I'm disgusted-this poor kid died of a TOOTH CAVITY

[Psycho4Bud]

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries.........Elvis


Have a good one!:s4:

[Breukelen advocaat]

Shit BA down in southern Colorado...A mother (illegal imagrint) just sold her 5 month old baby....for a down payment on a car.....sold her kid...OMG

Now that is a bad parent.....

Not as bad, IMHO, as a parent that let's their kids' health go down so badly that they die.

My sister had to have reconstructive heart surgury in the early 1960's, due to a life-threatening condition. Back then, open heart surgery was very new, dangerous, and extremely expensive. My father worked full time, part time and at the Post Office as an "extra" to pay for this, as well as the other expenses - and he didn't get a dime from the various heart charities, medicaid, welfare, etc. There were many other medical problems, my mother died before she was forty, leaving him a widower, and he always shouldered the burden for us. There's no choice for parents. I realized this when I was younger and decided that I couldn't do it - I had a hard enough time caring for myself. Eventually, in my 40's, I got married - but we didn't have kids.

[Bong30]

NO doubt Ba, But for a dodge Intprepid? come on.

you are right though....

[S.P.Q.R.]

This is completely fucked... but what's even worse is i'm not really suprised. Too much of this kind of thing is happening in world. I'd have to agree with the others as well, the mother really could've done something.... it's insane that their teeth got that bad in the first place.

[Zimzum]

Its sad that insurance is expensive but a simple $2 tube of tooth paste would have avoided all this together. This is more bad parenting then anything else seeing as his brother also had bad teeth. Schools teach oral health to kids, its the parents who need to enforce good habits. And stop loading your kids up with sugers.

[Fengzi]

Plain and simple: She's an unfit mother.

My "working poor" qualifications do not include having a tribe of children that I can't afford.

Absolutely Breuk!! You hit the nail on the head. My wife and I intentionally only had one kid because we want to be able to provide her with a certain standard of living. I can't tell you how disgusted I get every time I'm at the grocery store and the mother in front of me, with 5 grimy little kids, is paying with food stamps.

Kids are expensive. Period! If you are poor you don't drive a ferrari, you don't have a big house, you don't own a yacht, etc. etc. Why? Because you can't afford them. Should I feel sorry for the welfare guy who wants a new plasma tv but can't afford it? Fuck no! So why should I feel sorry for someone who has kids they can't afford?

Like others have said, the fact that the mother let the kids teeth get that bad in the first place is the key factor. This says a lot about her as a mother and a person. It's not surprising she's in the situation she is.