'Incorrigible' 10-year-old arrested at mom's insistence(Florida)

St Pete Times ^ | 07/06/2006 | Mallory Simon

[Froufrou]

It doesn't say male friend. Still, I don't see how she'll be any less afraid when the boy is released to her care in a month. If anything, she should be more afraid.

[70times7]

This kid has a future in law enforcement

And if not he sure has a future with law enforcement... the police, the DA, the guards, the parole officers, and police again, etc. then one day perhaps the govenor, national grid, 6' vertical pinewood derby, lowly worm...

[twigs]

Without knowing more about the case, I disagree. She needs help and so does this child. It's obviously more than she can do alone. Maybe with some intervention now, a delinquent can be prevented. Unconditional love does not mean turning a blind eye. It means discipline... maybe the kind provided by the state. It just depends...

[VeritatisSplendor]

I think some people are just born psychopaths - I went to school with one who was adopted as a baby and raised all right as far as anyone knew. After several escalating incidents, he went "away" after squirting acid into a pet rabbit's eyes.

It may not be the parents' fault. It does make me wonder what God was thinking.

Mrs VS

[Mark was here]

Give me 30 days with him.

His mindset is all ready cast for life, there is nothing any one can do unless he wants to change on his own.

[Trueblackman]

Maybe his mother should have stopped being a whimp along time ago and used one of these, seem to work for my parents and many others I knew!!!

[Red Badger]

40 years ago, this was my family. My younger brother was exactly the same way. He has spent most of his life in trouble with the law, and has been in prison and jail and juvenile halls. Nothing works. He's now 50 and still the same...........

[Froufrou]

If that's all she can afford, then that's her only recourse. But, foster homes are very often the source of more problems, truthfully.

[Red Badger]

Didn't work for my brother. Beatings, jail, prison. Nothing worked. 50 years old and still the same as when he was 10........

[Bob]

She said her son began beating her at age 6 with a Nerf baseball bat that had a metal rod inside.

And she put up with that????

He was probably totally undisciplined long before age 6 and, as he's been growing older, he's just been escalating his behavior. Bad behavior that's left uncorrected fosters even worse behavior.

[ravingnutter]

To which I reply...

Please note: single-minded, all the hallmarks of a judgemental person with a wide paint brush gone wrong.

The child is mentally ill...been there, done that, lost my T-shirt keeping mine in institutions.

[This Just In]

Beating mother at six years of age. Threatening language("kill or slit her throat during the night), etc.

Quite a history which the general public is unaware of all the details. Tragic, and I'm afraid 21 days won't rehabilitate ten years worth of an unhealthy home life.

[dmz]

Can you use your telepathic powers to determine why she is a single mom? My wife's first hubby walked out because he didn't care to be a dad anymore (his loss my gain, 2 great kids). My mom was a single mom 'cuz dad died of leukemia (I was 5).

Not all single moms are single moms by choice.

[calex59]

Sounds to me like the mother is to blame for his actions and is now trying to make the state take responsibility for disciplining her son. Your child is hitting you at age six and you can't do anything about it? What kind of parent is that?

She has failed to discipline him and let this escalate now the nanny state is expected to do the job!

[GSlob]

"30 days and lithium treament.. the boy seems psychotic. "
Large enemas every 30 minutes - 1 week will be enough, at most two.

[TheDon]

All quite true. In this boy's case, we will never know if a good father and mother could have saved him from the life he is pursuing.

[MineralMan]

"Not all single moms are single moms by choice. "

That's something that's frequently forgotten here, I'm afraid. It sounds to me like this kid is a born psychopath. He's going to either end up institutionalized his entire life or dead.

I'd be willing to bet on it.

[Froufrou]

Thanks for pointing that out. And there are times when being single is better than staying with the wrong man.

[Old Professer]

I'm sure that the kid will come back home all fixed and ready to chip in with the chores, like maybe woodcutting or fire-building.

[DoctorMichael]

This kid needs a few good ass whuppins...with the bat.

I dated a divorced woman with an 'incorrigible' daughter (an overdeveloped 14 year old that was into leather Boostiers [ala Madonna], Rave parties, Gothic rock bands, and swearing like a truck driver [no offence meant to truck drivers]). The woman finally took some 'action' over the lil' darlings behavior by grounding her and the daughter had her mom arrested for CHILD ABUSE and lied about being beaten.

Remember: Hillary and others have come out in favor of 'Children's Rights' as opposed to 'Parental Rights' wherein there is an assumption of guilt of the adult. It takes a village, ie. society has an interest in the manner in which the child is reared and supercedes the wishes of the parent.

This mom may have been at her wits end.

{{There were also veiled threats made to yours truly by the lil' dear. I bailed out of the relationship rather than tempt the retribution of an out-of-control little girl.}}