Only in Georgia…
A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades.
The sheriff of rural Meriwether County told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the 12-year-old boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to the Division of Family and Child Services, who contacted police.
Sheriff Steve Whitlock said 38-year-old Lynn Middlebrooks Geter of Warm Springs faces one charge each of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.
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Terrible. It would be naive to believe that this sort of cruel parenting just occurred overnight. Sticking with the political nature of the website, I think this quote fits:
You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He is more particular…. The father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat. ~Robert Frost
It’s a sad day when a mother forces her child to end the life of another creature. It’s inhuman and unnatural. One of the best things about being a woman is the ability to love and protect life, especially the lives of the small and helpless. Without heart, femininity dissolves and you’re left with nothing more than a man in a bra. I think this story would not be nearly as interesting if the child’s father demanded him to perform the malicious task. Yes, it would still be uncivilized, but viewed differently. I know I would not have taken the time to write. I would have called the guy a jerk and moved on. Women protect kids….what went wrong here?