How does anybody hate a little five-year-old boy and do such grievous harm to him? What monsters are these people who were supposed to love and protect that little guy?
Rest in peace, little one. They can’t hurt you any more.
Lord, have mercy.
Maybe they didn’t hate him, they ‘loved’ him... for his adrenochrome.
Monsters.
My husband and I had very strict rules on spanking: only swats on the bottom, no more than 3 swats, only as a last resort, and never swat before the age of 2 years old.
My children only received one spanking each as kids.
The only time I ever broke that rule was when my oldest, at 12 years old, got mouthy infront of his friend. I smacked him in the face and then politely told his friend to head home. My son was shocked.
At 13, he was almost 6 inches taller and decided he wasn’t afraid of mom anymore. Again, he got mouthy. This time my husband came in. “She is my wife! You do not speak to my wife that way!”
That got him back in line quickly.
Unless you raise a child from birth, you don’t know what they have been through, what will trigger them, what is going on in their little minds. Children require love, patience, guidance, security, and consistency. For traumatized children, that need is tenfold.
The last thing they need is to be beaten to death.
God, hold this little boy close.