Articles labeled: sharon patterson

Wow, there is so much wrong with this story we don’t even know where to start. Let’s begin by looking at the facts:

Two family friends accused of depriving a toddler of fluid for a week as punishment for bed-wetting appeared in court Wednesday to face charges in his death.

Police said 23-month-old Amari Jackson died of dehydration while Sharon Patterson and her brother Robert Patterson were caring for him in February.

Investigators said glasses around the house were laced with hot sauce to keep the boy from drinking.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Robert Patterson told police that the boy cried for his mother when he began staying with him and his sister, but that “towards the end of his stay Amari was crying for something to drink.”

Amari was pronounced dead at to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where medical records indicate that he “appeared wasted” and had “sunken eyes.”

1. You’re not supposed to “punish” bedwetting.
2. Who expects a 23-month-old to be potty trained?
3. Who doesn’t know that even an adult can’t go without fluids for a couple days, much less a week?
4. Why did the boys mother not check up on him?

So were these people cruel, stupid, or a dangerous mixture of both?