Bitter custody battles over children are relatively common in Chicago. Parents, lawyers and judges worry about the poor children caught in the middle of the battle. Yet, viewed from another point of view, these children are so lucky. They have two parents fighting for the honor of raising them and taking care of them. Some children are not so lucky.
The Illinois Nursing Home Abuse blog has a post on a handicapped boy who died here in Chicago as result of neglect:
On May 15 a 13-year-old Illinois boy died at a University of Chicago Hospital after being brought there with very severe signs of neglect including ulcers one of which was seeping pus, a black crusted patch on his tongue, and hair, skin, and nails that were flaking and dirty.
The boy’s death has been ruled a homicide. The mother has been charged with felony neglect.
Conclusion: There are worse things than two loving parents fighting over how take care of you.
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