First Child Abuse Case

While reading this article there were many mix emotions that occurred. These emotions occurred during every page, a different emotion for each page. The emotions such as confusion, sadness, furious, and relief. After this article it reminded me about a little girl had a similar story. The girls name is Genie; in her story she went through similar situations as Mary Ellen. They both faced abuse and neglect from their parents. The stories are both terrifying and should be mentioned more in classes. It is important to know about these stories because as myself, I did not know about the Mary Ellen case before it was mentioned. I believe there are several people around that are unaware on the impaction of the case. Also the impaction of other similar cases has on peoples’ behavior on how to prevent abuse or to be aware of signs of abuse. …show more content…
It made me think about the many silenced cases of abuse that occurred before the case. It also me question, why it took so long for children to gain laws of protection. I found it so amusing how animals had these laws first. I also did not understand why neighbors stood quiet perhaps they were scared of getting involved. Maybe they did not know what to do in these types of cases. I believe that does not justify them for being silent and not taking any actions. For instance, I think its hard to believe that there was only a neighbor that heard the abuse. A part I do not understand is how no one else did not notice that Mary Ellen never left home. It broke my heart to read Mary Ellen’s statement she told to the judge. It’s another reason why I want to help prevent these types of abuse and neglect. I hope that I will be able to take many children away from these type of environments and try to make their lives