Based on that CDC article anyone who is not the product of married, middle class, 25 years+ employed parents with only 1 or 2 siblings is at increased risk of maltreatment!
It's far too broad a statement to say age predicts child maltreatment. It seems far more likely that long-term poverty and social exclusion, poor…
Oi!
oitotheworld-
I'm not Gonzo, but I can think of a few reasons.
No. Not seriously.
God this is shitty, but what has their age got to do with it? Teen parents (especially teen mums) are already so stigmatized and looked down upon (thanks MTV), headlines like this don't help. There is no connection between being a child abusing asshat and one's age.
How did law enforcement know? I was bracing myself for the "The couple posted about it on Twitter/Instagram..." line.
At least they did the moral thing and got married.
Congratulations! I have three weeks to go— I'm so ready.
SO FUCKING BORED WAITING FOR THIS BABY TO POP OUT. 9 days to go. Anxious for labor to start. It's like waiting for prom night without the amazing 90's hair and crushing disappointment.
Seriously, genius.
Pie deserves it.
You can call him Sam Jackson if you're friends with him. Otherwise, it's gotta be Samuel L., or Mr. Jackson if you're nasty.
I don't understand. What is so cool about what Beyonce did?
Both 1) and 2) are the same. They are both a grotesque oversimplification of the problem and solution. Do you see the parity there? Do you see how if you understand that the second item is a joke, the first item can be read as a joke as well? How the first item is not a viable solution to the problem it addresses, and …
Why exactly is this guy sexy again? I dunno, I look at my other ex-husbands like Brad Pitt and George Clooney...and Johnny Depp...and Colin Firth...etc. And then I look at Adam, and I just think "Meh."
Do they suffer from affluenza??
That's how vigorous my facepalm was.
that looks like a hole in the space/time continuum
I just facepalmed so hard that I punched a hole in the wall behind me.
Sorry, but no.