Step-parent charged with harm after hospitalizing child
And a young step-father learned in court today that there is a thin line between discipline and abuse of children. Twenty-one year old Cornel Gomez was charged for badly beating his four year old step son with a belt because he refused to stop biting his lip. After the abuse last Thursday, Shamar Smith had to be taken to the hospital for treatment of bruises and lacerations on his buttocks and back. His mother, Sandra Smith, reported Gomez and caused his arrest. Gomez admitted to beating the child and Magistrate Kathleen Flowers explained to him that she does not stop parents from disciplining their children, but he passed the limit. With that, Gomez was fined a thousand dollars to be paid by March thirty-first.
my only question is where is the child’s mother, didn’t she know what kind of man she was getting involved with?
Single parents we need to be careful of the people we let into our lives. It’s not only about us any more. We need to think about what is best for our children. They should come first.
In-love-relationships we never know who we really are getting involve with. “See me and live with me” are two different things. The Law needs to provide stern punishment on child abusers; and develop mandatory programs such as anger management and councilling to educate them.
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