#36 makes it in under the wire in Nebraska

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5 responses to “#36 makes it in under the wire in Nebraska”

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   November 25, 2008

   Meg

   I’m sorry but you’re pretty judgmental. I find it very hard to believe that your average parent is going to travel over 1100 miles to drop off their child unless it’s an absolute last resort. How do you know that this 14 year old didn’t have major emotional issues NOT brought on by bad parenting?

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   November 25, 2008

   CanadianMom

   Every 14 year old on Earth – including you and I – has emotional issues, Meg. 14 is even harder now, because of society changes. That’s when a kid needs their parents the most. You think abandonment in a new city, new state, even, is a solution? It’s a big fat cop-out, by lazy and selfish parents. Makes me ill to think about it.

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   November 25, 2008

   Meg

   Apparently you’ve never known a totally out of control child, whose parents fear for the safety of their other children and of themselves. I have. You’re being awfully judgmental of a parent with frighteningly little information.

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   November 25, 2008

   Erica

   We bring our children into this world to love and care for until they are old enough to do so on their own and to think that someone goes to that extent to abandon their kid makes me sick also. Whatever issues the parent was dealing with others have had to deal with I’m sure, where there’s a will there’s a way. If the kid needed help then it is the parents obligation to get them that help not abandon them. By doing so what does the kid grow up believing? How does this kid grow up to treat his own children in return? Abandoning does more damage than good. If you couldn’t handle children then people keep your legs closed. Nobody deserves being dumped by their own parent. At 27 with 3 of my own it does get hard but I made the choice to have them and I love them no matter what. If problems arise in the future you have to love them enough to deal…a mothers love should be unconditional. These parents are lazy and selfish for sure.

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   November 26, 2008

   CanadianMom

   I do know about out-of-control teens. I was one. At the age of 14 I had been expelled from 4 high schools, been arrested 2x, and was sleeping with a skinhead. I was on drugs more than half the time, and mugged people for the money to get the drugs.
   There’s some information.
   How do you know I don’t have an out of control teen? Who’s judgmental?
   I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that parents today are *afraid of their children*. Put on your big girl panties and GET IT TOGETHER. You’re the parent. IT IS YOUR JOB. THEY ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
   /end rant.

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