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Parents Behaving Badly

April 8th, 2007

Man travels on vacation with 2 kids in the trunk of his car

Julie sends us this story of an Oregon man traveling on vacation with his fiancée and their 4 kids, two of them (12 and 14) riding in the trunk.
Apparently this man was too cheap to rent a larger vehicle or travel in two cars. Both would have been my choice over throwing my kids […]

By joelnet -- 9 comments

August 30th, 2006

The Latest Fashion: Parents Running over Their Children with Lawn Mowers

This next story is less in the category of "placing blame", and more in the category of "Public Service Announcement". I was reading CNN.com today, and saw a link to a video clip about Isabelle Norton, a 2-year-old who received an artificial leg after her father, well, sorta kinda destroyed the flesh-and-blood one with a […]

By admin -- 5 comments

November 1st, 2005

Parents Get Three Years For Starving Child

Remember the Nickels? Yeah, I had blotted them out of my subconscious mind as well. They were found guilty of attempting to starve their daughter to death. Well, they were sentenced - and I use the term lightly - yesterday.
“I cannot allow what happened to Kayla to ever happen again if I have the ability […]

By Jason -- 2 comments

October 13th, 2005

Oregon Christian Coalition Head Accused of Molestation

Lou Beres, the head of the Oregon Christian Coalition, has stepped down from his post amid allegations that he sexually molested three female members of his family when the women were pre-teens. Beres, 70, denies the charges, of which only one is still within the six-year statute of limitations.
Beres’ nephew, Richard Galat, 41, […]

By Nicole -- 2 comments

September 29th, 2005

Milwaukie Man Found Not Guilty Of Murdering His Son

I think the problem with the justice system is the whole “jury of your peers” concept. Let’s say, for example, that you’re a registered sex offender with a history of drug and alcohol abuse and domestic violence and you’re on trial for murdering your 15-month old son. Who, by the way, died of internal bleeding […]

By Jason -- 1 comment

September 26th, 2005

Foster Parents Guilty Of Starving Child

Let’s cut to the chase, folks: Tammy and Chrisopher Nickel should be put to death. They tortured their adopted daughter to the point that she weighed 27 pounds…at ten years old. My kid is 18 months old. He weighs 28 pounds. And no, he is not big for his age.
The Nickels caught me on […]

By Jason -- 5 comments