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We're all about celebrating parents… but we're also not against calling out those deemed
less than favorable!
The following 10 folk are definitely not your average mothers and fathers, representing
the worst of what’s out there!
If there are worse parents, that would be truly frightening.
10.
Sarah Burge Some parents like to bestow their children
with typical gifts like, you know, a bicycle or action figure; but self-proclaimed "Human
Barbie" Sarah Burge is far from typical.
That's why, when her daughter Poppy turned 7-years-old, she wrapped up a gift voucher
for plastic surgery worth roughly $10,000, specifically for breast augmentation, and
an additional $11,000-voucher for liposuction.
Don't worry, sweet little Poppy can't turn in the vouchers until she turns 18, so there's
at least that; but we can't help but think about the poor body image the young Poppy
may wind up growing up with.
9.
Kerry Campbell Burge may have prepared some cosmetic surgeries
for her young daughter, but she at least had the sense to wait until she was old enough
to decide when to cash them in.
British mom Kerry Campbell took an opposite approach and revealed on Good Morning America
that she had administered Botox to her 8-year-old daughter, Brittany.
But wait… does Kerry Campbell even exist?
Or is this story of questionable parenting the product of, well, more questionable parenting?
Shortly after Brittany was removed from her mother's care, Kerry Campbell stepped forward
as Sheena Upton, who stated under oath that the British tabloid, The Sun, paid her a nominal
sum to make up the story.
So maybe Campbell, or Upton, didn't inject her daughter with Botox, but it's still mind
boggling that she'd risk her parental reputation for money.
8.
Felicia Rea McClure Here's a tip for parents - if you are in need
of some quick cash, don't put it upon your children to earn you that money.
In the 2011 case of Felicia Rea McClure and her daughter, Felicia sought to make $10,000
by selling the 13-year-old's virginity to a man police identified only as "Don".
Felicia's then-boyfriend stumbled across text messages between her and Don that explicitly
mentioned paying to have sex with the girl.
McClure and her daughter's potential lover allegedly enjoyed a fashion show at Victoria's
Secret, where the minor modeled bras and thongs for the perverted pair.
Before Don was even in the picture, though, McClure was in touch with a man identified
as "Will", who purchased pornographic pictures of the young girl.
7.
Joey and Chad Mudd Children are adverse to doing chores, it's
just in their nature, and sometimes parents turn to bribing to get them more motivated.
Joey and Chad Mudd took this idea to a whole new level by offering them cocaine and marijuana
in exchange for completing chores and schoolwork when needed.
At the time of the pair's arrest, the daughters were 13 and 14-years-old and were placed in
the care of relatives while their unorthodox parents found themselves faced with charges
of child abuse and possession of narcotics.
6.
Sandra and James Davis Would you trade your daughter's sexuality
for a couple of payments on your 12-year-old minivan?
If you said "no", kudos to you!
You're a reasonable, commendable human being, unlike James and Sandra Davis.
In 2010, the two were looking for a means to get out of the $281 car payment on a 1998
Dodge minivan purchased at a local used car lot.
Instead of actually paying the car note, Sandra and James offered their young daughter's body
to the 66-year-old manager of Shorty's Used Cars, Wayne Bearden.
It's alleged that Bearden was far from the first person to receive this uncouth method
of payment, as it's believed the couple also used their daughter's sexuality for drugs
and money.
5.
Sandra Padilla Can you imagine a parent who encourages a
fight between her 17-year-old child and a 14-year-old girl?
Sandra Padilla's own personal fight club landed her in jail after she was recorded cheering
during a fight between her daughter and a fellow classmate that she was later found
to have facilitated.
Allegedly fearing that her daughter and the underclasswoman would continue fighting in
school, Padilla arranged a brawl between the two and, as the video of the fight shows,
cheered her daughter on.
The supportive mother can be heard instructing her daughter to bite and hit harder.
Things didn't go well for Padilla as she was charged with child abuse.
4.
Barbara and Kenny Atkinson Some people just aren't meant to be parents.
Take Barbara and Kenny Atkinson, a couple that did just about everything they could
do wrong.
After giving birth to their daughter Lauren, the two gave the baby up for adoption for
eight months before deciding they wanted her back.
For what reason we're unsure of, because once Lauren was back in their care, her parents
subjected her to a regiment of rape, torture, abuse, and isolation for eight years.
When Lauren was rescued, ironically from her mother boasting to their neighbor about the
malnourished child, she was only 25 pounds, or roughly 11 kilograms.
Kenny and Barbara received life in prison and the matriarch continues to hold an unusual
disdain for her daughter, refusing to mention the girl by name, often referring to her as
"it" or "the girl", when she does speak of her.
3.
Eunice Spry Anyone that could make the Atkinsons look
like saints is truly a despicable human being and parent.
Enter Eunice Spry.
The adoptive and foster mother of Victoria Evans, Christopher Spry and Alloma Gilbert,
can only be described as evil.
Though she cared for her biological daughter Judith and other adoptive daughter Charlotte,
Victoria, Christopher, and Alloma were subjected to an inconceivable level of abuse and torture.
On many occasions, Victoria was forced to eat her own vomit or cat food while Christopher
was tied to a car and driven across a field.
The trio survived countless beatings and bouts of starvation over the course of 19 years
before Eunice was arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
A year after her sentencing, her time was reduced to 12 years and was released after
serving just half of that.
2.
Josef Fritzl Over the course of 24 years, Elisabeth Fritzl
underwent a life of sexual abuse by her grotesque father, Josef.
Raped thousands of times by her father, Elisabeth was forced to carry and give birth to seven
children.
With the threat of death constantly hanging over her head, the teenager felt she was left
with no other choice than to give in to her father's demands, which included violent sex
and re-enacting scenes from porn movies she was forced to watch, even on occasions, forcing
Elisabeth's children to watch, too.
It wasn't until 2008 that Elisabeth and her children would find freedom, when Fritzl decided
to let them go, in which case Elisabeth immediately ran to the police.
On March 14, 2009, Fritzl was sentenced to life in prison.
1.
Hope Askew Some children need that extra push to clear
educational hurdles.
Like in the case of Hope Askew's 10-year-old daughter, who was having trouble correctly
pronouncing a few words.
Miss Askew grew tired of listening to her daughter stumble and sought out a means to
"inspire" her.
With a hot iron in hand, Askew pressed it to her daughter's face.
Thinking she could use another dose of her archaic punishment, she did it a second time.
When school officials noticed the youth's unusual scarring, the police were called and,
when questioned, Askew was unsurprisingly creative with her story, stating it was an
accident with a skillet.
The daughter was a little more up front with social workers, relaying her encounter with
a hot iron.