Quote Originally Posted by elizabethann
But do you really think the child should be taken away? That's what I don't understand. The Mother sounds like she was ignorant to her child's needs. She needs some education - like child development or something. Perhaps she's dirt poor and has no teeth herself? I don't know. I just don't think the child should be taken away from her.

Hopfully the mother will now get the messgae that this is criminal neglect
on her part. She probably will have to take parenting classes before the boy
will be returned to her.I think the fact that she knew he was in pain for
months on end & never made a move to get help for her child, is proof of
neglect that is criminal.