Before I was a mom, I would read news stories of abducted, abused, or neglected babies and feel sorry that something like that had happened.
Now that I am a mom, such stories shatter my heart and I tremble with fear and anger as I imagine the same being done to Titus. I cannot consume such news anymore.
Two days ago I saw this headline on a tabloid, "Kindergarten teacher staples boy's ears", and I averted my eyes right away. I didn't have to read the story to know how the poor, defenseless child, had suffered.
I made the mistake of reading a story last week of how a nursery caregiver had brought two little girls to the bathroom and smacked their ears and roughed up their faces as a form of punishment. One of them went home with swollen ears, hence alerting her mother to the abuse. I broke down, crying and telling my husband that I would end up with blood on my hands if I ever found out dear Titus was being hurt like that.
Then there was this horrifying case late last year when a caregiver at an Incheon daycare center tossed a two-year-old toddler around and onto the floor, like he was just a ragdoll. It was enough to put me off infant-care services for life.
I dread to think of those children who were smacked but had no visible injuries to 'save' them from further abuse.
Then, just moments ago, a friend shared on Facebook some photos of an Asian street beggar with a Caucasian child sleeping in his arms. The photos were placed next to a notice advertising a similar looking child who was abducted. Images of the poor boy being drugged and beaten to submission by his abductors to play the role of a beggar's child, came flooding into my mind and I shuddered.
What a scary world it is for children!
Oh how devastated I will be if Titus was taken from me and made to live such a life, and there was nothing I could do to hunt down those people and take him back home.
There's so much I would give up to ensure the safety and well-being of my child, and incidents like these strike fear in my heart because they could very well happen to him if I were ever careless.
Now that I am a mom, such stories shatter my heart and I tremble with fear and anger as I imagine the same being done to Titus. I cannot consume such news anymore.
Two days ago I saw this headline on a tabloid, "Kindergarten teacher staples boy's ears", and I averted my eyes right away. I didn't have to read the story to know how the poor, defenseless child, had suffered.
I made the mistake of reading a story last week of how a nursery caregiver had brought two little girls to the bathroom and smacked their ears and roughed up their faces as a form of punishment. One of them went home with swollen ears, hence alerting her mother to the abuse. I broke down, crying and telling my husband that I would end up with blood on my hands if I ever found out dear Titus was being hurt like that.
Then there was this horrifying case late last year when a caregiver at an Incheon daycare center tossed a two-year-old toddler around and onto the floor, like he was just a ragdoll. It was enough to put me off infant-care services for life.
I dread to think of those children who were smacked but had no visible injuries to 'save' them from further abuse.
Then, just moments ago, a friend shared on Facebook some photos of an Asian street beggar with a Caucasian child sleeping in his arms. The photos were placed next to a notice advertising a similar looking child who was abducted. Images of the poor boy being drugged and beaten to submission by his abductors to play the role of a beggar's child, came flooding into my mind and I shuddered.
What a scary world it is for children!
Oh how devastated I will be if Titus was taken from me and made to live such a life, and there was nothing I could do to hunt down those people and take him back home.
There's so much I would give up to ensure the safety and well-being of my child, and incidents like these strike fear in my heart because they could very well happen to him if I were ever careless.
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