“Only God Can Judge Me. That’s All I gotta Say!”

by Deborah Cruz on July 23, 2012

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In September of last year, Texas mom, Elizabeth Escalona, glued her 2-year-old toddler to the wall after kicking, berating and beating her because of a potty training failure.

Going so far as even hitting the tiny toddler with a gallon of milk. Elizabeth Escalona is now facing life in prison and her day in court is fast approaching, September 7, 2012.

Apparently, the 2-year-old had a potty training accident (as all potty training toddlers do) and soiled herself. The toddler was taken to the hospital by her maternal grandmother, Escalona’s mother, who reported her daughter for abuse.

The 2-year-old was in a coma for 2 days after the incident. The toddler and her siblings were then removed from the custody of their mother, Ms. Escalona. She was taken into custody. Thank God for that.

Speaking of God, when Ms. Escalona was leaving the courthouse, her statement to the press was this, “Only God can judge me. That’s all I gotta say.” I’m pretty sure more than just God is judging your atrocious behavior Ms. Escalona, including your cellmates in prison. It’s going to be a long life sentence.

I’m not sure how all of you feel about spanking but I am sure all of you frown upon beating toddlers with gallons of milk and then gluing them to the wall until their hands bleed. This woman is obviously sick in the head and may have been beaten herself at some point in her life.

How else does one learn this sadistic behavior? My opinion: the cycle has got to stop. The best place for her is in jail, away from kids.

This is just one reason that I am against spanking children; some people are not emotionally equipped to handle dispensing this kind of discipline. I know there are some people in the world that can discipline their children with a small tap on the butt but I know there are a lot more who cannot.

Parent’s need to employ the 10 second rule; think about it, count to ten, or just freaking walk away and breathe for a moment. If this could happen, we would have a lot less children suffering from shaken baby syndrome, toddlers getting glued to walls and beaten, and children who are abused.

What do you think the punishment for Elizabeth Escalona’s actions should be?

Photo Credit: Pink Sherbert Photography

Tagged as: child abuse, Child welfare, disciplining your toddler, Elizabeth Escalona, potty training, Texas mom

  • Jilly

    “This is just one reason that I am against spanking children; some people are not emotionally equipped to handle dispensing this kind of discipline.”

    Actually, that’s something I hadn’t considered in the smacking debate, but you are absolutely right. I’m against smacking too but I must admit, I don’t see how a smacking ban could be enforced. Nor do I consider any parent who is in favour of smacking a child abuser. But as you say, there are those who are not capable of the restraint and discipline necessary.

    No parent should ever desire to harm their child. If you’re smacking your child out of an actual desire to inflict pain, to harm your child, you are neither fit to dispense that kind of discipline, nor fit to be a parent. There’s nothing easy about parenthood and every parent makes mistakes, but abuse cannot be dismissed as a mere mistake. I’d like to meet the parent that has never been frustrated with their child and frustration is ok. Even anger is ok. What’s not ok is allowing those feelings to explode into physical violence. The very thought of your child coming to any harm, much less at your own hands, should make you feel physically sick.

    I truly hope that this little girl will have little or no recollection of what her mother did but if she does, that she is placed with people who will help her through it and show her that there’s love in the world, an existence beyond that which she endured at the hands of her mother. All I can say is that I’m so glad that she was found in time. Child abuse goes beyond the cases highlighted by children’s charities and the media. It’s an awful thing to think about but some are never found.

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