by -j0$3- Fri Apr 25 2008, 11:21
No but everything does happen for a reason.
Anybody read the book A child called It?
Whats happening to this kid is Nothing compared to what Dave Pelzer.
Part of the story
Dave Pelzer was the second born of five children (Ronald, Stan, Russell, and Kevin). His father was a fireman
and, according to Dave, his mother was originally a loving, kind and
wonderful person that would do anything for her family. After the abuse
started, Dave could tell what kind of day he could expect to have by
the way his mother was dressed. If she was all made up then he could
expect a good day, but if she wasn't he knew he would be beaten and
starved.
The book describes the worsening abuse that Pelzer suffered at the
hand of his mother and her alcoholism. Most speculate that she had some
other addiction or a chemical imbalance but none is known. Among the
many incidents discussed is that his mother attempted to burn Dave on a
stove when he was 8 years old.It was at this point his mother began to
make him go without food for extended periods of time. The abuse gets
worse and David is forced to sleep in the cellar and perform hard
labor. He got an average of half a meal a day on a good day. When David
was 10, she also stabbed him in the stomach—accidentally, as Pelzer
notes in the book—and did not take him to the hospital (though she did
take care of the wound herself). By this point he was no longer
considered part of the family and lived in the basement, denied basic
contact, play, and food. His mother stated that she did not want Dave
to interact with "her family".
Over time the depth of the abuse worsened. Dave claimed he was
forced to sit in the "prisoner of war" position (head bent backwards
facing sky, sitting on hands). His mother stopped using his name and
began referring to him first as "The Boy" and finally "It". The mother
had finally thought of another way to make her son suffer,and the
punishments are reported to have evolved into "sick games" in which she
made her son suffer.
Incidents cited in the book include forcing ammonia down his throat, cleaning a sealed bathroom while inhaling the fumes from a bucket of ammonia mixed with bleach( Gas Chamber), inducing vomiting
followed by forced ingestion, smashing his face against a mirror while
forcing him to say "I'm a bad boy", beating him with a rubber hose,
lying in the bathtub naked with freezing water for hours, rubbing his
face in his baby brother's soiled diaper trying to make him eat his youngest brother's feces,
as well as starvation and general malnutrition, and "accidentally"
stabbing him with a knife when he didn't meet the time limit to do the
dishes.
In each of the sequels, the author reveals more forms of torture he did not describe in this book (e.g., his mother hitting his neck with a broom handle, causing his neck to swell so that he was unable to breathe).
Initially the abuse did not happen when his father was around. But
when David entered first grade for the second time, the abuse began to
occur even in his fathers' presence. At first he tried to stop the
abuse but as time went on felt unable to intervene. David generally
only got food when his father was home, for example. In the face of
this abuse, his father gradually distanced himself from the house, and
finally moved out when David turned 12. About two months later, on
March 5th, 1973 David was rescued by teachers at his school.
