A New Life After Neglect

This story is just so terrible I just don understand how anyone could let this happen. I listened to all the audio from the link I cant believe that the mother is trying to justify the conditions of what was going on. She should be locked up for the rest of her life! I am so glad that she was adopted by such a wonderful family! Her parents are wonderful and her brother that is the same age is adorable. God bless them for all the wonderful things they have done for her.

I think one of the keys to getting this type of thing to stop is public awareness. Public Service announcements, commercials over television and radio. It's done for physical abuse and should be done for neglect also. Thanks God someone saw her and did something. Her mother should go to jail for a very long time.

Oh my god this is horrible!! I can't believe a mother could do this. It is unbelievable that there were no consequences for her actions.

This story is heartbreaking to read. We all have to remember that Dani is just one of millions of children around the world to that are subjected to abuse. We MUST speak up every time we notice or suspect any type of abuse.

Why isn't stories like this made more public?? I think then people might be more willing to make that phone call that could change a child's life. As for the mother, it doesn't appear she knew any better, but the caseworkers should have acted sooner!!

The biological parent should have had to do jail time no matter what. That is ridiculous!!!

This is so heartbreaking. My prayers are with the girl and her adoptive family, as they all have a long road ahead of them. They are so good to come in and offer her a loving home, which is what she deserved all along. NO CHILD, EVER, deserves to think they are not loved, or are a burden. I absolutely do NOT feel that the birth mother was punished enough; as a matter of fact, if she is still able to have children, she should have to be sterilized. I think anybody in any kind of severe case of neglect should have their parental rights taken away as well as the rights to have any more children in the future. Yes, I know this is America, but I can still dream.

God bless anyone that will get involved, anyone that will make the call to report something that doesn't look or feel right, anyone that will take action to try to help those in need. The couple that have taken Dani in are being blessed each day. The woman that did this to her child must be mentally ill and needs treatment. Steps should be taken to make sure that she never gives birth to another child and that no child is ever left in her care.

This is ridiculous. The mother should be serving substantial jail time or worse. I am happy to hear that she has loving parents now.

I am a survivor of childhood abuse and I know what Dani's future as an adult could be like. Knowing this, I think her biological mother didn't pay in any way AT ALL for the crimes she commited against that beautiful little girl. On a positive note, I'm glad to hear of Dani's progress.

I am very upset about how Dani was treated! She now faces a life of turmoil, PTSD, and she can barely do for herself. The mother should have been punished severely. I cried when I read the story. The mother needs to have life in the prison system. Dani has to have life for what she will be going through for the rest of her life, due to the abuse of her mother's doings!

I really believe that the biological mother was not punished nearly enough. If all they are going to do is pat her hand, what is to keep her from having more children and treating them the same way. I am so glad that Dani found a loving home. I wish it could have happened sooner, but at least she was found and now has love and care in her life.

I watched the story of Dani on Oprah... I was shocked that someone who could treat a child the way she was treated... My mother wasn't a very good parent and I thought my childhood was tragic... my mom looks like a normal parent after seeing that show.... I wonder how many other children like Dani are out there.... I don't think that the punishment that the mother is getting is severe enough... There are so many people who would have been happy to take Dani before all of this happened to her and loved her.... If the children out there are such a burden to the people who have them and don't want to care for them they should just admit it and give these children to people who will love and care for them. Some people should never be parents...

I don't feel that the biological parent was punished enough. I feel that especially in crimes against our children we have to take a stronger stand. I am happy that Dani is making progress and is living a happier life. But I am disappointed that her biological mom got off without being properly punished for her crimes.

I firmly believe in the golden rule. Treat others as you wish to be treated. In my honest opinion it should be implemented in our court systems. ESPECIALLY for crimes like this. Against children. Think about how the crime rate would go down. Murder would be almost nonexistent. Crimes like this they would never make it to even a thought. It's very tragic that some people can do this to a child. Incredibly horrid when they do it to their own.