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A very sad case in the news here, what do you all think?
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 543611" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>These situations are always so sad. And of course you never know the real story. If it is about the parents who take an easy way to get rid of their burdensome adult child (who is likely never able to be totally independent) or if they have tried everything to find other solutions and there just isn't any. </p><p></p><p>We all here know that living with adult (or even minor) child with issues can be totally undoable but at times other options are limited. I live in the country with lots of public services there you always have an option to go to some official and say that I don't want this kid in my house any more and they will take a kid (or disabled adult.) If for example we would want to get rid of easy child we would just need to go to CPS and say we can't stand him in our home any more. Same day he would be living in group home (or in his case, with his grandparents because they would want him) and we would be only paying some child support (probably less than we actually use money on him now, he is an expensive kid) for state. There would not be any legal ill effects for us and in fact we would still have legal custody over him. The first placement may not be the best but one available, but still it will be safe. We don't have these abandonment stories at all. And because I don't believe we are any better people than anywhere else, I kind of assume these stories tell about situations where people have had very little choice. They have likely been in awful situation and have not gotten help they need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 543611, member: 14557"] These situations are always so sad. And of course you never know the real story. If it is about the parents who take an easy way to get rid of their burdensome adult child (who is likely never able to be totally independent) or if they have tried everything to find other solutions and there just isn't any. We all here know that living with adult (or even minor) child with issues can be totally undoable but at times other options are limited. I live in the country with lots of public services there you always have an option to go to some official and say that I don't want this kid in my house any more and they will take a kid (or disabled adult.) If for example we would want to get rid of easy child we would just need to go to CPS and say we can't stand him in our home any more. Same day he would be living in group home (or in his case, with his grandparents because they would want him) and we would be only paying some child support (probably less than we actually use money on him now, he is an expensive kid) for state. There would not be any legal ill effects for us and in fact we would still have legal custody over him. The first placement may not be the best but one available, but still it will be safe. We don't have these abandonment stories at all. And because I don't believe we are any better people than anywhere else, I kind of assume these stories tell about situations where people have had very little choice. They have likely been in awful situation and have not gotten help they need. [/QUOTE]
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