Slartibartfast Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 http://abcnews.go.com/US/accused-conspiring-kidnap-year-boy-nice-people/story?id=28764341 :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrub Jay Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Excellent parenting. I'm sure he won't be scarred for life in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I just read it too. I'm heartbroken for this sweet little boy and glad he had the courage to talk about it in school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I saw that yesterday!!! What were they thinking??? I could (maybe, kinda, sorta, in a way)explain away the "kidnapping" but the undressing and putting him in the basement part and the gun and the bag on his head and the... :huh: :blink: :scared: :eek: :mad: :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 And I mean, I can see one person sort of thinking about it, but 4? None of them thought it wasn't the greatest thing to do? Even that co-worker?? I'm so glad there are charges against those idiots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlossom Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I read about this yesterday. If that's their idea for teaching stranger danger, one can only assume they've got other piss poor ideas for teaching life lessons too. That poor kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 He must have been so scared. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All4one Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 That's all kinds of messed up. And the grandmother telling him he'll be a s3x slave??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I saw that yesterday!!! What were they thinking??? I could (maybe, kinda, sorta, in a way)explain away the "kidnapping" but the undressing and putting him in the basement part and the gun and the bag on his head and the... :huh: :blink: :scared: :eek: :mad: :( Exactly. The idea of a staged kidnapping--well, at least I can understand a really stupid person thinking there was some merit to it. But the extent that they went with it? And 4 people thought it was a good idea? No words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Wow. That poor child. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 That poor kid. This makes me so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I'm with the PP who is amazed that there were 4 people in the same location who were all crazy enough to think this was OK. Maybe they have made up this unlikely story to try to cover for what they knew was abuse. But still - four adults. Someone should analyze their water supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All4one Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 And the thing is, none of my kids at that age would even know what a s3x slave meant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 :huh: :thumbdown: :mad: :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 How many "adults" thought this would be a good learning lesson? Poor kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forty-two Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 That is just like how the father on Arrested Development would "teach a lesson" to his sons (going so far as to hire a man with a prosthetic arm so that when everything went to hell "because of the kids' actions" - we're talking ersatz swat raids and staging shoot-outs between criminals - the man would toss his "blood covered" fake arm and shriek "my arm, my arm!" to properly cement the trauma). I can't believe someone would "teach a lesson" like that in *real life*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 That is horrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I don't even want to read it. Bunch of weirdos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 :crying: :cursing: :angry: :banghead: That poor little guy. My heart is breaking for him. :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I want to cry for that kid:(((( Geez, if *I* were the officers arresting them it would be all I could do not to stage a little scare tactic myself--say about the dangers of prison and abusing small defenseless children. Probably a good thing I am not. On the other hand, their logic and parenting skills cannot have been isolated to this event, so I am grateful that poor child now has a chance to get away from them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Wow. Just wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Wtf?!? That goes SO FAR beyond making him scared of strangers. Lure him into the truck and then lecture him--I could almost understand (but not condone) that. This is a bunch of really sick individuals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It's absolutely crazy and horrific! : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 i was upset when one of those news shows staged some much milder scenarios (with parents' consent): asking on the phone if the parents were home, would you help me find my puppy, knocking to see if they would answer the door when alone, and so on. They had one guy knocking on this kid's door; he was super persistent and I think even calling out that he needed help, please open the door, etc. The kid did everything he was supposed to do, but you could tell he was really scared. I thought that went beyond the acceptable. This is completely nuts and I certainly hope they are put under CPS supervision (at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Crazy doesn't even begin to describe what they did. For a non violent person, I sometimes surprise myself: like the fleeting vision of seeing certain people in the stocks for a day or two. No, not really. But when children are mistreated like that, my imagination gets active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 There was a story a while ago where a guy (maybe a retired police officer?) was one of those online Angels, who works to help keep kids safe from predators. He befriended a girl online by pretending to be a kid her age, and then when he knew enough info about her to find her IRL, he went to her house and spoke with her parents. Then they confronted her when she came home and explained to her exactly why she hadn't been careful enough and what could have happened. It was all good, and for a preteen or teen, it seemed like a good way to drive home a lesson about being careful. (Okay, Snopes says it wasn't actually true, but still. Reasonable example.) This? The fake kidnapping? Horrible. Just really and truly horrible. Not even close to being a good way to teach a lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 That's just wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Sometimes I think these people are arrested in their development. I stole my brother's bike to "teach him a lesson" when I was 13 yo. He's much younger. I was in charge of him a lot and he kept leaving it everywhere. I also used to use bribes and terrible methods of "parenting" in retrospect. But I was 13. Like, when I was 13, that seemed like the right way to deal with a kid. These people never got past the level of big sis parenting I did when I was barely a teenager. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I have friends who did a "reality" show on Animal Planet a few years ago called Meet the Preppers: My Pink Pistol. On it, they staged a kidnapping of a couple of the kids. It was the idea of the producers and of course the film crew, who by that point had been around every day for 3 weeks and had become friendly with the kids, was filming the whole thing so the kids were never scared or thinking they were actually in danger. It was more of a game using some of the skills their parents have taught them. The thing is, some people watch a show like that and don't think about how staged it is. They think it's a great idea and replicate it and instead of kids having fun for a TV show, they end up doing something that seriously scars a kid for life. The feedback my friends got after the show aired really shows that many people think "reality" shows are truly real and could totally contribute to people doing stuff like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I read about this yesterday. If that's their idea for teaching stranger danger, one can only assume they've got other piss poor ideas for teaching life lessons too. That poor kid. I think they're abusive nut cases -- the "teaching about stranger danger" is just a ridiculous excuse. They're freaks and I hope the child gets a better home. Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 If their goal was to make the kid not as friendly to people he doesn't know, I'd say they have probably succeeded. Poor baby won't trust anyone anymore since he can't even trust his own family to take care of him. Morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Now instead of being too friendly, he has PTSD. That's better. Idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 It was just dramatized abuse--you know, to make it more entertaining for the adults. There was really no "lesson" being taught there. It was an excuse for abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Poor baby. He's SIX. The people he loved and trusted most scarred him for life. I'm glad he was able to tell someone at school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 So for the rest of his life, he will remember that his family treated him like this, and then he was taken by acquaintances at school and the police to live with complete strangers (foster family) who treated him kindly. Anyway, he's in my thoughts. I hope he goes to a loving foster family for the time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 There are no words. I'm just glad they are being charged. I definitely think the adults have to be missing a few screws. This isn't something you get to do and yell "PSYC!" at the end and have it all be ok. I mean, come on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I'm seriously hoping he never has to live with these people again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Well I guess he is now scared of people he knows (who are far more likely to hurt him) but may bf fine with strangers if the foster family are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Um, not reading it either, but six? Trust broken is very hard to regain, what in the world were they thinking. I hope the judge uses some "scare tactics" on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I can't believe their bond is so low! Hopefully the judge will raise it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Horrid people--not to mention horribly stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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