Tragically, it has happened yet again. Amid all the awful, sordid news stories out there, is there anything worse than the ones that chronicle the arrest of those accused of killing – and sometimes sexually assaulting – little children? Sometimes babies.
This is something that is beyond psychopathic and perverted. Maybe it’s the manifestation of evil. But one thing is certain. Those who would do such despicable things — regardless of their inner demons and addictions — had access. We don’t know the why, but that’s the how.
Live-in boyfriends, including the unconscionably creepy ones, are a societal norm. Even society’s old-schoolers acknowledge as much. But all bets are off and the dynamics are different where little children are involved. Sharing a bed is not the same as sharing a household that includes the innocent.
These women, making unilateral decisions that impact their children, are not just pitiful, tragic figures. They are negligent, enabling accomplices in a tragedy — and a crime.