I am deeply saddened by the case of Baby P. , the 17-month toddler in UK, who died after a year of abuse from his mother, her boyfriend and a lodger at her home. How could doctors who examined him across all these months fail to detect the bruises, broken ribs, cuts, nappy rash etc?!! How could social workers who visited the home, often covered with faeces and in complete disarray, declare that they are content with the protection plan for the toddler? What about neighbors, didn’t they ever wonder why a baby should be in blood-stained clothes??? There are a couple of whistle-blowers along the way, who saw that the poor baby was dying at his mother’s hands, but the society is so into political correctness and bureaucracy that nothing could be done. As one news article says, this case is a good example that mothers do not always know best.
How could a mother inflict such harm, to her own baby and allow others to do the same??? How could anyone human even think of inflicting harm on any baby, whether one’s own or not??? It’s a worse evil is to smear the baby with chocolate to hide his wounds.
It’s a sad sad world. I hope there can be more whistle-blowers and busybodies, who are not afraid of trouble.
Not everyone is fit to be a parent. Sometimes, we need to see to it that such people have their babies taken away from them to a place with better care.
