male who comes in hurts the children. Yet often the step father is good, kind, hard working man but we don't read about them. We don't read about the good stepmom who tries hard to make a home for a stepchild. We only have the horror stories to go on. Being a step parent is one of the most difficult roles to take on if you intend to do it right. It's pretty much thankless because everyone is scrutinizing your childrearing, homemaking, work history and moral character. This man who destroyed this young child is a vicious sociopath and regardless of his personality disorder has to pay the consequence for this horrendous crime. Death or life in prison doesn't matter to me if life means life. [/QUOTE]
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