Nebraska Accepting Brats
November 29, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
Did you hear about Virginia and their safe haven law being abused when parents of teens dropped their bad teenagers off at an emergency room?
Well, I just read a hilarious blog post on Bern This, You Always Have Options about how Nebraska is willing to take any child for any reason from anywhere.
Is this a repeat mistake? You know, like when the United States and Australia was viewed as the “out-of-sight, out-of-mind” for the criminals and ex-cons of England? Remember how that got totally out of control and before long they were creating their own wild, wild west and refusing British Rule?
Good luck Nebraska.
Instead of threatening a “time out,” which lately has been lacking effective authority, I’m switching to, “You want me to drop you off in Nebraska?”
Actually the law just changed back to infants 30 days old and younger. What happened in that state speaks volumes to me about our failed public health system. Many of the children dropped off suffered severe emotional trauma, or chemical imbalances and their parents were not able to receive adequate help due to lack of insurance and/or resources. Sad stuff.
I agree Jen, I watched a 20/20 or primetime or something on it and they interviewed a lot of the parents who did this – most of them could not afford the mental health treatments that their children needed – it was a choice in some cases, between the safety of the rest of the children in the house and the shame of doing it.