I agree with a lot of what you said. It is horrific what some kids are put thru. |
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Thug toddler's 16 year old mother speaks out:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/10/us/nebraska-swearing-toddler/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 "He had a clean diaper, the house was clean and like they said, kids curse, every kid does it," the mother told CNN affiliate KETV in an exclusive interview. CNN does not identify juveniles in such stories. The mother is 16. "He's a smart little boy. All that cussing that he did, he doesn't do that," she said. "Somebody told him to do that. My son doesn't do that. I don't allow it." She said a friend of her brother filmed the video while she was in another room. "He was wrong for doing that ... posting the video up and getting us into this situation," she said. "Everybody that thinks I'm a bad mother, I'm not. I'm a good mother to my son. I teach him a lot. He's very smart." The child and his mother are in protective custody for safety reasons. Court records obtained by the affiliate show the toddler was among five injured in October when shots were fired at a home. The boy and his mother have been relocated by the state in the past over gang activity fears, according to the affiliate. |
| Yeah, of course the mother is 16. |
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http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/new-details-surface-in-toddler-cursing-video/-/9674510/23853822/-/10t0lqhz/-/index.html
In a petition obtained by KETV NewsWatch 7, a social worker contracted with the state notes adult relatives of the toddler repeatedly allowed known gang members into their home and full access to the minor children there, even after the state paid twice to help the family relocate due to fears of gang activity. The petition also noted that the toddler was one of five injured in October when someone fired shots through the front door of a home. In December, the toddler's grandmother, Kimberly Devers, was arrested on weapons charges. Police said a family gathering also included five firearms in the house where children were present. With Devers in jail, Kierra Johnson, 19, was left to care for the toddler and three other children. Two days before the video went viral on Facebook, authorities said Johnson went to a caseworker to report she was having trouble with a relative who originally posted the video. The evidence was apparently enough for state caseworkers to remove the children from the home. The supervising social worker noted Johnson has been provided family support, case management, community referrals and financial support. The supervisor argued -- due to the persistent and pervasive pattern of concerning behavior and gang-related affiliation -- it is an immediate and urgent necessity to remove the children from Johnson's care. The toddler and his 16-year-old mother, Ennisha Devers, are in state care, along with her 12- and 15-year-old siblings. Johnson's baby is also in protective custody. Ennisha Devers spoke exclusively with KETV NewsWatch 7’s Dave Roberts, saying she is a good mother and is not raising another gang member. Ennisha Devers said police came to the home because there was a history of gang violence there. “They didn't come because the video. They came because of the gang violence and everything that happened with us,” she said. “They weren't worried about the video because he had a clean diaper. The house was clean. Like they said, kids cuss.” The 16-year-old mother is not living with her son but gets to see him. She will find out Monday if she and her son can be placed in the same foster home. She hopes what people see online doesn’t haunt her family forever. “It hurts, it does,” she said. Read more: http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/new-details-surface-in-toddler-cursing-video/-/9674510/23853822/-/10t0lqhz/-/index.html#ixzz2q0dbPFrp |
I hope the toddler and the mother, who is still a child herself, can get the services and guidance that they need. Sad, Sad, Sad! |
I agree. I was shocked at what she said. All kids cuss. And she honestly didn't seem to think anything was wrong - except for the fact it was recorded. At first I was appalled, and then realized she didn't know any better. This is the world she has lived in her entire life. I wanted to reach out to her and explain, all toddlers do not cuss. This is not normal. |
I agree, that's her "normal". I hope she can break away and make a new start and stop this cycle (exactly the cycle the police spoke about when they posted that video). My son called me out the other day for staying "that's stupid". He was like, Mom! That's not a nice word! You shouldn't say that! lol, I already watch my language really well around him, but now I need to remember not to say "stupid".
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| And the cycle repeats. |
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She was 13 when she had him. That alone is horrifying. What kind of a creep has sex with a 13 yr old?
Don't answer, pls. That was a rhetorical question. |
Maybe a 13 year old boy? My 13 year old cousin got a 12 year old girl pregnant. It's not always and older guy taking advantage. |
I do not understand what the grounds are for removing the child from the home. Dressed in a diaper, swearing. Shots fired in October does not mean the kid is now in danger. firearms in the house is how every Honey Boo Boo in middle America is raised immediate and urgent necessity to remove the kids? Most foster homes are also in prime gang land areas |
To many whites, this IS the fact of black America. I am white, btw, and have been through all sorts of diversity training as part of my job. I can tell you that to your face, many whites will be as PC as possible, but behind your back? different story |
| The only chance the 16yo mother has is to take birth control and not get pregnant again. Then she can focus on education and raising her child. Then and only then they might stand a chance of breaking the cycle. |
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I think the toddler in the video needs to taken away from his SIXTEEN year old mother. How can she defend her son saying all kids cuss. All kids do not cuss.
The video is disturbing and she should not have allowed those men in the video to be in her home. She is an unfit mother. |
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Many poor do not have access to birth control. The few who have health insurance have employers who choose to exclude coverage for it, and even then it is a large amount for those living on the small incomes
The cycle is not going to break. This world does not have much to offer those who are born poor Being 16 is not reason enough to take children away from a mother, neither is a child swearing |