What is wrong with people?

I seriously need to stop reading the news. Unfortunately, I am a news junkie.

There was a story just the other day about a 7 year old (that's D's age!!!) who was locked in a coffin in the basement to sleep. He was also duct taped to a chair. The house was infested with bugs, and has since been condemned. What the hell??? How do you justify doing that to your child? There are countless stories out there right now about "parents" doing this stuff to their kids. I can't even call them parents. They don't deserve that title.

A mother strangled her daughter for refusing to take a bath and throwing a 2 hour tantrum. Ok, yeah, parenting is hard and it sucks at time. But you don't kill your child over it. Stick em in their room til the tantrum stops. If they are hurting themselves, remove everything, so THEY are safe. There are ways to combat it that don't involve strangling your child. I hate to judge, but ya know, yeah, I'm judging.

It just breaks my heart to see children seen as worthless "things". They are our future. And before I break into a Whitney Houston song, I'll leave it at that. We need to pray for the kids of this world. That they grow up with love and hope and light in their lives.