Well, how did you miss the story? It's plastered all over Foxnews and CNN and has been for several days.

I don't like stories like that any more than you do. It really does cause me pain to think about that poor little girl. I really could cry. But whether I read the article or not, stories like this one are happening every day.

We are the absolute worst species on the planet when it comes to caring for our young. And no society that tolerates things like this can make a legitimate claim to 'putting children first'. It's bullshit. We don't. Most Western nations don't. Kids are property, and parents are allowed way too much lattitude to be bad parents.

The more I read stories like this, the more reasonable Singapore looks.