The Kluth's have been accused of burning the children with hot spoons, choking them and locking them "in the storm shelter behind the residence for long periods of time with only chairs and plastic buckets for bathroom use. It is alleged that the Kluth's deprived the children of meals for punishment and fed them cat food and dog food". The older boy said all three had their tongues burned with a hot spoon for lying.
The couple, who surrendered Tuesday, were released on bond for $9,000 each.
There are a lot of questions that may never be answered about this case but it is important to gather as much information as possible. How is this just now being discovered if the severity of abuse is so traumatic? Has child support been doing there job? Who is to blame? These are our tax dollars paying for the "neglect" of the adopted children for so many years. We need more domestic care organizations available to support anyone in need. This is why Saving Grace is a great non-profit organization that offers support to anyone experiencing domestic violence.
I think it is hard for foster children to do anything especially when abused because they have been abused before and it is becoming the norm for them. They have no idea what is normal behavior through all the trauma they have been put through. I say that the foster care system needs to do better background checks of foster parents before they send already scared children to a strangers household.
ReplyDeleteI feel terrible for these neglected kids and hope that they are put in a better home now and receive way better care.
I agree with anna, it's hard for the children to do anything because they are children that don't quite know the difference between parenting and over abuse. But then the question does come up of whether those kids will see that as parenting and pass on the abuse to their children. I know most would say that those kids know how it feels to be abused and so now would never do that to their own, but there are many cases where kids pick up the poor habits of their parents because they were around it for their whole lives. I hope that the child support and care can do a good job at looking for the signs of that and figure it all out.
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