Fisting Against Abuse

     April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. For abusers, that means their children must be beaten between January and March.

     Most of the focus against child abuse comes after April 15, tax day.  Taxes are stressful, and sometimes parents need something to beat.

     By April, the in-bred white-trash folks that beat their children hear about this strange anti-beating concept.  Abusers think to themselves, “Am I an abuser?”  “Should I seek counseling?”  “Is it wrong to beat my child when he breaks the tab on my beer can and I can’t open it?”

     Yes. 

     Yes. 

     Depends on the brand.

     The Parent Child Center of Tulsa has a project called “Pinwheels in the Park.” Thousands of pinwheels are placed throughout the city to commemorate the lives affected by child abuse. 

     Unfortunately, the message tends to get lost in the pretty colors of the pinwheels.  The abuser doesn’t receive the message.

     Abusers don’t feel guilty when they see a pinwheel.  They think, “Wow!  Free pinwheels!”  They’ll stop, pick a few pinwheels and take then home to their children as if they were flowers for a battered wife.

     What this campaign needs is something that will truly draw attention and make a real statement. 

     Rubber fists.

     Replace all the pinwheels in the city with rubber fists.

     Fists can be purchased in any adult bookstore, or online in a discrete brown paper wrapped box.

     The “Pinwheels in the Park” campaign can become “Fisting Against Abuse.”

     On the kick off day, concerned citizens can hold hands, form a prayer circle, raise their fists in the air and say, “No more abuse!  Fisting against abuse!”

     Miniature fists can be made into necklaces and given to children with helpful numbers to call if they suspect abuse.

     This could spread beyond city borders, “Fisting Across America.”

     We can all be proud of this campaign.  Send a real message against child abuse. 

     Remember, fists beat children, not pinwheels.