Mo. woman accused of hitting toddler son with skillet

Monday, July 16, 2012

SENATH, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman is facing charges for allegedly striking her 2-year-old son in the head with a cast iron skillet.

The Kennett Daily Dunklin Democrat (http://bit.ly/LUwSGW ) reports that 23-year-old Tameca Bryant of Senath is charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child. She is jailed on $100,000 bond.

Authorities say the boy was injured on June 2, but Bryant waited until the next day to seek medical attention. Doctors discovered the toddler had many injuries including a broken arm, skull fracture, a brain injury, bruises and dried blood in his left ear.

Bryant was arrested last week. Officials aren’t sure what prompted the attack.

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Information from: Daily Dunklin Democrat, http://www.dddnews.com

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JMO 10 months, 1 week ago

Honestly, I'm beginning to think you should have to get a psychological screening and a license to be a parent. I've said to friends that once I became a parent I understood, intellectually, how child abuse happens. A little less sleep, a little more drinking or drugs or mental problems...kids can be hard to take, I see how it happens. But understanding it intellectually doesn't make it turn my stomach any less. This is so, so wrong. I pray that child is given to a person who will make his life as good in the future as it's been bad in the past.

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