Elton Camp Poet Rhyme

The Child Abuse That Is Legal

The Child Abuse That Is Legal

By Elton Camp

If, to feed a kid, a parent should fail
There’s a good chance of going to jail

Or if a child is being savagely hit
The parent may be declared unfit

Fail to send a youngster to school
And a heavy fine will be the rule

Allow a child to go dirty & ill-clad
In the eyes of the law that’s very bad

Likewise, if a parent often lies drunk
The right to custody may well be sunk

If a child’s not strapped in a kiddie seat
Punishment by the law one could meet

But a thing equally bad to all of these
Is to cause a child to gasp & sneeze

Keep him in a place filled with smoke
So that he will have to cough and choke

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Ilene Bauer February 7, 2012 at 10:21 AM wee said! there are laws being proposed to make this a crime, too, but i think the tobacco industry is too powerful to ever let them get passed. Elton Camp February 7, 2012 at 10:33 AM Hey Ilene, I am sure you are correct. When push comes to shove, big business wins out most every time. To earn one's living from tobacco is a detestable occupation. Elton

Brenda Victoria Northeast February 7, 2012 at 4:13 AM This is well put Elton, one can often neglect what substance one is introducing to their or others children , thank you for sharing, well done, brenda : ) Elton Camp February 7, 2012 at 5:13 AM Morning Brenda, Thanks for reading and taking time to comment. I experience this as a child and recall well barely being able to see the opposite wall in our house due to cigarette smoke from my father (who ultimately died of lung cancer of a type directly caused by smoking). Riding in the car filled with smoke was horrible. Elton