patriot1947:I don't know if it is just me, but I hate to turn on the news anymore, I can take the stories of mans inhumanity to man as long as they are adults, but it seems more and more everyday innocent babies and kids are falling victim to parents or other adults and being brutally abused and murdered for no reason

. Are you all as distressed and bothered about this as I am? Why do you think this is happening so much now? Is it possible to stop it? What can we do to stop it? One of my favorite quotes is by Joan Ganz Cooney; "Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society", what does that say about the US?
I blame most of the abuse to children, not only to the stupid parents that are cruel to their children, but I also blame the DHS. One time I called DHS repeatedly because my neighbor, not only allowed her children outside after 11:00 p.m. alone, (they were 3 and 5 yrs. of age), because she had a party or some guy at her place, she didn't feed her children much, never gave them baths, one was so scared, she screamed when she was near water, but I seen the mom stomp on her 5 yr. olds stomach. I called the DHS several times, trying to get them to check on the children, no response. So I went to the church with my info. The church phoned DHS, it took 2 months before DHS showed up, they did remove the children. This is why so many parents, or others kill innocent children. When a child is killed, the person should get life w/o parole, they should never be allowed around any children. I could never forgive anyone that hurts a child.(cricket)