Is leaving your children at a hospital ok?
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March 14th, 2006 at 10:23 am
Do you mean in the event that you don’t want the child?
I think it is more responsible than leaving it in a trash can.
March 14th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
No the way the world is now i wouldn’t leave them anywhere!
March 18th, 2006 at 9:10 am
If you mean that you do not want the child or you cannot provide for the child, yes a hospital would be a good place or a police station or even a fire station.
March 20th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
I think you should know before your child is 18 whether or not you are responsible enough to care for them. Newborns is one thing but these people who are dropping off their teenagers at hospitals should be sterilized.
March 21st, 2006 at 9:22 pm
Do you mean OK as in legal? Yes I believe its legal in Nebraska now. I have even heard people are crossing state lines to take the kids in to drop them off, some as old as 16 and 17 years old! I think as far as opinions go, its better than taking them in to Central Park and leaving them! Morally, I think its wrong, but at least these kids have somewhere to go, that will clothe and feed them, and keep them warm. Probably something they are not even used to anyways!
March 23rd, 2006 at 7:59 am
well i would rather know someone left their child at a hospital than beat them, sexually abused them, or neglected them. i think the law is a good law and i know people have put it to use. i couldn’t do it but then again i love my children.
March 26th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
maybe for a new born. but those women who where dropping their 15 year old kids at the hospital is just insane. why wait that long to decide you aren’t a responsible parent. there is just no excuse for that. one women drove from Georgia to drop her kids off at the hospital, that makes no sense to me. and when the news cameras where in her face she had a smile on her face like it was a joke! I guess it’s responsible but that’s what child services are for they can take their kids if they feel they can’t raise them.
March 27th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
i agree with leaving a child at a safe place if the parents cannot be responsible for them any longer. i am a little mixed on what age i think it should end at-kids are kids. if the parent is a fruit-loop, it wouldn’t matter if the child was newborn or 15. i havent decided my stand on that yet.i think it should at least go to age 10. beyond that, i just don’t know. for alot of these parents it could just be a bail out becuase the child is acting like a “normal” teenager and rebelling-that is not a valid reason to dump them somwhere.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:26 am
I’d rather someone leave their child at a hospital than murder them or throw them in the middle of the ocean. To the person who said that they should know by now if they could take care of a teenager or not, who says? Having a newborn is A LOT different than having a teenager. If it’s a young parent who can’t handle it, they need to do what they have to do. Personally, I could never leave my children at a hospital, but my situation is different than theirs obviously.
March 30th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
I think that anybody who takes their children and does that should undergo mandatory surgery that removes all chance of them ever procreating again. If you can’t take care of your children/don’t want your children, then you have no need for those organs, right?
March 30th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
It think it is called the Safe Harbor Act and most states have enacted it. Although many states are trying to change it so that it is only applicable to infants 4 DAYS old and younger because many parents were dropping off their teenagers and leaving. I do think it is better than some alternatives but there are more appropriate measures that can be taken when a parent doesn’t want their child. Personally I don’t understand how anyone can do that but I am not judging those who do. My kids drive me nuts some days but I couldn’t imagine ever considering giving them away. I suppose it is the right thing to do for those people who can’t take care of their children though.