Potty training is one of the most frustrating parenting experiences I've faced, but I still can't muster even a fraction of an ounce of empathy for Robin Greinke, 26, an Illinois woman, who along with her boyfriend beat her 3-year-old son to death because he wet his pants. Once they were finished, and he lay nearby dying, they ate a pizza and watched a movie.
Greinke and Steven Neil, 33, admitted that they took turns beating the boy for more than an hour after he had an accident February 8 while they were visiting Florida. "They were upset with him and they tossed him and spanked him and punched him," a homicide investigator told Central Florida News 13.
After enjoying themselves with the pizza and movie, Greinke finally called 911 around 5 a.m. to say her son, Noah Fake, was wheezing, and she couldn't sleep. She couldn't sleep. No one with even a hint of a conscience possibly could, but apparently she has none.
If it was a rash incident, it wouldn't make it any better, but at least there would be a tiny hint of understanding of how someone can snap. Potty training can be brutal, but this? This is truly one of the most horrific, unconscionable acts against a child by his own mother I've come across. It makes me physically ache to think about what this child endured.
I just can't imagine what cold, callous people these individuals must be, and what an awful life this boy must have led during the years he was alive. With a mother like that, I can't imagine they were anything but awful. I don't want to believe he's better off dead, but he would likely be better off anywhere than in the care of a woman who could not only kill, but sit by and chow down on dinner afterwards. Monster is the only word for someone like that, and no alcohol or drugs or anything else can provide even a hint of an excuse for these actions.
The couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse, child neglect, and first-degree murder. Greinke was denied bail on Saturday and remains in jail and on suicide watch. I hope they watch her closely, because she doesn't deserve such an easy escape from her actions.
While I don't support the death penalty, it's cases like this that make me question that stance. I hope whatever punishment they face is as severe as the law allows and that they never get to enjoy a piece of pizza or view a movie ever again.
What punishment do you think is fitting for this couple?
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Beaten nearly to death, brought back to health and then have the beating happen all over again. Every day. For the rest of her life.
Potty training isn't that hard. When my child was 2, I trained her in one day. Very simple, focus only on your child for one entire day. Let them wear just a diaper (making sure they're not freezing of course) for the day and give them water, milk, juice, whatever is good and put them on the potty. When they go, make a joyous fuss and maybe give them a goldfish cracker, then let them flush the toilet. Do this for the entire day and by the end of the day my little one was peeking in at the bathroom and got the picture. I asked if she wanted to wear big girl pants if she didn't wet them and would go potty and she said yes, done deal. This really works. She went to bed for a few weeks with a diaper on but never ever wet her pants again. Just focus folks.
It kills me that those kind of people can have children. I can't imagine what that poor little boy went through. I do agree with mommix4, inmates dispise child killers. I hope they suffer more than the innocent child. I sometimes have to discipline my son, but then I feel so bad that i go and attack him with kisses. You can discipline a child, but not torture or beat him or her. Who has the heart to kill a child?!