Book Report Mom Is Currently Pregnant

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PER REPORTER: Mom is currently pregnant. Mom's boyfriend (Terrance) and father to her youngest children is waiting on the mother income tax check. Mom is taking care of Terrance; he doesn't have job. The children haven't had decent clothes or shoes since August. Every dollar, dime, and penny the mother gets, she gives it to Terrance. Mom sells and trades off her food stamps to give the money to Terrance to keep him satisfied or he will talk about her. Mom is using smoking marijuana and cigarettes. Mom also snorts powder. Mom does use drugs around the children. Drugs are not sold or manufactured out of the home. Terrance use to sell them but not anymore. The reporter is not aware if drugs are accessible to the children. The youngest two children …show more content…

According to the reporters, the boyfriend (Terrance) talks to another female and mom knows about it. Mom doesn't work. She did work at Subway. She is on maternity leave or she quit. She sleeps on a dirty mattress and box spring. She use to have a bedroom set. The children are not being fed, bathed, and clothed. There are working utilities in the home. The gas was just turned back on. Mom whips the children for no reason. She beats them in the face, back, and where ever; it doesn't matter. She curses them out and calls them the b word. The child (Terrance) has a gash on the top of his head right now. It happened a couple of weeks ago. Mom hit him with a stick. Mom will get mad at the children and go off. She does this because she's on drugs and the boyfriend will make her mad. Mom beats Keldrick all the time. Mom hates him because she slept with her mother's man which is her sister's dad and her step-father. Mom will neglect him and buy for the other two children but not for Keldrick. Mom was a child at the time. According to the reporter, the mother knew better. This has being going on for years. Per reporter, mom won't listen to anyone. They keep warning