Community Chat

[Marp]

It is mind boggling that a six-year-old child would be so violent.  Unfortunately I have read a number of reports in the past couple of weeks of young children (pre to very early teen) killing siblings and other family members. 

Open spoiler or link with caution.

Spoiler

A Florida woman has been charged after police say her young son beat his newborn sister to death.

News outlets report 62-year-old Kathleen Marie Steele was arrested Thursday on an aggravated manslaughter of a child charge.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gulatieri says that on Monday, Steele went to a cellphone repair business in St. Petersburg and left her children in the car — the infant, a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old.

While Steele was inside the business, the baby began crying. Gulatieri says the 6-year-old began beating the baby to make her stop.

The baby, who was born July 26 and also named Kathleen Steele, was pronounced dead that evening. An autopsy showed the girl sustained head trauma and had multiple skull fractures.

It's unclear if Steele has an attorney.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mother-charged-son-beats-newborn-sister-death-41324777

[violann]

Children are not small adults, and should not be treated as such, nor should they be entrusted with adult responsibilities.

Common sense, in short supply at present.

[lolakimono]

Are we sure this wasn't the grandmother?

A 62 year old has an infant, a three year old, and a six year old?

[January121]

How very sad .... the article states that mother is 62 years old ... how did a 62 year old have a baby on July 26th? ... this mother is at fault for leaving small children alone in a car & the 6 year old that beat the infant needs lots of therapy now & in the future! 

[lenapecci]

This is a sad story. First that three children were left in a car.  Then what happened to the infant. 

Is she the mother?  If she is 62 yrs old?  Is the age transposed? 

[Marp]

The link in the spoiler is to a much more detailed accounting of events surrounding the infant and about the mother.

Open link with a great deal of caution.  It is descriptive and beyond disturbing.

Spoiler

http://www.wkbw.com/news/national/pcso-boy-brutally-kills-his-infant-sister-mother-arrested

[Mominohio]

If this article is correct (age of mother, could be wrong or could be grandmother?) and this six year old did in fact do this, there is something terribly wrong, as there would have been signs way before this, of this child's violent tendencies.

I see young children on occasion with violent, destructive and hateful behavior, and parents ignoring them. There is a distinct difference between bratty or tantrums and the kind of acting out that leads to something like this. And it doesn't just come out of nowhere, there are signs of it, and it builds in intensity as they continue to get away with the behavior. 

What a horribly sad situation.

[lenapecci]

This story gets worse. This woman is crazy. I hope there is some help for the other two children. 

[Mominohio]

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@Marp wrote:

The link in the spoiler is to a much more detailed accounting of events surrounding the infant and about the mother.

Open link with a great deal of caution.  It is descriptive and beyond disturbing.

Spoiler

http://www.wkbw.com/news/national/pcso-boy-brutally-kills-his-infant-sister-mother-arrested

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This link provides much more detail and opens the conversation up to much more focus to the issues with the mother. 

I just don't even begin to know where to start on this one.

[Marianne1]

So many red flags, missed