© CBSMiriam Rebolledo
"All the news every day, you see young people - 12, 13, 14 years old - they end up in schools with guns, and in this country it's so easy to get guns," Miriam Rebolledo said.
The 29-year-old mother, who posted her $7,500 bond Friday, is fed up with her 6-year-old son. She says he's troubled and out of control.
"My son is rebelling so much that he killed a little animal," she said.
Police said Rebolledo put her son's hand on a stove as a form of punishment for hitting a student at school.
Rebolledo said she's taken him to psychologist and has tried all forms of punishment but says she can't seem to get through and fears the worst.
"It's so easy to get those guns. You want my son to grow up to be a bully who beats up on kids? And he isn't just going after boys, he bullied a girl," she said.
In court Friday, a judge reprimanded Rebolledo, who is of Colombian descent, saying, "Maybe in Colombia, it's OK to reprimand your child by putting their hand on a stove, but in the United States of America, it's not."
"What am is supposed to do? Just stay home without doing anything for my son?" Rebolledo said.
Emotional and frustrated, Rebolledo kept talking as her husband forcefully pulled her away and into the car.
"I'm a bad mom, but they don't know the truth," she said. "This is the kind of thing a mother has to do so that her son can grow up to be a good person tomorrow."
For now, the judge placed her son in foster care.
Reader Comments
Foster care, whilst it sounds good, the FACTS as they stand these days, with Foster care, do not speak highly of the practice, and in many cases, even make the kids worse, as they get exposed to things they should never be exposed too. The media is full of such events and reports.
I'm pretty sure, there are caring fostering folks out there, BUT, on the other hand, there are also pure low life's, who treat these kids worse they they were at home and are nothing but a meal ticket.
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From my observations, boys AND girls these days, are pretty nasty to each other, as has been clearly demonstrated in the U.S. with the constant shootings by kids who have had enough.
Just because the victim was girl, does not minimise the event. Girls too, can be serious nasty little pieces, and whether the Mum is aware of it or not, also do their fair share of bullying.
Abusing your son with physical torture, tells us much about the mother, and no doubt, will eventually blow back on her, IMHO, deservedly so, and I believe, will also be remembered clearly, by her son as well. If that is the environment that he's growing up in, where his own mother sees nothing wrong with physical torture, why would it come as a surprise, if the kid thinks similarly ?????????
I would have liked to have heard the son's side of the story, too bad we're denied that, as there's ALWAYS , two sides to a story.
@itchvet:
Good, reasonable comment.
Unfortunately the stories that are not told are more truthful than the stories that are told.
Only a very few people know this enough to change anything, though.
And that is why we are living this way.
And why there is not much hope for the future.
ned,
out
Tick, tick, tick.....
There are millions upon millions upon millions of 'little bombs' (psychologically wounded and beaten and battered infants, children and adults) out there, all going off and getting ready to 'go off' in even bigger fashion. (Not to mention all the psychologically disturbed pets. Or the displaced and threatened and insecure wildlife species that are under duress. Or how about the genetically -uhhh- 'enhanced' plants and the diseases they bring? Let's not mention those....'cuz I've got me a real neat new iphone, I'm expecting an updated drone for Christmas, and I got a pay raise too. I just bought a new car with all the extras, heated seats and steering wheel and dashboard devices and advanced security mode, and same thing with my house!)
The 'authorities' do not know what to do.
Since the 'authorities' (governments and industry) do not know what to do, the 'authorities' will do the ONE THING they do know how to do.
Promote themselves and give themselves more firepower.
HAVE A NICE DAY.
ned,
OUT OUT OUT
OUT
Context, folks, the 'third force'.
I've come to terms with the fact that this world, even our bodies and our fellow Man is a prison of Cosmic proportions. That there are forces at work that will still act out no matter what we do. And we were born here to learn. So sit back and enjoy the ride, and learn while you're at it; don't let this damned place get to you. And keep on doing what you do, SOTT. You help provide the context that tends to be shrouded in confusion and obscurity, a priceless service.
There is light at the end of the tunnel.
It's not clear what kind of alleged little animal it was. A squirrel? A pussycat? A cockroach? An ant?
What does the six year old say?