Here is a story of child abuse out of Salem, Oregon.<\/p>\n
Two parents have been arrested and accused of multiple counts of child abuse against their children, ages 15, 14, 13, 11, 10, and 9, including 6 counts of second-degree Assault, 6 counts of first-degree Criminal Mistreatment, 6 counts of Unlawful use of a Weapon and 6 counts of Coercion.<\/p>\n
The children were taken into protective custody, as was\u00a0the\u00a0parents\u2019\u00a0six-day-old\u00a0infant, after the three older children called 911 to report abuse.\u00a0 Sheriff\u2019s deputies found significant evidence of abuse on the children.<\/p>\n
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What is most\u00a0striking to me about this online newpaper article are the comments posted by readers of the article. Read them at this link:\u00a0Two Adults Arrested in Salem on Multiple Counts of Child Abuse, Salem-News.com, July 22, 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n Apparently, nearly everyone who read the story was certain that the children were lying, that they were evil, and that they cruelly reported their parents just to\u00a0avoid the spankings they deserve. Instead of sympathizing with the children or even hoping the parents could get some proper counseling, these multiple readers sympathized with the parents. Many of them cited bible verses indicating that children need to be disciplined with violence.<\/p>\n This is a very common classic method of childrearing. Children are to blame, children are to be hurt because they are to blame, and children need to keep quiet about it to protect the parents\u2019 reputation.<\/p>\n