Raising Awareness of boyfriends' murdering children - blog here for ideas, please

Admin wrote:Tears, I love your idea about FB. I was thinking the very same thing over the weekend....What should we call the page?

Still trying to figure what's a good name that would be catchy but not critical....Let's see what kiwi thinks...she has good ideas too...anything you can think of!!!

Admin, I've been looking thru FB and I founnd this site, it's called "people against beating kids" they have over 506,000 members...take a look when you have a minute....

we need a name that POPS OUT, that will bring any teen,young mother or boyfriend to the page. still trying....

tears4caylee wrote:Admin, I've been looking thru FB and I founnd this site, it's called "people against beating kids" they have over 506,000 members...take a look when you have a minute....

we need a name that POPS OUT, that will bring any teen,young mother or boyfriend to the page. still trying....

It's going to be hard to find a name that kids will go to. I'm still trying to wrack my brains. We may have to have 1/2 a dozen FB pages and see what works We need to ask some kids about it IMO.

A teen I know suggested "Think about the risk before you stick"

momgot2kids wrote:A teen I know suggested "Think about the risk before you stick"

Stick????????? Is that what they call it these days? I was thinking of "So you wanna be a baby mama?" Or how about "Paris or Pregnant"? Geez, in my day we wanted to travel

LILLY HARDEN - 2 yo - Okeechobee FL


by TomTerrific0420
Yesterday at 1:09 pmDetectives in Okeechobee said a
2-year-old
suffering from shaken baby syndrome was abused by her
mother's live-in
boyfriend, and the mother did nothing about
it.Deputy Sarah Green
went to the home in the 200 block of North
Highway 98 for a welfare
check on a child on April 21.Against the
wishes of the adults in
the home, police said, Green examined
2-year-old Lilly Harden and found
bruises covering the girl's head
and neck.Lilly wasn't
responsive, so Green immediately called for
Emergency Medical Services
against the wishes of the child’s mother,
police said.Okeechobee
County Fire and Rescue responded and
determined that the child was in
very serious condition with severe
brain trauma and a broken arm.The
child was airlifted to St. Mary’s
Medical Center in Palm Beach County,
where she remained in the
hospital's pediatric intensive care unit
Friday night. Police said
Lilly is slowly recovering but not out of
danger yet.
Investigators
said a medical examination showed that the child suffered
from
shaken baby syndrome. They said there was brain damage, but the
extent
of damage has yet to be determined.Since the discovery of
the
child’s injuries, detectives said they have been doggedly
investigating
the matter. Through the investigation, police said it was
determined
that Amanda Lynn Ashby-Harden's live-in boyfriend, John T.
Coleman,
caused the injuries to the child.The child’s mother left
the child
with her live-in- boyfriend of fewer than six months while
she was
at work, police said.The mother said she saw that the
child was
bruised, but police said she had been attempting to hide the
abuse
by not taking the child for medical treatment.Police said
Lilly had
been in her bed for at least a day needing medical care and
not
receiving it.The mother was aware of previous abuse to the
child and
did nothing to prevent further abuse, police said.The
two were
arrested Thursday night, police said, once sufficient evidence
was
obtained to secure a conviction.Ashby-Harden, 28, has been
charged
with child neglect. Coleman, 26, has been charged with child
neglect
and aggravated child abuse.Officials with the Department
of
Children and Family Services also removed the victim's siblings from
the
home on the same night that the crime was discovered.
I could have picked any number of posts to move over here with the same scenario. IMO we do need to try to find out what it is about a mother with children, probably with a bunch of different baby daddies,(not saying that is the case in this instance) that a man would find attractive enough to want to live with and babysit for her brood day in and day out. They do need to get the message that they are placing the children at risk as well as themselves by taking this on. If we could find out why they don't just go and find a girlfriend without children we may find a way to deter it. We know what the mother gets out of it. She gets a free babysitter but it seems like the benefits are all hers.