Boy screams for help ! But we cannot do anything..
By tamirs
@tamirs (1807)
Philippines
November 11, 2011 7:00am CST
Everybody is screaming..A boy is crying.
We went out to see whats going on...
But we were all rendered speechless and motionless.
My cousins son,10 years old,was beaten to death by his father.He used his belt to teach lesson to his child..We cant do anything but listen to all of them..Their house is closed and they are all yelling..The boy screams for help while his father screams in anger.
Good thing my uncle,my cousins father, went inside and stop them and ask my cousins husband to go out..My cousins husband rarely go home,twice a month sometimes three and whenever he goes home,these always happens.I pity the boy but we cant do anything..We can seek help from authority but his wife wont agree..
I have a child also but never think of doing that to her even if most of the time she is being stubborn.These are just kids, even if he is 10 years old already,he don't deserve such treatment..All kids don't deserve such treatment.Right??
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15 responses
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
11 Nov 11
Sorry but I don't agree with you.
You let that boy been beaten up and just say you can't do anything?
You use for an excuse that the mother doesn't allow you too?
You, and everybody who knows this, should be ashamed about yourself.
Adult afraid and let a kid be beaten up for no reason. There is enough you can do, especially if the father is not home daily.
You and all those people who know about this are all as worse as this dad!
You know about this so you all are quilty.
The only reason why nobody is doing anything is because you all are afraid you are the next one, the same with the mother.
I was like that boy and nobody helped me, my mother nearly killed me, I was even ordered to wait for that moment, otherwise I could not get help and my crazy mother would not understand.
I never let anyone beat up a kid in front of my eyes, no matter if it's a guy 3 times taller as I am. I don't care about been beaten up with a belt I survived worser things.
I don't know who is worser, that dad or you all watching and looking for excuses and saying you are not able to help that kid!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Nov 11
oh my g thank you Kitty I could not word it as well, they all watched perhaps enjoying the drama oh my I saw a huge man
beating his petite wife and a crowd watching, mind you nobody
moved to help her. so I did, I was 65 at the time, walking with
a cane, He threw me o the ground but my effort stirred two off
]duty police officers to grab him and subdue him.someone then had the decency to call the para medics to help the badly beaten small
women. I just had a few bruises but my action got results.when good people do nothing they are a bad as the monster dad.so yes do not wait for non existent police spring into action and subdue the beater.shame on all who just stood and did nothing.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
11 Nov 11
@kittty i understand you,i know where you are coming from.you know how it feels because you've been thru these..
Yes,we are guilty,I am guilty because we didnt do anything to stop them, my parents tried to meddle with them before,they got mad at my parents because they say they should stay out of this for this is family matters,we went to our Barangay official before and seek for help but the official wont help us,for they say the parents know what they are doing to thier child.We were asked to stay out of thier lives from then on..
Say what you want to say,i understand you,but yes we are guilty but at times helping is not that easy though you know you need to and you want to, you cant always trow help everytime.
@ hatley and kitty,we didnt watch them till the end,when we went out to see whats happening and we saw what is going on,we hurried inside for i am with my child,i dont want her to see such things. I know that is not a reason,but i have my daughter to protect also..
I wont let you understand me,for in your mind we did wrong.But you shoudn't judge us as easy as that.. thank you my friends i appreciate your thoughts.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Nov 11
no child deserves to be beaten like that any where in t he world. people do not act nothing gets done. yes you cou ld h ave. any two strong men relatives should have
grabbed that monstor dad and yanked down his pants, and laid some
good hard brutal whacks on his monster back side, then called the
police to report the brutality. so you are in the phillipines surely you have some sort of laws there, use them do not let that man do that again as this time the child could die.No matter where in the world you are there are some law protecting kids from savage parents.
He needs to go to jail for years and to be beaten until blood runs so he knows how that feels. what a wicked monster and all you people doing nothing here in the US we do do something to monster child beaters no matter what the idiot mom might have said
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Nov 11
you do not need consent from his wife or anybody else tamirs to take preventive action , everybody can do a citizens arrest when you see a crime being done or anybody can report a crime to any law enforcement agency in our country such as the "barangay", the department of social welfare or the police! "I pity the boy but we cant do anything..", of course you can do something and so does anybody else who cares.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Nov 11
Why? what part of the country are you from? ( no need to answer), Philippine law is applicable to the whole country but I understand what you mean, so when this is the case where you are then why not make a stir in the media like reporting to the Tulfo brothers or Pinky Webb or Mike Enriquez, you know these media people who are good in calling the attention of people in government who have the authority to act, better do something before something nasty really happens and live to regret it for the rest of your life (just went on in my mind).
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@henkiprananda (2729)
• Indonesia
11 Nov 11
that remind me when i was child.
please, children no need a beat
children need a guide, from a old poeple that we call "parent"
what a parent do to their children, will children do when they became a parent.
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
11 Nov 11
Definitely, kids don't deserve such treatment, it'a already an abuse. And the boy is just 10 years old. What kind of father will do that to his own children?!? I don't think you will need his mom's consent, the marks on his skin and what you guys witnessed and heard can be a valid proof of this abuse. I hope your cousin (the mom?) is also thinking that it's better to protect her son, than let her husband do it again to the boy. We don't know what could happen next time.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
11 Nov 11
Hi Tamirs,
You people all need to pull together to get some of your laws updated! Really! I live in the States and here, it would not matter what the mother wanted...that father would have been hauled away and charged with child abuse. If the mother defended him or took him back and did nothing to protect her child from him then she would lose her child. That monster deserves worse than jail. He deserves Saphy and all her possee to go after him with all their belts and torture techniques. That mother that won't press charges is probably afraid of the father also but she needs to put her own fears aside for the well-being of her son and she needs all of you people to give her the moral support and help that she needs to remain strong enough to do that.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
11 Nov 11
you are right sid,my cousin like his son is afraid of her husband.
Months ago my mom confronted them after they beat their son, they got mad at my mom and shout at her for defending their child.From then on we did not try to talk to them whenever such things is happening.
@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
15 Mar 12
I would call the police even if the mother doesn´t agree. There are certain things that go beyong asking permission. This is an extreme abuse and surely the wife thinks that, if she asks for help, she will be beaten too
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
11 Nov 11
Oh my goodness.
It doesn't matter if the mother agreed or not.
You can still report this incident to authorities esp DSWD.
Do what you can my friend...took photos of that boy and go to the nearest DSWD...
The father needs to be punished...and use his own belt for him.
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@Masihi (4413)
• Canada
11 Nov 11
That's awful, the father should be reported, especially if the boy's being harmed. Maybe you can take the mother and son under your wings and and help them get into a safe home/enviroment.
@tamirs (1807)
• Philippines
11 Nov 11
I agree to that Masihi, but taking my cousin and her son is not a good idea.. my cousin has two more offspring other that boy, and leaving them behind is not good,and i dont think my cousin will like the idea.Im sure she is on her husband side..
this father doesnt hurt his two other offspring,both girls, that is why we were thinking why he has to do this to his son.
@vexxus (712)
• Philippines
12 Nov 11
That's child abuse, no one has the right to hurt any one, even if the reason of beating is discipline, we can discipline our child in a nice way, As you say his father rarely go home but when he does he beat his son, what kind of father he is anyway?
@Harmonics (251)
• Philippines
12 Nov 11
Its really hard to hear stupid parents do this thing to their child. To say that he just wants to teach the child a lesson is the most craziest reason for committing that act. Anyway, perhaps the genius father is now happy because his child learn a lesson - that he will die if beaten so much. It is nothing but abuse. Discipline can always be administered in a proper way and degree without harming damaging someone emotionally and physically yet obtaining the good results.
@telmesh (1793)
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11 Nov 11
Is your country signed up to the international court of human rights. If yes, then they must by law no matter what the mother says take action to protect the young.
I do agree with you no child should have to endure such treatment, hope you and those around you have the strength to get the authorities to take action to protect this boy and others like him from such abuse. PLEASE BE STRONG.
@khare_1005 (1310)
• India
13 Nov 11
physical punishment can do no good and it can not be taken up as a way to teach lesson.it only lets the child to be more stubborn and in future he/she will start telling lies to get saved from these punishment.is it not a gateway to throw them into a deep dungeon?
@phoevy21 (29)
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11 Nov 11
parents who beat their children have experienced beating when they were kids. I think its their way of discipline. But I do think its inappropriate because its gonna have psychological outcome of violence to this kids.When they grow old, they become violent themselves.Constant beating makes kids numb to this kind of discipline, and it wont affect them at all. Parents sure love their kids and they want them to grow into a good person, but these ways are just inappropriate. All they should do is to show their love to their kids, guide them in whatever decision they make and they will become a good person in the future.
