Mother, 62, arrested after son, 6, beat newborn sister to death

[joshcryer]

10. There are always issues related to pregnancy complications.

But in my humble opinion the parenting was the most contributing factor. First, her husband died 5 years ago, when the kid was 1, meaning that she's gone it alone all these years (why did she have the 3 year old at that age? What the ever living fuck?).

Adding, ADD/ADHD (attention deficit disorder) is related directly to pregnancy complications. Her very act of inducing pregnancy at her age is by definition a complication. So I suspect all her children suffer from ADD/ADHD. The few articles I can find say her children have "behavioral issues." They don't expound further, but it seems reasonable to assume this.

A 6 year old with ADD/ADHD is not going to think about the consequences of taking his sister out of her car seat and swinging her around until she shuts up. He probably does that to his toys daily, maybe even hits his 3 year old sibbling on a daily basis with some object.

But yeah, I feel for the 6 year old, I feel as though he's out of reach for psychologists (especially since he's old enough to go to the eventual trial, he'll get this event burned in no doubt). The 3 year old may be salvageable.