Nov 08 2008
Loving A Child
There was a disheartening article in this morning’s paper. I woman drove from a town in Indiana to drop her eight year old son off at a hospital in Nebraska. Under Nebraska’s law, she can leave her child at a hospital so he will be cared for by someone else. I cannot fathom this. How can a mother, who has carried a child in her womb, not care for her child?
If she feels so strongly that she drives so far to be rid of her child, I think the state of Nebraska should help this child find someone to love him. Instead, Nebraska wants to return the child to Indiana and find out if the woman can be jailed.
What will become of this poor child? At eight years of age, he knows what is happening. I can remember both of my kids at age eight. It is an age of discovery. They are becoming independent and curious. Perhaps this boy’s mother didn’t know how to handle an eight year old. Were there no family members she could turn to for guidance? There has to be more to this story. What are all the variables in this case?
I’m going back to putting my head in the sand.
3 Responses to “Loving A Child”
I think about this, too. And last week there was a 12 year old. I can’t imagine. Very very sad. I’m with you completely.
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I am actually going to side with Nebraska on this one. Find the mother and hold her accountable, for a start. Then let child care services work out what the next steps should be.
But yes, so sad for all concerned, of course.
I heard a piece on NPR about Nebraska’s abandonment laws last week, and they’ve just been overwhelmed with parents dropping off older children. It’s one thing to drop a child off if they are in danger or without basic needs, but parents are dropping children off because they don’t want to take responsibility.
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