WTF - weird parents

Oh dear.
This was quite sad to read.

The home of Randall Warren Piercy, 41, was like a prison that had cameras in almost every room, with the father monitoring the boy on TV and computer screens, sheriff's Lt. Annie Smith said Thursday.

Over the past three years, the boy did not attend school, receive medical attention or hhave contact with people outside the family, Smith said. Authorities said he was home-schooled but could not read children's books.

Relatives told police that the boy was usually allowed to use the bathroom only once a day because his father was teaching him to control his body.

And the mother was allowed to see her son at only certain times. How bizarre is that? The boy is 9. Last 3 years. So he's been enduring this since he was 6? And I can't believe that authorities will let the mother go. She stood by placidly and let this all happen? How tragic. :o


We really need to come up with a parenting exam.