America: A child’s worst nightmare

I haven’t been able to post for a while for some reason? But this is what I wanted to talk about last week..

So what is the deal with mothers these days? The other day the news was all about unfit mothers, apparently:

Texas woman hangs self + children

A relative found the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and her four daughters aged five, three, two and eight months, in a wardrobe.

Parents accused of scalding baby to death

Her mother claims tiny Jada Bozeman fell into a bathtub of hot water, causing burns that killed her 13-month-old daughter. But the coroner says the tot’s body tells another tale.

And my favorite:
Mother snorts Heroin in Wal-Mart

A Farmingville mother was arrested for snorting heroin at a Wal-Mart with her three-year-old son in a shopping cart, police said.

Obviously Americans just aren’t fit to be parents? While it might not be an entirely representative view of the country, one can hardly escape the conclusions that might be drawn from this many child abuse/endangerment stories in a single newsday..