This morning I was watching a story on CNN about a 15 year old girl being brutally raped and beaten by her peers in California. My first thoughts were of my own daughter and what I would do about the situation. I would not sit on my hands waiting for someone else to make it all right. While the rape and beating was going on at least 20 people were coming and going freely, and took pictures of the brutal attack. My first thought was the bystanders that did nothing were just as guilty as the people who attacked the girl. All they had to do is call 911.
I can only imagine the horror the girl was feeling while her peers attacked her and no one tried to even call 911. What has our world come to when we stand back and allow things like this to happen? Now, Imagine it's your own child being attacked wouldn't you want someone to call for help. I think we all need to educate our children about reporting such things to the proper authorities. Too often children go along with what their peers do and say and don't think about consequences of the situation.
My thoughts and prayers are with the young girl that will live a life full of shame from being attack like this by her peers. I don't know if I'd ever be able to face my peers after such an attack. It was bad enough the girl was raped and attacked without her peers standing around taking pictures and laughing. Parents need to teach their children to do the right thing by doing the right thing ourselves. Obviously the situation isn't an open and closed case, but we all need to do the correct thing not the popular thing, even if it's uncool.
So far, five people have been arrested for the rape, but a California Law that made it illegal not to report a crime doesn't apply to anyone under the age of 14 reporting the crime. So the bystanders 14 and under won't get the book thrown at them because of the age restrictions. When should our children be responsible for their actions?
What can we do to help our children do the right thing about the situation?
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This pisses me off for two reasons, first I have 3 daughters and second one of them has Autism and can easily be taklked into doing most anything. This must be pure hell for the girl and her parents. If I knew my kids had somehow been involved I would find a way to punish my kids how in the earth can thes "pears" live with themselves? I wonder what the parents of these kids are saying to them? This is just crazy!!!!!!!
It is really sad to read about such a thing happening. At age of around 14, they should have some awareness of right or wrong already. To think they could just watch what happened and still take photos. This will haunt them for life.
Joanne,
Thanks for stopping by. I don't know how the peers could stand by and do nothing. I hope the parents punish the kids for what they didn't do.It's scary when kids can be talked into most anything.
Bk,
You would hope it would haunt those kids.
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