Father Charged with Attempted Murder in Injuries to Adoptive Son

Parenthood, a guardian, protector, a role of which holds the highest position when caring for the life of another.  This is arguably one of the most important jobs a person will ever have during their life time.  Once they decide to take on the role of a parent, they are responsible for the life, survival, and protection; overall well-being of that life.  It was their choice to bring a life into this world, and therefore it is their duty to take care of them until they can care for themselves. 

For some people the idea of being a parent is a scary thought; it's only reasonable seeing as if they have to be completely responsible for someone's survival.  For some people they are ready to handle all the struggles and responsibilities, but for others, it isn't as easy, and may step into the role not ready and maybe a little bit immaturely.  It is important to understand the full job that is involved with being a parent.  Parents have to fully and unconditionally love their child, without that they can never fully be the parent that every child deserves.  The worst thing a parent could ever do is beat their child; this is an obvious sign that they were not ready to be parents and did not think of the child's own welfare. 
There are many tragic stories in the world of children being brutal beaten, neglected, and even murdered by their own parents; heart wrenching stories that makes a person question how a parent could ever do that to their own child.  It really shows how some people are not ready to be parents and do not fully understand the meaning of being a parent.

Recently in Miami a father was charged with attempted murder of his adopted son.  The boy was found along side of I-95 in the back of a pickup truck soaked in chemicals and badly injured with severe burns.   Along with the boy, his sister Nubia, was found in a bag dead.  The two children were foster kids to Jorge Barahona, 53.  For years he and his wife Carmen had been foster parents to children, taking them in from the Department of Children and Families.  The department is an agency that finds and makes sure to protect and provide stable living environments for children and families in Florida.  The department is very sad and sorry for what happened to these twins, and is going to make sure that incidents like these cannot slip under their noses anymore.  The father was charged with a 1 million dollar bail and scented to jail for the murder of Nubia, and was also just recently charged with attempted murder on his son, Victor.  The boy was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s burn unit for his severe burns and placed on a respirator, and recent reports say he is doing better, but still in critical condition. 

It is sad and unfortunate to see such abuse and neglect.  It also seems like the agency should have been able to see that something was not right, especially after the child abuse hot line received a call about how the two twins were being forced to stand in a bathtub for hours hands and feet bond.  It is a horrible accident not caught soon enough, and a tragedy.  This just goes to show the irresponsibility of some parents and the need for mature adults to raise children and protect and provide for them like they deserve.  I hope that tragedies like these will one day not exist, but that will take a lot of maturing for some people for it to ever stop. 

Praying for a world of LOVE & PEACE.