Hundreds of children daily are resentenced to torture within their own homes. Social-work solutions continue to produce adolescent criminals. It is long past time to insist on children's safety and proper nurturing. Parental rights must be balanced with parental responsibility. Adoree Blair, foster parent Littleton, Colorado Only when we realize that we are hurting the dependent members of our society through excessive welfare benefits will we begin to deal realistically with this problem.
Welfare reform is the only real hope for restoring needed principles to our nation's inner cities.
I cried for the child lying in a coffin with his teddy bear. Regardless of whatever Yummy may have done, he was still just a little boy who was abused and tortured by the people who should have loved him. Parents don't need to scare their children by taking them to see a dead child in the hope that the example will deter them from ending up likewise. All of us who are parents need to love, care and set living examples for our children, so that 19 is not old age and 11 is not the life expectancy. I was painfully sad and angry that no one came to the rescue of Yummy Sandifer, who, though his acts were dastardly, was still only a child needing love and guidance.