"Baby Cockfight"

[ramanth]

'Baby cockfight' controversy 7:21
Police say a dad encouraged two toddlers to beat each other and caught the fight on tape. "Prime News" reports.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bes...dler.fight.cnn

WTH!?!?

[Sirrahsim]

Disgusting

[Medusa]

This put a knot in my stomach. What is wrong w/this guy for doing this to his own child and then videotaping it yet? The kids are scarred now and they've been taught that aggression and violence are the way to go. To think that the father got even partial custody is maddening. Trying to keep families together is admirable when it's a matter of perhaps educating the father on parenting. This case goes beyond that. He's clearly just a sperm donor; he isn't a father in any sense of the word. If I was the judge and he appeared before me, he'd never see the light of day and I'd be sure to put him where he'd be on guard and defending himself to the end of his days so that he would know what it's like to be thrust into a situation where he has no choices. I fear for the future of these children and for the children who will interact w/them.

[moosmom]

Must be a guy thing. The father is in the military. What I don't get is where was the father's brain when he egged them on. He should DEFINITELY be held accountable for his actions.

The big brother who tried to stop it should've dialed 911.

Disgusting!!

[elizabethann]

What wonderful family memories.

[Medusa]

The mother wasn't outraged enough for me. She coined the term "baby cockfight" as though she had seen it before. It's a parent's number one obligation to protect their children from danger, not to purposely create a dangerous situation and make their kids fight their way out of it.

[Cataholic]

It is wrong, no question about it. And, the parents should not be raising this child/ren.

Having said that, I do not think this is going to scar the toddlers for life. No way. Any boy that has been in a fight in grade school...and gets the poop kicked out of him, is he scarred for life? I don't think so. I think the media is just running with things for the media's sake.

[pitc9]

The sickest thing about it is that the older boy that was giving the beating was the man's son from a previous marriage.
The younger one, getting beat up is his son with his current wife that he's going through a nasty custody battle with.

So it's like he had "his" son beating up "their" son to get back at her!!

He's an ass and I hope he gets all his kids taken away from him!

[Medusa]

The sickest thing about it is that the older boy that was giving the beating was the man's son from a previous marriage.
The younger one, getting beat up is his son with his current wife that he's going through a nasty custody battle with.

So it's like he had "his" son beating up "their" son to get back at her!!

He's an ass and I hope he gets all his kids taken away from him!

And that's why I feel that he's probably scarred, not because of getting beaten up. That happens to most kids at one time or another. It's the fact that he was put in that position by his own father. His scar will be from coming to the realization of what kind of a father he has.

[lizbud]

Having said that, I do not think this is going to scar the toddlers for life. No way. Any boy that has been in a fight in grade school...and gets the poop kicked out of him, is he scarred for life? I don't think so. I think the media is just running with things for the media's sake.

I have to disagree with this statement. It's one thing to be hit by a
stranger but being beaten in your own home ,with the very people who are
supposed to be your protectors, do nothing to help you. These are very
young children & this is sure to leave emotional scars by growing up in that
kind of enviroment.

Both parents (if they were both present) should be charged with child abuse.

[lvpets2002]

WoW this is Sad & Disgusting.. Now I am asking where is the Parents of the child getting bet up?? I am sure they have heard about this by now.. Oh I would be just beside myself if I knew this had happened to my baby while being babysitted.. Horrifiing!!!!

[Ginger's Mom]

Yes, I totally agree with Lizbud. I would not compare two 8 year olds fighting in a school yard with a toddler being beaten in his own home while his father videotapes and encourages the action.

[Medusa]

WoW this is Sad & Disgusting.. Now I am asking where is the Parents of the child getting bet up?? I am sure they have heard about this by now.. Oh I would be just beside myself if I knew this had happened to my baby while being babysitted.. Horrifiing!!!!

His father was the one who started it and he videotaped it and put it on You Tube.

[Medusa]

Yes, I totally agree with Lizbud. I would not compare two 8 year olds fighting in a school yard with a toddler being beaten in his own home while his father videotapes and encourages the action.

Amen.

[lvpets2002]

His father was the one who started it and he videotaped it and put it on You Tube.

Well then who does the other boy belong too?? You mean to tell me that a dad wanted to tape his son being beat up & then filmed it.. Just think what will happen if in years when the child is old enough to watch the video & then Does.. Oh my that could be so devastating..