The fact that she was inside the house listening to those horrible screams from the kids and just straight up ignore them tells you everything you need to know about this ‘mother’
she's likely suffering from mental health conditions as no sane human lives like that. From the way she's speaking she needs serious mental help and rehab and her children need a decent living environment in their lives. That shit's traumatic.
@prideorhonesty6242 hmmm. Ignoring things even if our brains do it naturally isnt always the best thing. It might be how she gets by, but it also seems she needs a lot of help beyond just a little house cleaning. Life can be rough, but it doesnt have to be chaos.
@prideorhonesty6242 hmmm. Ignoring things even if our brains do it naturally isnt always the best thing. It might be how she gets by, but it also seems she needs a lot of help beyond just a little house cleaning. Life can be rough, but it doesnt have to be chaos.
I've been around many, many young children. I've never heard a child cry like that. The only way I could imagine a young child crying this way is if all of their cries, whether it be for food, a clean diaper, love and attention, have been ignored for so long that they become desperate and terrified. A child that young wouldn't understand or know how to handle this sort of situation. They no longer cry because they're hungry, thirsty, etc. They SCREAM because they are terrified and don't know what else to do. My heart hurts for these little ones.
Yep, If I have so little, I will take care of it 10 times more. The state of the building itself (like the walls, doors etc.) may be out of my control, but keeping the things I have clean is free.
Handicapped vet, on hudvash, clean my house and yards, have had neighbors like this...trash the house, give everyone rats and roaches, and when they move, it's like a rat bomb
Shoutout to those neighbors for calling the police if you see or hear something say something!!! Children need our love and attention even if they aren’t ours.
My child is autistic and can have quite bad screaming fits, I had new neighbours move in next door and during one of his meltdowns they called the cops thinking i was mistreating him, I was so mad with them at the time but after I calmed down then i agreed its always better to be safe then sorry when it comes to kids. I let the cops in to see my child was fine and his surroundings and thrn they left so all turned out fine.
@Candice I would feel grateful that they were watching out for your kid's welfare. Having neighbors that are willing to do step up for your child is a good thing. It takes more than parents to keep our children safe these days. It takes a whole village.
@@yeahreally9185 Yeah the governor is one of those restrict womens choices as much as possible. Hes even on board with SCOTUS trying to shut down contraception
They don't care. Often they make things worse and still carry an air of superiority about themselves as if they're saving kids. Never seen anyone be helped by cps, only harmed or ignored.
I wouldn't be surprised if that was just her version of events. (Or at least, I certainly hope that was the case!) The fact the children weren't taken out of that death trap straight away is appalling though.
@@TerminalNostalgiasadly, there just aren’t enough homes available to place these children. They can’t remove them if there’s no where for them to go. Sad situation all around.
The fact that child protective services showed up a day before and left the kids in the home says everything you need to know about child protection services.
I mean people who abuse their kids will go to lengths to avoid getting them taken away. They could have power cleaned the house the day before. YES the system is broken, but it's not always their fault.
I was a poor little girl in WV and my father only made 11,000 a year in the early 2000s with a family of 4. My mother and father kept us clean, fed, and happy. This is inexcusable. Love is the difference.
Drugs are the difference, not love. These are addicts. I fully believe they love their children, but their abuse going to kill their kids eventually or themselves
@@genxtech5584love supersedes addiction, I’m not saying love cures your addictions but I know plenty of people who were knee deep in booze who still provided for and loved their children, no amount of drugs makes this acceptable, stop trying to reason away your shitty childhood it helps no one, your parents didn’t neglect you because of drugs, the did it because drugs were more important and they didn’t love you.
Their neighbors saved those kids lives. Reminder to stay vigilant, if you see kids in distress don’t be afraid to reach out and ask if everything is alright. And if you know something is off, call it in. Just because it’s not your kid, they could still use your help.
I grew up like this, no one ever noticed. No one ever helped. I promised I’d never have children until I could heal from this trauma. Seeing this breaks me, I’m so happy they got help.
Grew up the same way, except for being lucky enough to have a father that truly loved and cared for us. That last part about the husband filing a missing person's report on the wife is exactly how my dad found my mom on a boat with another man. She had been trying to leave us for longer periods of time until we became desensitized to it, and finally decided to take her chance at leaving us for good. She had everyone fooled, always playing the victim. I can't wait for the day she needs her sons to take care of her, and we'll be nowhere to be found
I was proud of the way the Police Officer handled the situation. He stayed calm, cool, but very direct & matter of fact. Thank you sir, for your service to those kids!
So if you don’t deserve a kid you can’t be called a parent. It should be every kid deserves a parent but not every person deserves to be one. Or something like that. Just being a pain in the butt. Sorry.
as a victim of child neglect this chills me to my core. I can't stand to hear/see those poor kids in these conditions, HUGE thank you to the officers who saved those children.
I’m so sorry you went through that. I’ll never wrap my head around how anyone could abuse or neglect a child and hear them screaming and crying. It chills me to the bone. They always get off on small charges too. These are the first people that SHOULD have the book thrown at them. If you can do this to a child, you’re capable of anything.
As another child of neglect, I can’t help but see my mom in this woman. She’s clearly very unwell. I hope that child doesn’t grow up with the conflicting feelings that I had: she’s sick, so can I forgive her? Does she deserve it? If she was sick, and she knew it, why did she have kids?
i dont know why do people like this even think of becoming parents if they dont want to take care of their children just dont have kids if you cant take care of them or atleast give them to social services why this cruelty.
Please, communicate that to your parents. Don't just assume they know, please take the time to sit them down and tell them how grateful you are and what specifically you're grateful for. Trust me, they will appreciate it so much.
The only thing about my parents was that they lied sometimes but they were the best parents I could have asked for-even though they are a little strict.
Yeah I acted out a lot when I was a kid and young teenager. I thought my parents weren't fair, too strick and too aggressive with their discipline. Even if that were all true, they still loved me and took good care of me and my 6 other siblings.
I was removed from a home just like this as a 3/4 year old. Was also found in a car alone at night by a police officer. I’ll never know their names and their faces are fuzzy, both those officers will always be in my heart. When home wasn’t safe, that uniform was.
Right? It wasn’t children crying because they’re children and they do that. They were SCREAMING. That ain’t normal. Especially considering lots of people called this in
How come you never see a doctor In the interrogation room for manslaughter? after he performed an abortion. Tell your shitty story to a doctor who does abortions, How terrifying and heartbreaking this is.
Bless him? He said “you’re going to damage my car as she hits her head on the glass. She needed help not jail. Breastfeeding makes you drowsy the first month or two. He wouldn’t know that because as he stated, he’s not a parent. Drug paraphernalia was probably rolling papers & they separated thst family instead of helping them find resources to make thrift living conditions better. This is where defund the police would be beneficial because there could have been a counselor sent out to talk to her. This is heartbreaking all around. I hope someone lifts them up! ♥️
So I've delivered pizza before and I can honestly say that seeing some the environments kids are in it's absolutely heart breaking. They could be in a complete mess of a home and they'd run to the door with smiles just to say hi. Their innocent and don't understand until it can be too late.
Your comment broke me. I think many of us try not to think of the horrors on this world because taking it all on would crush us to the point we couldn't even function. Damn..why do people do this?!?!?!?
Not to sound judgy or anything.. or insult you..... I would put in a complaint so CPS if I saw homes like this and children living in it. Just my thoughts.
One time I was cleaning I have six babies and I ordered pizza for dinner to make it easy on my self I had a towel over my shoulder my hair was a mess and I was in the middle of washing crayon of my wall and sweating my butt off when I answered the door I had the baby in her carrier on my chest and five little boogers swarming my legs the lovely women who answered die a double take at all the excited hellos and grinned ear to ear and said your doing great momma let me tell you it made my day she later did a sneaky drive by delivery of a couple lava cakes and a salad and a note that said thank you ma'am for being the most beautiful soul I've seen on my deliveries your babies are blessings but blessed to have you too. Ps don't share the lava cake ;). I was feeling so wore out and upset and I looked like I got hit by 2 trucks I swear and the kindness and little gesture made me so dang energized my mood went from gee I'm done with today to I think I'll stay up late and treat myself.... I did share the cake tho😂😂
@@daviddorthy8906 Your story brought a big smile to me and it sounds like you were a really busy Mom and nothing like what was seen on video. I had 4 children under the age of 9 and that kept me busy with 2 at school and 1 toddler and a new born baby. I suffered postpartum depression and survived. My children were immaculately clean and so was their home. To me there was no excuse for their home except laziness and not taking conception.
It was greatly timed sass to a horrible woman, but it's a lack of parenting--not just a kid. Beyond the age of 2 there's really no excuse for screaming and needless loudness outside of developmental disorders and those who aren't being raised.
7:52 "Maybe *put up* your drug paraphernalia." (And by "put up," I think the cop means "put up for sale" the paraphernalia - in order to make extra money?) I think this is further supported by her response....as the woman responds to him suggesting she "put up the paraphernalia," by saying: "it's not mine." The objects not belonging to her would not affect her ability to "put them away," but the objects belonging to someone else would _definitely_ affect her ability to "put them up for sale" and sell them.
I was raised by a mother who didn't want us. The thing that infuriates me the most in this video is how the parents continually blame others for the conditions and deflect responsibility. The whole victim mentality here just pisses me off. I pray for a better life for those children.
The mother even blames the children themselves for the living conditions. Anyone who's grown up in an abusive home recognizes this behaviour. We've been there.
I also had a mother who didn't want us. She was traumatized by my abusive father and couldn't bond with us from birth. It really has a lot to do with mental health but they call it "child protective services" for a reason. There needs to be people there protecting the child and letting the parent handle their issues separately.
@@tamaraparrish7311 It doesn't matter what the parent is going through or has been through; if the child is being mistreated, someone needs to intervene.
My mother raised us 3 children single as my father passed away 6 months before I was born. We NEVER WENT HUNGRY, yet my mother would still help some of our neighbors with food for their children. This mother must be sterilized and also lose custody of her children.
This and the Turpin case make me wish I had the courage to say something to authorities about the conditions my parents had me and my two younger siblings living in when I was younger. To this day my parents live in a gross hoarder/smoker household and refuse to believe anything is wrong with the way they live. My mother takes great offense to me saying I had a bad childhood stating she did the best she could. It's a shame how often cases like these go unreported. Thanks again for the excellent reporting.
Fucking heartbreaking. That wasn't a normal childs cry. That was a traumatized scream for help. God help these kids and the people who surround them. 🙏🏼
@@sometea4741bro you are fucked up for saying that the god damn mother was neglecting those poor babies she don’t need sleep she needs a good beating over the head for HURTING HER OWN KIDS
Not debating that this conditions were unacceptable and unsafe especially for babies. ….We had cockroaches everywhere as they kept entering via drains from near by mine. My parents tried everything for years and even when they got rid of the roaches they came back in. One day after having them all over for over 5 years we have found the nicotine based poison which was not known in my country until that time and it worked and finally we got rid of them. Beside this I was not neglected and generally speaking my parents tried hard to manage to look after us with very little money. I feel this woman needed help to come and handle the kids so she can rest.
As a mom to a one-year-old, I can confirm that babies and toddlers are loud and vocal. But that is BEYOND normal vocalization for a kiddo. That is major distress. Thank you so much, officers, for helping those kids out of there! My heart just shattered hearing the scream of 'Mommy!' with no response from her...
I have a 2yo that screams at the top of his lungs if something displeases him, and it can be something as simple as his 7yo brother looking at him wrong. But they don't generally wail and scream for extended periods of time, as its exhausting and draining. Generally, once they get your attention, they settle. To continue like that is not right, they've been neglected and ignored...
Seriously. Just hearing that little baby scream like that brought me a lot of distress. how can people hear that and not want to comfort and cuddle a kid. Man, my nephew will slightly cry, and my brother and I are right there to check what's up.
I have a three year old and a 5 month old and been around lots of kids. I have never heard such a gut wrenching cry from a child. I'm heart broken for them.
As a former foster parent, I would get calls in the middle of the night asking if I could take in endangered children like this in emergency situations. I weep for these precious innocents. 💔
“You’re bringing lives into this world when you can’t take care of the ones you have right now” - police officer. Thank you, officers! I still don’t understand these people who continue to have children when they clearly couldn’t raise them in a happy and healthy environment.
@Patricia Hopkins you obviously don't know how people game the system to get additional benefits. They have that many kids and are not married. There's a reason for that.
Christina - "They're very loud and-" Officer - "Yeah that's called a kid." I love the way he handles this, not entertaining the lies and excuses she throws their way and being professional while still showing a level of disgust that I think anybody would if they had to deal with this situation. I hope these kids get away from her and the father and end up in a place where none of this is happening- all kids deserve a parent but not all parents deserve kids.
she is obviously very ill. She needs help. The kids should be taken regardless and hopefully to a better home because knowing the system how it is, its unlikely their placement home can be much better.
Right? She brought those kids into the world, they didn't ask to be born. She could of asked for help instead of putting them through neglect like that the screams where horrifying. Poor angels
I'm not making excuses for her but seems she might be suffering from postpartum. Also bet she doesn't even wanna be with him but she is stuck. Probably why she tried to run (her going missing)
The thing that disturbs me the most is that she’s become used to the bloodcurdling screams we’re hearing here. If my child ever screamed like that, which she never has, I’d be calling a fucking swat team.
"I don't know, maybe put up your drug paraphernalia?" This officer was calm, straight forward and not allowing her to play that victim card she so desperately wanted him to go for. What a despicable woman to try and "oh woe is me" when her situation is her doing. Those kids would have been better off abandoned at the fire department than to have ever spent one minute in her presence.
I knew a couple like this that had a baby daughter that they clearly neglected. She was two months old and weighed five pounds. They were strung out on pain meds all the time. I just straight up asked them if I could take her home with me and she ended up living with me for the next 18 months. I tried to adopt her but it fell through and they moved out of the state. I found out they had three more kids after they left and they were all taken away at the hospital for several months bc the mom always tested positive for drugs:/ then she died of an overdose not too long ago. I'll always remember and miss "my" little girl.
That sounds horrible. I'm glad you could at least help that small child for those 18 months, very responsible of you. I hope all of those kids are in a better place now, and it's going to sound rough but i think it's better for the kids that the "mother" is not here anymore...
Thank you for rescuing that baby. I had the same story, at 2 months old I weighed 6lbs and was on the verge of death. I had 2 older half siblings aged 4 and 6. The 6 year old saved my life by going to school filthy and malnourished it prompted a social worker visit to the house. I had pneumonia, a severe and dangerous diaper rash, I was dehydrated and stopped breathing, they called an ambulance and I was revived 3 times in the hospital. Then all 3 of us were put in foster care and the father of my siblings came and got them from out of state. I was just passed from foster home to foster home. I have emotional problems and health problems my whole life. But at least I survived. My mother, as far as I was told, was not on drugs during that 2 months after I was born, she was simply impoverished and had severe depression and mental health issues and all she did was lay on the couch and smoke cigarettes next to me. The older two had to feed and take care of themselves. It was so sad and of course when parents know they are neglecting their babies they don't take them to the dr for fear they'll get caught, the kids removed, and possibly in trouble. So they never seek help. It makes me angry thinking about it. She knew she had mental health issues and incapable of taking care of 3 kids but was too selfish to give us up because she was getting welfare for all 3 of us. I would've died had I not been rescued that day and she wouldn't have ever notified anyone just kept collecting welfare. She had another child 2 years after me she raised and he turned out a horrible useless raging alcoholic and pot addict who had nothing to do with the 3 babies he fathered. I'm just thankful I finally ended up adopted at age 5 by good people. Did you ever notify social services about what was going on? No child should have been put back in their care.
you know as a foster child i know you’re probably the best thing that’s ever happened to her. whoever takes care of her now will be through government and hopefully if the effects of that don’t ruin her life some nasty old man in the system will. you should have fought harder if she was really your little girl, you let her down.
Heartbreaking is, unfortunately, the right word for this incident, @jenniferfrazierlpc7171! Divine Justice, however, will take care of these two monsters in this life and the next!
@@lizardking5210they’re not just thirsty. That may have played a part in it but babies have no objective permanence. They’re mother locked them in a room and blatantly ignored them, long enough for the neighbors to hear and call due to concern for the baby’s safety. They’re diapers had literal sand in there to dry up the poop and pee. This was purposefully neglectful and malicious and it pisses me off that these two got out of their three felonies.
It was saddening and sickening. I wonder who looked after the two kids while the Mother was in the Hospital having another baby she did not need ? While he was at Work ? They might of been locked up in that room for days ? Those poor poor Babies.
As a momma, it immediately broke my heart hearing those babies screaming the way they were. That was a painful and fearful cry. God I pray they are in a better environment full of love and care.💔🙏🏼
Me too the screaming was horrible. I just wanted to jump in and grab them and help those babies. There is no way I could EVER allow this to happen to my kids.
These poor babies crying just break my heart. That mother better not get her kids back. Anyone that lived like this, be strong, there’s hope for you, you’re in my prayers.
You have no rights to dictate or take away someone’s chance of seeing their children again. Do you think this is Switzerland or some Nordic country?! Most kids that go into foster care system in the US doesn’t come out happy and many get abused or mistreated. These two are drug addicts. Sure they’re neglecting these children but people do deserve second chances, and you saying they never get chances to see they’d kids?! WTF?? People like you exist so that’s why dysfunctional society exists. People are allowed to make mistakes and recover from it and not get punished forever for it. You are absolutely incorrect to say “hope these parents never see these kids again”. Not your decision to make. Rehabilitation is a part of well functioning society. How entitled are you?
My heart breaks for these children. Just....how do you bring your newborn home to a garbage dump with bugs? I pray these babies are safe, clean,healthy and loved now
When my son was a baby we moved into a low income apartment. It had roaches. I immediately demanded that the manager spray. Then I laid down roach gel, powder & kept the apartment sanitized & clean. Got rid of the bugs so my baby wouldn't be in that environment. It can be done. There are no excuses.✔
@@Mimi-yn3yjno its overused to hell and back, people just say it to get likes, every single video where kids are at risk has this comment multiple times
I can absolutely state w 1,000,000% certainty that this child is hurting, and being abused. I as a child remember screaming the same way when I was being abused in every way a child can be abused.
It hurts scrolling through comments of videos about abuse, and seeing a lot of people who actually went through similar things, I really hope you're feeling at least a little better now.
There are thousands of officers just like this who have dedicated their lives to serving the people, many do not get any recognition. I salute our officers, at least the good ones.
Yes they did the right thing taking the kids and locking them up but i would have been alot lot harder on them!! There is no fucking Excuse for anything like this NONE
I guarantee you 100% these people were also having sex with their children. The charges were actually not harsh enough rightly given by the cops, then undermined by a judge who doesn't even work at a street level like the officers, leaving the kids with these people for.... How much longer?!? & Where the hell did they go, where did the system allow them to be placed? Nobody knows? Everybody lives happily ever after? I don't think so.
Dude the patience and compassion of these officers is truly admirable. Imagine having to not break someone’s nose who’s been letting children suffer endlessly…
Its sad that the cops are having to do the jobs of Dcf/Cps/cws!!! That's ridiculous. But I am glad the Police are at least handling it. Better than the agencies that are supposed to have children's welfare in mind.
@@shantelstonehouse from what i know (im from nz so i might be wrong) its less than a felony (a felony is something you can be charged for) and literally considered a 'minor wrongdoing'. But it depends on which state it's in, each one has different rules. In terms of this, it's a fucking dissapointment that someone could get away with that.
@@shantelstonehouse A misdemeanor (American English,[1] spelled misdemeanour elsewhere) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems. Misdemeanors are generally punished less severely than more serious felonies, but theoretically more so than administrative infractions (also known as minor, petty, or summary offences) and regulatory offences. Typically, misdemeanors are punished with monetary fines or community service. In the United States, misdemeanors are typically crimes with a maximum punishment of 12 months of incarceration, typically in a local jail as contrasted with felons, who are typically incarcerated in a prison. Jurisdictions such as Massachusetts are a notable exception; the maximum punishment of some misdemeanors there is up to 2.5 years.[20] People who are convicted of misdemeanors are often punished with probation, community service, short jail term, or part-time incarceration such as a sentence that may be served on the weekends.
Having a 3yr old son, this is heartbreaking. Some people just shouldn't have kids. I hope those kids find a better life, with or without those parents.
What’s scary is that there’s a huge possibility she’s going to regain custody of her children and just repeate the cycle. People like her don’t change.
Yeah, I have a 2 yr old, and I heard 'trapped' clear as day. The messed-up part is that's language that is learned. That toddler understands what trapped feels like
"I don't know, maybe put up your drug paraphernalia." was the most real and hard hitting comment I've heard in a while. Not all parents deserve a child but every child deserves parents. Really truly saddening to see things like this.
The worst part, is this person probably actually sees nothing wrong with what they've done and how they live. My own mother denys my shitty childhood, to this day.
I'm sorry that your mother doesn't take accountability. My mother that I call my birth mother, was the very same way. I tolerated her toxic Behavior in childhood and then even when I was an adult. I put up with it for a while and then one day I just said enough is enough. I never talked to her again. Sometimes it's for the best. Or you can try to give her boundaries. My BM couldn't handle foundries so that was that. I wish you all the best.
this person is probably very mentally ill. They shouldn't be having kids in this condition for sure but the fact that she doesn't immidiately try to manipulate and lie to the cops even if she's being hella negligent tells me that she needs a lot of mental help and rehab. That's no way to raise kids.
Its situations like these that make me appreciate my parents even more. The fact that they were still able to keep up clean and feed us while only having enough money for rent os astounding. I love them so much
so true. my parents love me so much, that i was never even aware they had substance abuse disorders. they hid their struggle so well. i felt terrible but also so proud when i found out they got clean in my 20s 🎉
@@Mako918Wow man. If that happened to a kid today they would of thrown a hissy fit on anything social media and ruin their parents lives. Times really have changed
I’m 100% applauding everyone in the comments section who are heavily protesting against the blatant negligence and severe lack of even remotely decent childcare from BOTH of these so-called “parents” your hearts are all absolutely in the right place!👍
as a person who grew up in conditions like this it hurts my heart that other kids have to go through this . i'm truly grateful to have made it out and be nothing like these people or the people i grew up around .. i hope these kids thrive one day and get treated they way they deserve to n not neglected 🙏
It's incredible that you have such great awareness and that you haven't let your past circumstances define you. Some people seem to have great strength within, and survive beyond so much trauma. Maybe these kids will turn out like you when they're older, and that would be so amazing for them. Keep growing, and don't look back. You survived it all anyway. ✌ 🕉
As a neglected child myself, I’m so grateful that my neglect experience was emotional and not something this bad. My home was always clean, nobody ever hit me, there were no drugs or alcohol, my parents loved me. They were just kind of selfish. That is nothing compared to this. It makes me wonder how these parents were raised.
In a strange way, watching this made me realize how desensitized I am to this sort of thing. I have a very different life now thankfully, but its wild knowing that that USED to be my normal, as a child nonetheless- harrowing.
I have never been prouder of a cop than this one right here. Good on you. Being a dad of 2 myself I would’ve been much much harsher and I can hear him still trying to maintain professionalism but that is so hard to do when it comes to kids being neglected.
Right but is it so hard not to speed, wear a seatbelt and park correctly? "Nonsense traffic vs" causes deadly accidents all the time from arrogant assea. So please drive safe, you are not the only person on the road.
@@Jartran72 think about this, for every one person a cop pulls over 20 others are speeding right past. It’s a waste of time, if speed was such an issue then why do we have lanes for slow and fast drivers? Nothing wrong with going 10 over the limit sometimes. And seatbelts? Who cares, in some cases seatbelts have killed. It goes beyond that, people have been pulled over for dumb shite, like signaling one way and then signaling another. Does that really require a coo to pull you over? Or a back plate light being out? Is that really necessary to pull a person over? And ticket? So yes there are nonsense traffic stops. And police need to be doing more good things like this and not harass because someone’s foot was a little heavy in a rural area. Sorry we can agree to disagree
@@cicolasnage5684Traffic enforcement is there to help protect people from driving like idiots on the road. If you follow the rules of the road you’d be fine.
@@cicolasnage5684Sounds a little bit like you’d rather just have anarchy. Well, sucks to suck, follow the law and don’t endanger me or my children on the road please.
As a abused child in Florida I'm lucky to be alive. Children and youth used to question me about the abuse with my parents in the room. Scared of what would happen if I told the truth. They left me several times. Nice to see such caring and patient responding officers!
THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT! I grew up with both parents being addicts. The condition of our place was deplorable. A DCF worker would come in and sit in front of me and my brother and ask questions with my parents sitting directly behind the DCF worker looking at us. The worker would ask things like “are you happy? Do you feel safe? Are you hungry? Do your parents hit you?” How could a child feel safe answering those questions knowing if they answer them honestly, they’ll have consequences to pay afterwards??? Our caseworker should be ashamed of herself. All she was concerned with was the refrigerator. She would make sure there was milk, cheese, eggs, and bread and then leave. I can’t tell you how many times she didn’t even pay attention to the fact that the electric was shut off and there was an extension cord running from the fridge to the neighbors house just so we would pass the “inspection”. It’s disgusting that Florida is more concerned with “uniting families” than it is with safety for children. Now as a mother, I’m OCD over cleanliness and organization. We have a big house and so many toys, games, and areas that feel so safe and welcoming. I always ask myself if it’s enough. I overcompensate with my children because of what I’ve been through. We lost electric for 2 days because of a hurricane and seeing the kids sweaty and eating canned food triggered me so hard that it sent me into an emotional spiral from things I didn’t realize were my unhealed trauma. I didn’t even fail my kids, the weather did lol
This woman is under so much pressure, we can feel IT. 3 babies. Just delivered, no money, drugs, booze, mental health issues. Her fiancé well.........not much support from him. Poor kids
She literally just gave birth less than a week ago. It sounds like she may have had a C-Section. She shouldn’t have been expected to be caring for all those children alone after a major abdominal surgery. Yes, the neglect was real and the place was a trash pit. That’s awful. But, clearly, this woman needed way more support from family and/or social services/post-partum nursing care at home than she was getting. Poor kids. Poor woman. It’s a shitty situation.
Growing up in a neglectful and abusive household I used to wish everyday that the neighbors would do something to help but NO ONE did.... Thank god the neighbors actually cared to the point where someone checked in on those kids.. they deserve so much better
I'm so sorry that you had such terrible life and coward pieces of sh!t neighbors who didn't give f*ck about neglected kid...every children deserved better family Do you find decent therapy?
Same. My mom was a drug addict that was never home and my dad worked long hours and was an addict too. I was a young child home alone all the time. Luckily my grandparents stepped in and saved me from the neglect i was enduring and i went to live with them. I hope these gets kids get help and get to live in a nurturing environment.
@@imwatchinuuuu I feel this. My school counselor asked with my mother sitting right there, crying. Before then, I’d never seen my mother cry. Then when the counselor asked if she was abusive, her tears stopped, and she gave me a look. All I could think about was what if I told the truth but had to go back home because they believed her over me? So, I lied. I understand, and I’m sorry you had to deal with that.
I’m a nurse and I used to work in child social work…..I had to quit due to stuff like this. I had three young kids at home and I’d constantly have flash backs to the children I’d see in my work investigations and it messed me up a lot. To save my sanity I went back to adult nursing. Anyone who has to deal with children who are being abused or neglected never forgets what they see.
im trying to change my job to work in child social work. I wish i'll have enough strenght to endure it but it's really what i want to do with my life, help the little ones :(
apart from all the times child services looks at a clearly dangerous, neglectful or abusive situation and gives the parents a passing grade because they can't be bothered to have to do the paperwork after taking the kids away...not to mention all the times they take kids out of perfectly normal and healthy situations over nothing.
You should go back. Because we need good people that actually care. Of course you'd probably get fired if you cared. They're literally taking good happy kids from good families, and leaving the unhappy kids with unhappy drugged parents. It's turned into such blatent trafficking for rich families that get paid by the state.
I left group homes as well for the same reason. It took a toll on me. Especially the SA, I found myself wanting to get Justice for the child victims myself, never acted on it but the thoughts alone, I knew it was time to go into the field I went to school for, Data analytics. One day, maybe I’ll go back, I’ve even planned on turning my home into a safe home later once my kids are grown and we move, my way of still giving back. Virtual Hugs.
Some people just don’t deserve children. Those cries for basic things like wanting a drink breaks your heart. What other neglect have they experienced!
As mad as I am at the so called parents I’m even madder at the court system. Going from 3 felonies down to a misdemeanor is a joke and is a reason this stuff never gets better…
That's what is wrong with our court system. These officers did everything right, then some blatant stupid ass judge let's them off. That's why you should ALWAYS vote NO at voting time when you are asked if you should retain judge so and so. They leave them in office too dang long!
@@melodie155 1)a judge only rules on a case that is presented before him/her. he/she doesn't get to decide what or if charges will be made, that is on the city/state district attorney's office. They can deny a plea deal offered by the DA, that rarely if ever happens though. 2) there is a reason for plea deals in many cases. which i don't care to get into. in this case in particular there was plenty of proof of child neglect. however, there may not have been enough proof to get the felony conviction. there has to be an intent to do harm to get the felony conviction. This was not the case here. these were a couple of meth heads that had no business having kids. as they couldn't take care of themselves much less anyone else. Hell, in their drugged out states of mind they probably didn't even realize how much hey they were neglecting them, and actually believed they were doing right by the children. what we see as a society as fair justice and what the law sees as fair justice are not always the same thing. but it has to be applied the same to everyone equally. Intent is much harder to prove. And had they wen to court and went after the felony charge without the proof of intent they would have lost the case, they wouldn't have been able to charge them again, and the children would have been released back into their custody. Is that what you really want to have happened? And while i agree that the sentence that the judge handed down was to lenient, we also have to take into consideration that we don't know if there were any added on conditions. such as drug rehab, parenting classes, etc. We also know that misdemeanors don't carry long sentences. that's just a fact of life. we don't don't know theand while we don't current welfare of the children, we do know they weren't returned to the family. that would be in the records and would be public information. so pray that whereever they landed is a mach beter and safer place than where they were. keep in mind, that most drug/alcohol addicts become that way because they are trying to cope with some kind demons of their own. and that addiction takes them away from that pain they are feeling. i'm praying that since the children were placed with other family members that what they were trying to run from didn't tart from within the family. i pray for the safety of the children and not worry about the what or what not we feel the courts should have done. Karma will eventually catch up to those wo and her justice is will not be kind o hem. But the children are innocents.. they need our prayers.
Yep. How can a court read those reports, possibly see the footage that we just saw then allows 3 felonies to be taken down to 1 misdemeanor?!? The system is a joke. Sadly they only seem to care and take full action when a child gets severely injured or dies. Shame on those parents and the state. This was heartbreaking...
@@tammiemartinez6485 And what exactly did we see? did we actually see any cockroaches? did we see the filthy diapers? we saw a junkyard for a lawn, and a filthy house. and heard the police talking about stuff. WE actually saw nothing.that would justify a felony. Now just to clarify something i do NOT agree with their sentences. i was just wondering what you actually saw as opposed to heard a police officer say he was seeing.. bc i didn't see anything besides what i mentioned.
Diseases of despair are a powerful blinder to one’s level of acceptance. I hope the parents found help. And their children are thriving, wherever they are.
LOL.... you think those kids are thriving? they're either still with their shitty parents, bounced around to relatives or in foster homes. Not a good childhood. I know it helps to sugarcoat a fantasy idea of happy kids but these kids are screwed.
Its a sign off mental illness... depression...I'm not joking. Put music on and start cleaning one room at a time. Throw out everything you don't need. Once it's all done do a quick pic up every night before bed and Boom you have a nice home.
Those arent even scream of a sad kid, those are screams of agony. I hope the kids are safe and the parents find a way to become good parents and take care of them.
these people shouldn't ever be around children let alone raising their own.... people that do all of this and leave not one but THREE children in these disgusting living conditions do not care about their children. If they did at the VERY LEAST the childrens rooms and kitchen would be clean
7:20 the so called "mother" : "like I don't even know why you're mad" proves she shouldn't be allowed children.... i don't care at all for the parents i care about the children that are struggling to survive in these disgusting conditions.
I was raised exactly like this and watching this completely broke me. I didn’t get the luck of getting out before I was 18, and I’m beyond grateful those babies have been taken out and hopefully will get a better opportunity and grow up so much safer than I did. I have no doubts the parents loved them, my mom did too, but when it comes to addiction it always takes over the responsibility of a parent. It ruins everything. I hope they’ll grow up safely and maybe one day if their parents become clean that they’ll be able to safely meet them again and fully understand. and if not, that’s okay too. I would understand that as well. I’m just wishing the best for these babies.
Same here around drugs and roaches basically had to raise myself and seeing this was heartbreaking really makes you realize how much you block out of your memory but not living that way any more god bless and keep striving
Sorry for you... ☹️☹️ stay strong, and move forward👍👍 Though I grew up in a poor country, in a lower middle class family, I along with my siblings was taken care of by my parents to the best they could afford to. We didn't have toys, nice clothes, or a big house, but we lived in a clean house with supervision by our mom 24x7.
I know the officer said he was not a father yet but he sure does worry like one. Listening to him explain to the “dad” how to properly protect his children was so refreshing. He is going to be an awesome Dad someday!
You can still point out someone would be good at something considering the traits they already show for that something. Doesn’t mean to lower any bars for fathers, as in my eyes, both mother’s AND father’s have been observed to be total POS’s😫🙌
My Mom was single mom, she worked, the house was super clean, we had best meals, we were never left unnatended and she even managed to finish her PhD diploma. Im so furious at those people who neglect children, no excuse.
There aren't excuses, but there are often reasons and approaching with empathy is the only way to learn how these situations occur in the first place - learn what pushed her to this lifestyle
@@xanderkhan73mpathy?? Why would you have empathy for some pathetic woman who chose drugs and getting high over her own kids?? If she really cared she would've gotten clean and started taking care of her children, or give them to an orphanage. But no. She locked them inside a room, waiting for them to starve to death. She deserves no empathy. Only pity at best.
Dont raise your girls as entitled princesses. Raise them as equals to your boys who are capable of doing everything a boy can. This is the outcome of weak girls.
My husband and I were licensed foster parents for three years. We took in emergency placements like this in the middle of the night. The damage neglect does to children is heartbreaking. We adopted our last placement - a baby boy from the NICU born to a woman who used drugs and drank throughout the pregnancy that ended prematurely at 28 weeks. Our son was taken c-section due to active herpes. We couldn’t take the emotional toll of it all. My heart breaks for these little ones.
I plan to do something similar when I grow up: I have a fear of being pregnant and anything growing in my body but I know at some points I want kids and there’s tons of kids in situations like this that need help! You’re doing amazing work and I look up to you for it!
@@itscc2004I had only one child, but the pregnancy was quite awful, leaving me with permanent health issues. I knew someone else who ended up with permanent depression, and someone else who had to be sectioned for a whole year. So, yes, pregnancy can be very traumatic and damaging. But to adopt and foster is a marvellous thing to do, to be there to give needy children a good, steady, safe environment. My neighbour has fostered children for many years, taking on all the most difficult cases, treating them with patience and kindness no matter the difficulties they present. She's retiring from fostering this year, due to personal health issues, but she has been an excellent mum to many children over the decades.
The fact that she isn’t completely embarrassed but actually had the audacity to raise her voice when they asked her questions about why her kids living space looked like a dump pisses me off to no end.
She’s pissed because she got caught. Her laziness and gross neglect of those poor babies is out now for everyone to see. I hope she never gets her kids back.
@@Mako918 okay does that excuse the fact that she’s obviously doing nothing to make it live-able for her kids? Tell us your house looks like that without telling us 😂
As a single mom .. I understand what its like to feel overwhelmed ... but I would never ever neglect my kids .. my kids go before me every single hour of every single day I have gone with less so my kids could have more, that is what being a mom is, keeping them clean, well-fed, and always knowing they are loved this is incredible how did everyone allow this for so long gosh I hope these kids are now with caretakers that know what they are doing and are in loving homes
i am a single father to a child who only has 1 digit in their age and i feel it too but i think its wrong to blame this woman like many are doing in these comments. this woman needs help
@@MrMoralHighground even in the worst of conditions and even with the most severe addiction there is always people that you can reach out to if not family than there are always other human resources there is no need to put your children through hell like that It is not only the mother's fault where is the rest of the family, where is her network is there no one around to see how horrible these conditions are It is sad that we apparently live in a society (worldwide, I'm speaking from the Netherlands)where we can see children being neglected and no one seems to dare step up for those children Until the noise gets so loud and so gut wrenching that you can no longer deny them It's not only the mom at fault It is a society that is failing
@@MrMoralHighground she needed to get that help before having one child after another. i know exactly how she feels as i lived w/ my mom who was like this until i was 16. she doesn’t deserve any sympathy, but those children sure as hell do.
@@MrMoralHighground yes she needs help, probably the dad too for drug use etc. The standard theese people accept is way too low. I would never accept my kids to grow up with a parent on drugs, i would never accept my kids to grow up in a filthy home, i would never accept my kids to have to grow up poor. I would just never make the kids in the first place if my living situation was this trash. people need to set a whole lot better standards in their lives before bringing kids into the world.
You could tell that officer was doing everything he could to show restraint of his anger towards the parents. This is beyond sad. My heart breaks for these kids.
I have two kids of my own and am a single dad, after seeing stuff like this it makes me hug my kids tightly. I will never ever ever put myself ahead of my kids. These two adults deserve very long prison sentences and to never ever ever again allowed to make any contact with the children ever again.
@@noraineb9191 Thank you, our children are our future, if we want our world to succeed and thrive we have to build children with strong character, that understand empathy for one another, and responsibility.
Totally agree! I would have given ANYTHING to have children and I am shaken to my core hearing thise babies scream in despair. Cockroaches like those douches should get sterilised!
the way she can’t take responsibility for a single thing they point out and always places the blame on someone/something else, including her own kids, is horrifying
Yea like the cockroaches and the feces on the wall, but don’t worry, she was gonna take care of that 🤦🏻♀️ I just wanna know how feces get on a wall 🧐😳😫🙄🫣
@@sundrenchedmelancholy Yupppp, everything the cops said, this trash bag had an excuse for, so many people in this world who can’t have kids and would be great loving parents, but then pieces of crap like this who don’t deserve kids have them, and sometimes have a bunch of them 😞😞
I feel the same way when I see these things happen. I wish I could have a family to take care of, while these people constantly bring children into the world and then abandon them.
Me too. Although I was a young step-mum and nanny of a few families. My own brother was blessed with a child but in a similar scenario to this they had their child taken away.
@debbieflaherty1975 Cuz all of us normal people use protection against pregnancy when we arent ready to have a child. I mean accidents happen and you do the best you can with it, but most people try to avoid having kids when they dont want or arent ready to be parents. Stupid people whos future planning goes about a couple hours in the future just hump away without taking any precautions and squirt out kids the way cats have litters.
