The state of Nebraska recently amended their law offering safe havens for abandoned kids. It seems the original law, although intended for infants, didn't have age restrictions and parents were leaving older kids and teens.
I say they should have left the law in tact. If a parent is desperate enough to abandon their kid, that child should not be in the home with the parent. I know economically times are tough, and any parent of a teen occasionally thinks of taking them on a long, long ride and dropping them off...however, the majority of parents will not do this. For most parents, if finances leave them eating pet food...their kids are going to be right there with them.
So why would a parent abandon a child...emotional or financial or discipline reasons probably. This signals the parent and the child needs help.
The law should have stayed as it was to identify these children. Now they are lost and at the mercy of parents at the end of their rope.
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