What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.
I didn’t mean now,” he protested. “I’m not going to raise the child. I’m having enough trouble with Rachel.
Growing up, for me, it was in a musical family, so my mum and her brothers and sisters always sang. Every time I tried to join their group when I was little, they were like, 'Ah, darling, you're not too good - just sit back and watch us.'
Breaks your heart when your son doesn't love you.
Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids.
One could call this a postnatal abortion on the part of a mother, I guess; I repudiate him entirely and completely for now and all times. . . . He is beyond human forgiveness.
If I can help one family embrace their child and not displace them and throw them out, I'm happy about that.
Dane was shaking his head firmly. "Don't bring it here, Ella. No babies." I gave him a dark look. "What if it were a baby polar bear or a baby Galapagos penguin? I bet you'd want it then." "I'd make an exception for endangered species," he allowed. "This baby is endangered. It's with my mother.
The parent who could see his boy as he really is, would shake his head and say: 'Willie is no good; I'll sell him.
It's very hard when your child doesn't want to talk to you and you want to talk to them, and you want to touch them, you want to hold them.
As I got older, I learned about how some people treated their transgender children, and I was shocked. I couldn't understand how someone would leave their child and throw them on the street. I was always taught you give your kid unconditional love and if you don't, something's wrong with you, for real.
