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When I see something like that, my first thought is how I want to take that child and show them what a loving home is like. I also pity the child because you can see how difficult it's future is going to be. I also want to pop the mom a good one. :(
Yes, we had this couple over last night, the step dad was an ass, Im not sure at this point what I will do about it. I just made him look like the ass he is, poor kid, I gave him some cans of food as I know he hadnt had supper yet.
by ABC on Wed Jan 26, 05 11:10am
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I knew a woman who went out drinking night arter night during her pregnancy, the baby was born early at 23 weeks, the child is now three years old and has never been out of hospital. It just brings tears to my eyes when I see this. :-(
Doesnt it make you want to go up to these parents and give them a good shake and ask them if they realise how lucky they are to be blessed with a child, ggrrrrrrrr it makes my blood boil !!!
That's heart breaking.
Definitely ... everthing else requires some basic competency test (driving, etc.) except one of the most important functions: parenting.
Nothing can make that sort of behaviour right - but if u could see half an hour down the line, u may see that same young mother sat crying in her bedsit with no family and no friends to care about her. With the weight of the world on her shoulders, knowing that she shouldnt have snapped and shouted and sworn, but wishing that there was someone who cared enough to take half the problems away. And maybe not. What i am saying is that it is easy to judge people and not so easy to understand.
Quirk I here what you say, but ive been there, in that state of total desperation and isolation, with noone to turn to, but not once did I take it out on my children. They are the innocent here, they dont ask to be brought into the world, by adults then blamed when the going gets tough. I had 3 children under 5 years at one point, one with ADHD and asperger's syndrome, so I know what tough is.
I've been there too and I have had to walk away and go into another room, close the door and scream at the top of my lungs. It's not easy but it was my choice and it is my responsibility to do my very best by him. It's the most important thing I will ever do in my life.
Minni, Tadema, I stand corrected. And take my hat off to you both.
Oh, that wasn't a correction at all. Just my individual experience. :)
It is an injustice. There should be some requirement for some parenting classes. That's something you should learn at home, but it's not happening at all, or else incorrect *skills* are being learned. It's a shame.
They don't deserve to be parents. I remember this one lady I came across, was swearing and cursing at her daughter, a pretty little girl not older then 3, telling her thats she was a little bitch, and she was ugly, and that she hoped she would die. Sterilize them.
Nobody deserves to be parents. I don't consider parenthood a privilege.
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