Mother uses cigarette to brand daughter

[4Life]

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A West Virginia mother used a burning cigarette to write the word "wimp" on the neck of her 6-year-old daughter after the child tripped, police allege

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/23/Mother_accused_of_scarring_wimp_daughter/UPI-27681227463372/

[incidentally]

Oh..NO! Dear God.

:(

[i4doors]

wth? what is wrong with this "mom"?

[Amy]

:rose::rose::rose:for the little girl. I do pray that the foster parents are better than her mother, and than the ones whose stories we read about.

[Amy S.]

How do you hold a six year old down to be able to do that? Did the mom act alone?

I am volunteering to give this woman a taste of her own medicine and the word will be a lot longer than wimp. How about "child abuser?"

[museumgirl]

I'm assuming that if you're going to brand your child, this isn't the first time this child has suffered at the hands of her mother and I'm sure the punishment for NOT sitting still would have been worse and something this child was well aware of. Hopefully, they can treat this childs wounds and possibly they will not be as visible to the outside world as they always will be to the child.

[MidnightBlu]

I agree with the poster that said that this was probably not the first time that the child was abused.

How can people be this sick?

[wasapi]

She "faces 75 years in prison if convicted of all 10 counts."

Oh, please let that be her sentence. And please, let her be in the general population with inmates who will show her what it's like being labeled a wimp. Let her live in fear every hour of every day, knowing that at any minute another inmate will use her as their personal ash tray to stub their lit cigarettes out.

She can always look forward to being released when she's 118 years old.

[Amy]

She "faces 75 years in prison if convicted of all 10 counts."

Oh, please let that be her sentence. And please, let her be in the general population with inmates who will show her what it's like being labeled a wimp. Let her live in fear every hour of every day, knowing that at any minute another inmate will use her as their personal ash tray to stub their lit cigarettes out.

She can always look forward to being released when she's 118 years old.

That sounds about right. I'm betting her six year old daughter lived in fear every hour of every day (except perhaps while she was @ school) knowing that @ any minute her mother would erupt on her, causing her bodily and mental harm---SEVERE bodily and mental harm. So, let mom live a life like that.

[BobbysGirl]

OMG

HOW HORRIBLE! The poor girl. I am glad she is alive. But, the scars inside will last forever. I pray that a good family takes her and have surgery to move the word. Good counseling and a loving family, she may lead a somewhat normal live.

As for the mother..........hope she......never mind. No words printable.

God Bless that child :rose: