I am so mad at this.. I have goosebumps.
Lincoln, NE – A 15-year-old boy has been placed in foster care after his aunt dropped him off at a Lincoln hospital Saturday. Earlier in the afternoon, a parent left an 11-year-old boy at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha. He’s been placed in emergency custody.
In both cases, they were left because of “behavioral” problems. Relatives won’t be charged with abandonment because of the state’s new Safe Haven Law.
Lincoln police tell Action 3 News the 15-year-old’s mother is dead and the father’s whereabouts unknown. The 44-year-old aunt was his guardian. Police say she couldn’t deal with his behavioral issues. Little is being released about the 11-year-old’s situation.
Senator Arnie Stuthman introduced the bill to protect babies from harm but says in order for senators to agree and pass the law there had to be a compromise on the bill that would include children up to the age of 18.
Can you imagine, losing your mother and your father ( I can ) and acting out because of it ( I did ) testing everyone around you and becoming incredibly hard to deal with ( i did.) You want to see if everyone else around you will leave you too, you want to see if they will stay and how long they will stay for, what circumstances will the accept you in? I am SO glad California didn’t have safe havens when I was growing up.
I can hear the safe haven humpers now, “these boys would have been murdered if they weren’t dropped off here” “this law did a wonderful thing” speculation speculation speculation. Lanie, a woman who’s blog I read this first on has a pretty good account of the reality of the situation read it here.
Both senators say if young adults continue to be dropped off at hospitals they will find a way to change the bill so that only young babies will be protected by the Safe Haven Law.
‘Scuse me Senator? If you didn’t want “young adults” dropped off at the hospitals, why’d you enact a law that allows children up to 18 years old to be dropped off?
We don’t know what the situation between the caretakers and the children were, we don’t know if it was an act of desperation or what it was at all. All I know at this point in time is that two children ages 11 and 15 were left at a baby safe haven. They wouldn’t have been in a dumpster, they wouldn’t have been in a trash can, they’re old enough to find their ways home, they know their names, and their numbers, and all we can do is just sit back and hope that someone reports on it next….. I bet the 15 y/o has a myspace.
All I can think right now is… I knew this would happen, too many of us spoke up about this.. we knew this would happen!
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Gershom // September 16, 2008 at 1:09 pm |
Oh my gosh and look at this on the follow up article I just pulled from UGB’s Digg feed >>>>
According to Landry:
The 11-year-old boy was left at Immanuel by his adoptive mother, who said the boy had some behavioral problems. He had moved here from out of state and had been adopted by relatives. Landry said that HHS had helped the original state with the adoption but that the case is no longer active.
and this:
The 15-year-old was dropped at BryanLGH off by his aunt, who became the child’s legal guardian after the boy’s mother died. Landry said HHS had helped facilitate the guardianship but did not have an active case. The aunt said that the boy had behavioral problems and that a counselor had suggested that she take him to the hospital under the safe haven law.
article found here:
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10433824
suz // September 16, 2008 at 2:38 pm |
effin disgusting. heinous. horrible
Gershom // September 16, 2008 at 2:53 pm |
No shit.
Horrible.
Poor boys, dealing with separation trauma from the loss of their mothers and look what happens to them, alone again.
Where are all the paps wanting to adopt “these” boys?
Tina // September 17, 2008 at 12:05 am |
This is an absolute outrage and so heartbreaking. You were absolutely right in your previous post. I feel so sad by this.
Tina
jim // September 17, 2008 at 7:20 am |
“Where are all the paps wanting to adopt “these” boys?”
Excellent question.
Sadly, I’m not surprised. And I wonder if there will be a run of similar abandonments in Nebraska as others try and beat any changes to the law.
Abandonment should NEVER be an option. If society promoted resources to help parents feeling overwhelmed half as much as it does these baby (child) dumps, these so-called “safe havens” would serve no purpose and would quietly disappear.
Gershom // September 17, 2008 at 9:14 am |
Quote of the day:
If society promoted resources to help parents feeling overwhelmed half as much as it does these baby (child) dumps, these so-called “safe havens” would serve no purpose and would quietly disappear.
Those words are SO TRUE. Imagine all of the money put into safe havens and their stupid advertisements, imagine what it could do to help alleviate the stress of early parenthood along with lifes hardships. Those seem to be the people who use these safe havens. Its not the dumpster throwers. I believe dumpster throwers have mental disorders ( you HAVE to have one in order to toss your flesh and blood into a trash can etc. )Those aren’t the people who are going to stop and think “hmmm… I should probably go to a safe haven instead.” If they’re going to take “those” measures, they might as well go to an agency and terminate their rights. Seriously.