| It was recently reported by a reporter of the | | | | risk for abuse anymore, but the young boys as |
| Associated Press, January 31, 2008, that a | | | | well. Sometimes it is much better to 'tough |
| 10-year old girl gave birth in Cincinnati. As | | | | things out' rather than rush into another |
| a mother this news turned my stomach and got | | | | difficult relationship that produces result |
| me so mad, I just had to write a note to all | | | | like this horrible one reported here. No |
| you adults out there. The prosecutors in | | | | young child should have to go through this. |
| Cincinnati suspected the boyfriend of the | | | | |
| young girl's mother to be the baby's father; | | | | Who do I blame here? Without knowing the |
| a 40-year old who is now in jail on another | | | | mother's full situation, it is hard to blame |
| charge. My goodness this mother did pick a | | | | her totally. However, especially as mothers, |
| good one eh! | | | | we have to talk to our children and encourage |
| | | | them to confide in us. How could my partner |
| The question today is: What is happening in | | | | abused my young child under my roof and I did |
| our homes? Do we know were our children are | | | | not know about it? We have to be like the FBI |
| and what they are doing or who they are with? | | | | in our homes. Find it before any other |
| Do we know the people we are bringing into | | | | individual do. I know it is popular in some |
| our homes? Are we allowing too much privacy | | | | North American homes for parents to give too |
| without parental control and monitoring? | | | | much privacy to children, but I believe |
| | | | firmly this should not be so. We must know |
| Moms and Dads, please think twice before you | | | | what is going on in our homes and our |
| walk out that door away from your family. | | | | children's lives! In the school and church or |
| Think about the welfare of your children and | | | | any where we send our children, we must know |
| make an effort to work things out before you | | | | what is going on and who they are with. If |
| throw in the towel. I am not encouraging you | | | | not the possibility of trouble is just too |
| to stay in abusive, destructive | | | | high. |
| relationships, but a lot of times couples | | | | |
| close the door without thinking twice about | | | | CONCLUSION: Just remember as the saying goes, |
| their commitment to children or the vows they | | | | "it takes a village to raise a child". |
| made. | | | | Essentially what that means is: teachers, |
| | | | social workers, health care workers, |
| Women be careful who you get involved with | | | | preachers, neighbors, friends, family, |
| and be a better judge of character. Give | | | | everyone, we have to be on the look out for |
| yourself some time before you bring these | | | | the children in our care and around us. We |
| individuals into your homes and around your | | | | have to be our brother's keeper in that way, |
| children. As the old saying goes, "take time | | | | no child will be left behind! |
| to know him, it's not an overnight thing". | | | | |
| Remember it's not just the young girls at | | | | . |