| The Growing Problem of violent women:o Lisa | | | | get his toy, it is not entirely unexpected. However, |
| Montgomery took the baby from the womb of | | | | when a 23 year old strikes another mother to get |
| another young mother in 2004.o Lashaun Harris killed | | | | what she wants, it is less expected and understood. |
| her three children by tossing them into the bay on | | | | The 23 year old is expected to be at a more mature |
| October 19, 2005.o Shannon Torrez, 36, cut a young | | | | level of development. A three year old is not likely to |
| mother's throat and kidnapped her new born baby on | | | | kill another child intentionally. When a woman kills |
| September 15, 2006.o Tiffany Hall is suspected of | | | | another person, it goes beyond all comprehension. |
| killing a pregnant mother and her baby by cutting | | | | Instrumental killing (for a purpose) of another person |
| open her womb and taking the, as yet, unborn child | | | | that is not a part of a legal duty or self defense |
| on September 15, 2006. She may have also killed the | | | | requires that you have little or no caring or empathy |
| other three children of the mother she killed. | | | | for other people. This requires a lack of attachment |
| ***** | | | | to other humans. |
| What would drive women to this point? What can | | | | What is Attachment? Attachment is the deep |
| make them so desperate that they see no other | | | | emotional and physical bond between humans. The |
| way to solve their problems or get their needs met? | | | | basis for it begins in infancy between mother and |
| Is a failure of logic? Of empathy? Of compassion? | | | | child. Anything that disrupts that bonding process |
| Ethics? Failure to see things from another person's | | | | (abuse, neglect, violence, abandonment, mental illness |
| point of view? A failure of what we have come to | | | | or substance abuse of the mother that is untreated) |
| believe is womanhood? | | | | can result in disrupted attachment patterns of the |
| What could have happened to make women not | | | | child's development. This results in disregarding the |
| possess the characteristics that make us human? | | | | rights and feelings of others. On the other hand, |
| The development of the ability to see things from | | | | activities and events that support healthy attachment |
| another person's point of view, soothe oneself, solve | | | | and interpersonal bonding will sustain the ability to |
| problems, have appropriate interpersonal skills | | | | recognize and respect the rights, needs and feelings |
| (reciprocity and empathy), and care for another | | | | of others. |
| person come early in the sequence of human | | | | What needs to be done? Our social service, mental |
| development. If during those critical times, something | | | | health, juvenile justice, education, legal, early |
| internal or in the environment interferes with normal | | | | childhood, and faith based services must coordinate |
| development of these skills and characteristics, and | | | | and extend appropriate services to all youth at risk. |
| corrective developmental experiences are not | | | | A child that is not well cared for is a child at risk to |
| provided, a young person or adult may remain at an | | | | not be kind to others and worse. The symptoms of |
| earlier stage of development and their ability to | | | | disrupted attachment can be seen very early and |
| interact with the world may be deviant to a greater | | | | should be addressed as soon as possible. Corrective |
| or lesser degree. | | | | developmental experiences, skill building, mental |
| What are the conditions that interfere with the | | | | health, and positive bonding experiences are needed. |
| development of skills and our ability to relate to | | | | Child well being is directly linked to the amount of |
| others? Brain damage or neurological impairment can | | | | money a jurisdiction spends on child and family |
| be associated with the inability to relate to other | | | | services. We must make a commitment to the |
| people appropriately. This can come from genetics, | | | | welfare of the children and families of the world, |
| illness, injury, and pathological caregiving in infancy. | | | | financially, programatically and as an ideal. If we don't, |
| Child abuse, neglect, exposure to violence, and loss | | | | the US will continue to have one of the highest |
| of a parent without adequate substitute caregivers | | | | violence rates in the world. We know the questions. |
| can interfere with normal development. Pathological | | | | We know the answers, but we cannot seem to fully |
| child care due to untreated or inadequately treated | | | | commit to carry them out. It is not just more money |
| mental illness and/or substance abuse of the parents | | | | that is needed, there are paradigm shifts and |
| can interfere with the child's development. This may | | | | adjustments of priorities also need to be made. |
| leave young people in an earlier stage of personal, | | | | These are probably harder to achieve than more |
| interpersonal, reasoning, and moral development than | | | | money. Therefore we will continue to see these |
| would be expected by their age. | | | | awful reports on the news. |
| If a two or three year old punches another child to | | | | |