Mary Ellen Mccormack: Prevention Of Cruelty To Children
The past, I figured I should undertake. I traveled back into time looking for the first child negligence to be recorded. Although, I didn’t fully grasp the story when I first heard about it from a previous teacher. Upon looking up the full article I found a few information. Mary Ellen McCormack, was an American whose case led to the creation of the New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. It’s a bit shocking to see a movement after one occurrence. Mary Ellen had a mother and father, but later lost her father. He Mother who had to take a job was unable to attend her daughter and keep her company. She put her daughter in daycare. Weeks after placing young McCormack in daycare, her Mother was not able to visit her daughter anymore
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because she was busy working. The child’s mother remarried and invested into a damaging environment. After losing her daughters biological father, the mother felt that it was right for the child to be treated in such a harsh way. Repeatedly beat, burned, cut, and locked in a closet. Neighbors later saw the physical abuse and neglect that Mary Ellen McCormack faced. Death of a loved one led the other half go ballistic and cast her hurt upon her own child. It’s heartbreaking knowing this. As upsetting as it is, it wasn’t the mothers full fault. But a child still faced the worst and shouldn’t have to go through that. Here’s the twister to the story, Mary Ellen McCormack didn’t live the life that I thought she would have lived. Instead of passing her anger to her future, she was the sweetest mother of three kids, one which was adopted. She raised her kids in love and respect and always taught them how to love. On another site(Eschooltoday), it was said that Mary Ellen had volunteered to help other kids in need of help. The community she helped introduced her to other families and trained those families to help other families to build a strong relationship with one another to show that everyone is cared for. After searching about the past I was determined to talk to someone that I know went through neglect in my generation. Telvina, that’s my first cousins name, for short we call her Vina. Telvina is a 16 year old teenager. She was adopted twice until finally settling into my family. She is still new to our family but she was excited to answer any questions that I had. At the age of 5 she was surrounded by the greatest people, well at first she thought. Her mother was a great scholar, always determined to keep her child in school, protecting her from harm, and all that a parent should do. Her father? Well sadly he left before she was born, but that never affected her. Vinas mother was wealthy. “I’ve never been so happy in my life” expressing her feelings of when her mom was still around. Had all that other would have wanted and she was the only wealthy one in all her siblings. So, being the only wealthy one, the others either looked up to her or had a competition but Vina had no understanding of what was going on. Age 7, Vinas mother died from a severe sickness that spread throughout the neighbor. Vina was then left adopted into the hands of her aunty, who not only hated her but also hated her mother. The only reason the aunty took her in was because every month they received a load of money for caring for Vina. Also, the mother saved up money for her own daughter but wouldn’t receive it till she’s in high school. Everyone was trying to hold her for the money. Passed on to the next family member, they too only wanted the money. Leaving Vina with little to eat and forced her to do labor work. “I suffered a lot, I tried battling them physically and verbally but it never worked” Both families that she had been with did not allow her to be around any friends and forced her to be home schooled till her freshmen year in high school. Telvina, with all the anger and irritation from both families she built up the courage to run away and managed to escape with all her important belongings.
She traveled to a nearby island, where she met my aunty. My aunty took her in and treated her like her own child and gave her all that she never thought she would ever receive. I asked her “what is one thing you would change if you could go back”, she simply said “I wouldn’t change a thing. I would never have met my mom now and learn the best lessons if it wasn’t for what I went through”. The cruelty and greed for money is unbelievable. A person can go to a certain extent to get what they want. It’s so disgraceful to hear these types of things. Later in life, I pray people learn from their mistakes. What had this world got itself into? I honestly loved interviewing my own cousin. It’s sad to hear, I really did cry half of the time. But when I asked her the question about changing something in life, I was amazed by her response. If it were me I would say I’d bring my mom back and tell her everything that her relatives had done. Telvina learned the better things in life. She didn’t let her past come in the way of her future. She continued to live her life and become more successful. She also ended with something I hear a lot “I forgive, but I don’t ever
forget”. It is by far very confusing how life works. Observing the two perspectives of why parents have neglected their child is quite interesting and understandable. There are so many other reasons for child neglect. A few may have the same reason and a few may differ in ways. I chose to use a source from the past, the beginning of history or when it was first recorded and a source in present time to compare the difference of what seems to be the same subject but different wordings to it. The source of the past explains that not many parents can help their own child. Life gets so hectic that you don’t notice just how serious the situation is. This parent had to sacrifice her time to keep living, but because she had lost the one supporter in her life, things took a turning point. The frustration and confusion that’s built-in ones mind and soul has to at one point be set free. There way that happened was through child neglect. Unable to support her own child, negligence took its place in their lives. It’s very disappointing to see this happen. No one should ever go through this. But if you look at what we learned about Mary Ellen in the beginning, she later lived her life to the fullest and did everything opposite of how she was treated. As for the second source, I used a more personal and present source. There’s a slight difference in this one. Telvina experience dealt with much more cruelty. It was not only someone she knew but her own family she believed to be the best. Money plays its role in this scenario. If we can recall, Vina went through child neglect all because of the riches her mother was storing up for her. Family members tortured her over the money they thought they were to receive. This gave me a whole other perspective of parents and or guardians. It’s sickening to hear such abuse happened because of the hunger of money. The past dealt with failure to support a child and losing a loved one. The present dealt with hunger for money and losing a loved one. As we also look back to the beginning of Telvinas story, her life changed as well. She grew up learning from what happened. There are similarities that are being shown in the past and present times. I now understand that at one point in life child neglect comes from losing someone you truly love. Both Mary Ellen and Telvina lost one of their parent. After losing them both of their lives changed. Life was hard and taunting. It all started with neglection. Let’s also understand that without the experience they went through they wouldn’t have come to the point in life where they actually succeed. Both girls learned from what happened. Both girls turned their life around and made it something they dreamed and hoped for. I’ve came to a point where I know now that Child Neglect isn’t really done on purpose, but it shouldn’t be done at all, it’s the impact on a person’s life that creates this horrifying situation. On the bright side, those who escaped it found a new meaning of life but for those who haven’t we should pray that they fight through it and search for the best.
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because she was busy working. The child’s mother remarried and invested into a damaging environment. After losing her daughters biological father, the mother felt that it was right for the child to be treated in such a harsh way. Repeatedly beat, burned, cut, and locked in a closet. Neighbors later saw the physical abuse and neglect that Mary Ellen McCormack faced. Death of a loved one led the other half go ballistic and cast her hurt upon her own child. It’s heartbreaking knowing this. As upsetting as it is, it wasn’t the mothers full fault. But a child still faced the worst and shouldn’t have to go through that. Here’s the twister to the story, Mary Ellen McCormack didn’t live the life that I thought she would have lived. Instead of passing her anger to her future, she was the sweetest mother of three kids, one which was adopted. She raised her kids in love and respect and always taught them how to love. On another site(Eschooltoday), it was said that Mary Ellen had volunteered to help other kids in need of help. The community she helped introduced her to other families and trained those families to help other families to build a strong relationship with one another to show that everyone is cared for. After searching about the past I was determined to talk to someone that I know went through neglect in my generation. Telvina, that’s my first cousins name, for short we call her Vina. Telvina is a 16 year old teenager. She was adopted twice until finally settling into my family. She is still new to our family but she was excited to answer any questions that I had. At the age of 5 she was surrounded by the greatest people, well at first she thought. Her mother was a great scholar, always determined to keep her child in school, protecting her from harm, and all that a parent should do. Her father? Well sadly he left before she was born, but that never affected her. Vinas mother was wealthy. “I’ve never been so happy in my life” expressing her feelings of when her mom was still around. Had all that other would have wanted and she was the only wealthy one in all her siblings. So, being the only wealthy one, the others either looked up to her or had a competition but Vina had no understanding of what was going on. Age 7, Vinas mother died from a severe sickness that spread throughout the neighbor. Vina was then left adopted into the hands of her aunty, who not only hated her but also hated her mother. The only reason the aunty took her in was because every month they received a load of money for caring for Vina. Also, the mother saved up money for her own daughter but wouldn’t receive it till she’s in high school. Everyone was trying to hold her for the money. Passed on to the next family member, they too only wanted the money. Leaving Vina with little to eat and forced her to do labor work. “I suffered a lot, I tried battling them physically and verbally but it never worked” Both families that she had been with did not allow her to be around any friends and forced her to be home schooled till her freshmen year in high school. Telvina, with all the anger and irritation from both families she built up the courage to run away and managed to escape with all her important belongings.
She traveled to a nearby island, where she met my aunty. My aunty took her in and treated her like her own child and gave her all that she never thought she would ever receive. I asked her “what is one thing you would change if you could go back”, she simply said “I wouldn’t change a thing. I would never have met my mom now and learn the best lessons if it wasn’t for what I went through”. The cruelty and greed for money is unbelievable. A person can go to a certain extent to get what they want. It’s so disgraceful to hear these types of things. Later in life, I pray people learn from their mistakes. What had this world got itself into? I honestly loved interviewing my own cousin. It’s sad to hear, I really did cry half of the time. But when I asked her the question about changing something in life, I was amazed by her response. If it were me I would say I’d bring my mom back and tell her everything that her relatives had done. Telvina learned the better things in life. She didn’t let her past come in the way of her future. She continued to live her life and become more successful. She also ended with something I hear a lot “I forgive, but I don’t ever
forget”. It is by far very confusing how life works. Observing the two perspectives of why parents have neglected their child is quite interesting and understandable. There are so many other reasons for child neglect. A few may have the same reason and a few may differ in ways. I chose to use a source from the past, the beginning of history or when it was first recorded and a source in present time to compare the difference of what seems to be the same subject but different wordings to it. The source of the past explains that not many parents can help their own child. Life gets so hectic that you don’t notice just how serious the situation is. This parent had to sacrifice her time to keep living, but because she had lost the one supporter in her life, things took a turning point. The frustration and confusion that’s built-in ones mind and soul has to at one point be set free. There way that happened was through child neglect. Unable to support her own child, negligence took its place in their lives. It’s very disappointing to see this happen. No one should ever go through this. But if you look at what we learned about Mary Ellen in the beginning, she later lived her life to the fullest and did everything opposite of how she was treated. As for the second source, I used a more personal and present source. There’s a slight difference in this one. Telvina experience dealt with much more cruelty. It was not only someone she knew but her own family she believed to be the best. Money plays its role in this scenario. If we can recall, Vina went through child neglect all because of the riches her mother was storing up for her. Family members tortured her over the money they thought they were to receive. This gave me a whole other perspective of parents and or guardians. It’s sickening to hear such abuse happened because of the hunger of money. The past dealt with failure to support a child and losing a loved one. The present dealt with hunger for money and losing a loved one. As we also look back to the beginning of Telvinas story, her life changed as well. She grew up learning from what happened. There are similarities that are being shown in the past and present times. I now understand that at one point in life child neglect comes from losing someone you truly love. Both Mary Ellen and Telvina lost one of their parent. After losing them both of their lives changed. Life was hard and taunting. It all started with neglection. Let’s also understand that without the experience they went through they wouldn’t have come to the point in life where they actually succeed. Both girls learned from what happened. Both girls turned their life around and made it something they dreamed and hoped for. I’ve came to a point where I know now that Child Neglect isn’t really done on purpose, but it shouldn’t be done at all, it’s the impact on a person’s life that creates this horrifying situation. On the bright side, those who escaped it found a new meaning of life but for those who haven’t we should pray that they fight through it and search for the best.
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