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- From: smile1@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (gray,david l)
- Subject: Re: Donahue: Options for Kids
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 00:53:13 GMT
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- >Both this case and the case of Gregory K. (who 'divorced' his biological
- >mother) give me hope that kids will have a better future when they
- >have some empowerment in their own lives. Kids *instinctively* know
- >what is best for them and certainly know when they are not really
- >loved.
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- >//gisle
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- I used to work with abuse children so have have a lot of concern for
- their welfare. However, I think society is not doing it's job. There
- is no reason for adults not to know when a child is being treated poorly.
- As adults we have failed to do it so now we tell children they can represent
- themselves. I think it is a bad idea for children to divorce their parents.
-
- The court system deals with wining and lossing not right or wrong. Divorce
- cases are won by legal devices and financial pressure not by logic or fairness.
- Children should stay out of that type of environment.
-
- One last comment that I'm sure will get a lot of comment. Man was made for
- God, women was made for man, and children was made for parents and we are
- all here to serve God. I know some people have abused God's word but, that
- is how he made things. I strongly disagree with those who would say I support
- parents owning their child and that they can do anything they want because
- they kind of own them. I do not feel that men own their wives either.
- So don't bother saying so because I don't feel that way. But in
- the order of things, parents and adults are responsible for children.
- I find that society has been trying to settle out social ills
- by reversing everything and it is not working well. Men and women are
- responsibile for the welfare of our children. If they don't do their job,,
- we don't ask the 10 year old what to do. We, as adults, with values step in
- and do something!!! I would never trust the welfare of a child to a lawyer.
- Never!!! Their only goal is to take a case and win.
-
- I can understand if you have been abused that you will not feel this way.
- You will want to see the child with their own choices. You may be right
- to feel that way because society did not step in for you when you needed
- them. I just feel real strong about society stepping up to their
- responsibility. Protect our children now and in the future should not
- be shuffled off onto our children. They have enough to worry about without
- trying to decide if they need a divorce or need to hang in..
-
- Smile,
-
- Dave
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