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Nov. 18th, 2008 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tikieraNebraska recently passed a "Safe Haven" law.
A parent could abandon a child a designated "Safe Haven" without legal prosecution.
Apparently, they left the world "child" undefined.
There have about 30 instances of parents dropping off children that are above toddler in age.
Nebraskans are appalled by this and want the law rewritten, limiting "child" to a child under 30 days old.
By all that is bright and shiney, why?
Seriously. If a parent abandons their child at a safe haven, that's a kid that is not on the street, not being abused, not being neglected. It is a child that safe.
It's not like a parent is going to wake up one day and decide that they don't want their children anymore - and if they did, do you really want them to be parent? Really?
All of the parents in the families of the older abandoned children had mental health issues, were unable to feed/clothe/shelter their children, or had other serious issues. None of the children have been given back to their original parents - all of them have been sent to foster care, or placed with relatives.
These parents don't want their children. Some of them drove from out of state to abandon their child safely.
It sucks to be the kid your parent doesn't want. You know what sucks more? To be the kid that is neglected or abused because your parent doesn't want you.
A parent could abandon a child a designated "Safe Haven" without legal prosecution.
Apparently, they left the world "child" undefined.
There have about 30 instances of parents dropping off children that are above toddler in age.
Nebraskans are appalled by this and want the law rewritten, limiting "child" to a child under 30 days old.
By all that is bright and shiney, why?
Seriously. If a parent abandons their child at a safe haven, that's a kid that is not on the street, not being abused, not being neglected. It is a child that safe.
It's not like a parent is going to wake up one day and decide that they don't want their children anymore - and if they did, do you really want them to be parent? Really?
All of the parents in the families of the older abandoned children had mental health issues, were unable to feed/clothe/shelter their children, or had other serious issues. None of the children have been given back to their original parents - all of them have been sent to foster care, or placed with relatives.
These parents don't want their children. Some of them drove from out of state to abandon their child safely.
It sucks to be the kid your parent doesn't want. You know what sucks more? To be the kid that is neglected or abused because your parent doesn't want you.
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Date: 2008-11-18 10:48 pm (UTC)