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Did you watch 20/20 Friday night?
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<blockquote data-quote="charlotechai" data-source="post: 214813" data-attributes="member: 5844"><p>I heard the story while driving and listening to NPR a few weeks ago. I heard this little boy cry "Mommy, I promise I won't be bad anymore. I'll be good, I'll be good. . .I promise, please don't leave me. . ." I think he was around 11. So incredibly heart wrenching. And I heard about the father who flew from Florida to drop off his kid at a hospital in Nebraska. </p><p></p><p>What is interesting about this unintended loophole is that it DOES bring to light the limited resources out there for parents who have mentally ill or disruptive children. One mother said she really DOES love her son, but she felt like she couldn't provide the care her son needed (he refused to take his medication) and dropped him off at a hospital. </p><p></p><p>But then just think about the child. . .being abandoned is perhaps THE WORST thing to happen to a kid. If the child is already suffering from anxiety or depression or any other illness. . .this event would just markedly make the child even worse. No matter what the parent says to justify it, the scars left behind will undoubtedly be consequential and something the child must deal with his/her entire life.</p><p></p><p>But then being a parent and having no help and resources AT ALL from the government worsens the situation. How can a parent take care of a raging child? I really hope that once the spotlight is over, this whole thing won't be swept under the rug and forgotten again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="charlotechai, post: 214813, member: 5844"] I heard the story while driving and listening to NPR a few weeks ago. I heard this little boy cry "Mommy, I promise I won't be bad anymore. I'll be good, I'll be good. . .I promise, please don't leave me. . ." I think he was around 11. So incredibly heart wrenching. And I heard about the father who flew from Florida to drop off his kid at a hospital in Nebraska. What is interesting about this unintended loophole is that it DOES bring to light the limited resources out there for parents who have mentally ill or disruptive children. One mother said she really DOES love her son, but she felt like she couldn't provide the care her son needed (he refused to take his medication) and dropped him off at a hospital. But then just think about the child. . .being abandoned is perhaps THE WORST thing to happen to a kid. If the child is already suffering from anxiety or depression or any other illness. . .this event would just markedly make the child even worse. No matter what the parent says to justify it, the scars left behind will undoubtedly be consequential and something the child must deal with his/her entire life. But then being a parent and having no help and resources AT ALL from the government worsens the situation. How can a parent take care of a raging child? I really hope that once the spotlight is over, this whole thing won't be swept under the rug and forgotten again. [/QUOTE]
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