Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: A Florida mom has been branded a criminal after she allegedly marked her children with burns so she'd know they were hers. 
  
 Port Charlotte police said 23-year-old Kayla Oxenham used a lighter to heat up a stick and then branded her 5- and 7-year-old daughters. 
  
 Oxenham, a medical assistant, was arrested for child neglect Monday, but police said the burning attack happened in March. 
  
 Staff at the little girls’ day care noticed scabs on their bodies and called in authorities, WFTX reported. 
  
 Kayla Oxenham was arrested Monday for allegedly branding her daughters. (Charlotte County Sheriff's Office) 
  
 The kids told investigators that their mom burned them so she could distinguish them from other children. 
  
 One of the girls mentioned that the 23-year-old promised them ice cream after the branding and talked about how she “forgot how much she loved fire” during the abuse. 
  
 The fiery assault wasn't the first time their mom harmed them, police said. The 7-year-old told investigators about another incident where Oxenham got mad at her sister for locking a cat in the bathroom. The mom slammed the tot's head into a wall as punishment, the girl said. 
  
 The Port Charlotte mom also beat her younger daughter inside their home, the 7-year-old told police. (WFTX) 
  
 Oxenham, who denied beating her daughters, bonded out of jail. 
  
 She does not have a previous criminal history, police said. 
  
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 By FOX 4 Staff. CREATED Jun 18, 2014 
  
 PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - A 23-year-old Port Charlotte woman has been charged with abusing her two children and branding them. 
  
 Kayla Oxenham was charged with felony child abuse on Tuesday. 
  
 The investigation into Oxenham started in late March after reports of child abuse were received by the Florida Department of Children and Families. 
  
 A 7-year-old told investigators that Oxenham got mad at her 5-year-old sister for locking a cat in the bathroom. She said that Oxenham slammed the girl's head into a wall several times before kicking her in the side. 
  
 Then, the 7-year-old said their mother on another occasion, lit a stick on fire and burned both sisters on the arm for two reasons. She told investigators Oxenham wanted to be able to identify the children as hers and the other reason being so they could have ice cream. 
  
 Oxenham denied after attacking the 5-year-old and refused to answer questions about the burn marks when asked by investigators. |||||
Student:
A Florida mom has been charged with child abuse after she allegedly branded her children so she could identify them as her kids. Kayla Oxenham, 23, allegedly used a lighter to heat up a stick then burned her 5- and 7-year-old daughters on the arm while noting she "forgot how much she loved fire," police say, per the New York Daily News. The girls say she also told them she branded them so they could get ice cream afterward, according to the police report. One of the daughters told police that wasn't the only abuse the Port Charlotte woman doled out: The girl says her mom slammed her younger sister's head into a wall a number of times after she locked a cat in the bathroom, reports WFTX. The abuse was alleged to have happened in March; day care workers spotted and reported the injuries. Oxenham was charged with felony child abuse on Tuesday and is out of jail on bond.