Mom who glued toddler's hands: 'I'm not a monster'

[liberalmuse]

77. The horror of it is, she ISN'T a monster.

Because "monsters" are driven by primal instinct - nature. She's a thinking, feeling human being, and sometimes human beings are capable of much worse than monsters. Nurturing and raising another human being can be extremely difficult. This is case in point why parents need a network of support within the community, especially single parents, so they don't feel alone. And most importantly, so they can have someone or someplace to go to when they're feeling frustrated and angry instead of taking it out on a child. It's good that she's sorry - maybe if the child so chooses, she can meet with her mother and her mother can tell her that to her face. I just hope the child is able to recover both mentally, physically and emotionally. It's easy to judge - even though most of us would never do such a thing. It's harder to look for the reasons horrific child abuse like this happens, and take steps to reach out and try and prevent it.