For those who think "bad" kids just come out of nowhere. Read on.

[MentorMom1]

This week I interviewed the adoptive mom of five Colorado Springs sisters whose biological parents are now serving prison terms for child abuse and neglect. They were feral children, their adoptive mother said, eating off the floor with their hands. Their teenage brother weighed only 37 pounds, starved to the point that he is now permanently confined to a wheelchair. They had slipped through the cracks of Child Protective Services.

 

These kids will carry the effects of their abuse for a long time, in spite of therapy. The adoptive mother said they have a total of 24 appointments a week, not including dental appointments due to rotted teeth. They had terrible nurtrition, no toothbrushes or toothpaste.

 

If you think kids just suddenly become "bad" and do harmful things, this documentary video with Dr. Ken Magid will shed some light on the subject. The documentary  features Beth Thomas, who as a tiny tot was abused by her birth father. Unable to form attachments, Beth's first adoption failed. A few years ago I volunteered at a camp for families of children with attachment disorder, run by theraputic foster parent Nancy Thomas. Thomas eventually became Beth's adoptive mother. The story was made into a 1992 HBO movie with the same title.

[smurfbitebug]

 :'(

[Healthystart30]

Children are our future and we should strive to make sure that every single child, rich, poor, black, white, illegal, and so on have the same opportunity to prosper and to become the best they can be.

[Bigmetalchicken]

While I understand the affects of abuse and the like (Even with a ton of therapy and nearly twenty years out, I still have issues forming attachments to people because of my abuse), I have also known some people from good, loving families that are just plain bad seeds.  Sometimes it happens.

[glitterteaz]

There are kids that break those rules of thumb. Some have excellent parents and all their kids are great but that one.  I agree that this is a major issue but it is a generalization on why kids turn out bad.

[FromAtoZ]

I've seen this before.

Scary.

But I will always believe that some children, some people, are indeed just born 'bad'.

[dustinsmom1]

 everyone ive ever known w those pale ice blue eyes has been off mentally. This child is severly mentally ill.

[Mommy_of_Riley]

What a shitty generalization to make about people. My husband has those eyes as does his mother and all 3 of our kids. Blue eyes is not a mental illness factor... Good Grief.

Quoting dustinsmom1:

 everyone ive ever known w those pale ice blue eyes has been off mentally. This child is severly mentally ill.

[Mommy_of_Riley]

Agreed.

Some kids are good and bad situations make them bad. Some kids are bad and have feet situations but are still bad.

Quoting FromAtoZ:

I've seen this before.

Scary.

But I will always believe that some children, some people, are indeed just born 'bad'.

[lancet98]

 

What an utterly bizarre thing to say.    I've worked with mildly and severely mentally ill people  for 45 years and there is no such correlation.

Quoting dustinsmom1:

 everyone ive ever known w those pale ice blue eyes has been off mentally. This child is severly mentally ill.

 

[activitymode]

Omg :(

What ended up happening to her?