My leukemia's back.

[N F C]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...tried-selling-teddy-bear-for-food-police-say/

This was in our local news. Just makes me sick. What is wrong with parents these days??? You have to have a license to drive a car, qualifications to get a job, but no provisions to be a parent. If hubby wasn't so sick, I would adopt a handful of kids!

Stories like that are heartbreaking. I hope the 7 yr old and his sibs end up in a better situation with their other family members.

 

[sourland]

Stories like that are heartbreaking. I hope the 7 yr old and his sibs end up in a better situation with their other family members.

You have to wonder, don't you? Where have the family members been all along? This is a prime example of why I feel like an alien among the human race.

 

[lazy gardener]

You have to wonder, don't you? Where have the family members been all along? This is a prime example of why I feel like an alien among the human race.

I'm guessing that this is a family who has burned all of their bridges with "their" families. Not at all unusual, this day in age.

 

[sourland]

I'm guessing that this is a family who has burned all of their bridges with "their" families. Not at all unusual, this day in age.

Possible, but there is truth in the saying, "The apple never falls far from the tree."

 

[Blooie]

Oh, I don't know....you can have a loving, laughing, faith-based home, set a good example, teach them right from wrong, but ultimately what they do with that is up to them. Ken and I were good parents. We set boundaries but let them make mistakes as part of learning. We laughed with them, cried with (and sometimes for) them, we hugged and let them know that what "family" meant. So why do I have one child out of the three who is vicious, vulgar, blames us for her messed up life, and disowns us every time we think we may be able to rebuild? Sometimes that Apple not only falls far from the tree, it ends up in a world of its own.

 

[sourland]

Possible, but there is truth in the saying, "The apple never falls far from the tree."

Very little in the world is 100 %. I am fully aware that we need not accept responsibility for the failures of family members nor should we expect kudos for their successes.

 

[lazy gardener]

What Blooie said. When dealing with toxic in the family, sometimes emotional divorce is the only thing left to do. And if all family members are forced to that, sometimes kids get lost in the shuffle. Unfortunately, the kids always end up paying for such things. I thank God that this situation was discovered before more harm came to that child.

 

[Outpost JWB]

I am glad they exposed the parents and the situation. The news said the mother was posting hateful posts on the police Facebook page, angry that people know their names and their children will be embarrassed at school. Maybe for once in that mother and father's lives, they are having to face consequences for their actions. Hopefully whatever the outcome, the children can rise above & persevere.

When I was pregnant with my son, I worked at a daycare. I was 21 and my goal in life was to be a better parent than my parents were. Goal accomplished. Ask my now 24yr old son. What aggravates me is when people use their past as a result of their present. Move on. Be better.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Howdy....Drs appointment got put off.

Miscommunication....i wasnt supposed to take one of my meds for 4 days.

So now my appointment is in September....

 

[sourland]

Howdy....Drs appointment got put off.

Miscommunication....i wasnt supposed to take one of my meds for 4 days.

So now my appointment is in September....

Oh Crap!