Abuse by Maid

I've just received an e-mail containing a few pictures of a good friend's 3 year old niece after being 'bashed' by her maid of 1 and half years. According to my friend, when the mom came home, she saw her daughter just standing rigid at the door looking slightly confused and the maid was at another corner sobbing hysterically. The mother thought her daughter's face looked kind of amiss and when inspected and better lighting, she was shocked to find her daughter's face battered. The mother was panic stricken and questioned both daughter and maid. Both said it was an accident. The maid lost her temper and accidentally hit the little girl a little harder than expected. The daughter on the other hand assured her mother that everything's okay because the maid had apologized.

the child's eyes looked as if it had been punched. It was completely black and blue by the next day.


The father who had heard all the commotion while unloading the groceries abruptly stopped what he was doing and rushed into the house. When he saw what had happened to his daughter's face, he became enraged and gave the maid a genuine kungfu flying kick. He beat the crap out of the already terrified maid.

Apparently the little girl was behaving badly and the maid simply lost her cool (According to my friend the child is a little on the naughty side). She slapped the child 3 times but somehow, it was harder than she had anticipated. After her fit of rage, she was horrified to see what she had done and burst into tears.

according to the doctor, there was a little bleeding inside the child's eyes.


After the household calmed down and after careful deliberations, both party have decided that it would be better for the maid to return to her country. The family will not be pressing charges and considering that the child has always been quite attached to the maid, this would be for the best.

Hmm, I don't know. I admit that Sarah is quite the handful and most of the time drives me completely up the wall. She has had her share of beatings from me, but still, who in their right mind would afflict a child in such a way? Anyone sane would have enough common sense even in the fit of anger to spank a child where it would hurt less like the buttocks or the thighs which are fleshier, but the face? The maid should have just locked the child in a room. It would have been better for both of them. Now the maid will lose her job and the child will lose the guardian she has come to love.

When I hear of incidents such as this, I remind myself to be grateful and thankful that I have the opportunity to stay home to rear my young ensuring that they'll be out of harm's way. I should stop brooding about the career I might have had because at the end of the day, it's your family that you need the most.