Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 Even kids who have had horrible upbringings in dire conditions- anything from smoking parents to poverty to arguments in family whatever, when they grow up are still capable of enjoying life and not being terminally depressed. If you take the kids away from their parents just because they have a fault in the way they bring up their kids, how do you know their new foster home is not going to have some kind of a problem, maybe worse than a mother smoking, like a foster father who is secretly a pedophile or something. Jules , " Lesley Dove " <Lesley@v...> wrote: > > I certainly think mothers who smoke in pregnancy should have their kids > taken away, > and placed with adoptive or foster parents who do not smoke, I know very > well how much a child can suffer from second-hand smoke exposure, but I > never actually grassed anyone, because unfortunately this issue is not taken > seriously as a form of child abuse, the way it ought to be. > If someone has aborted one baby, how can they be considered safe to be a > mother especially if they have been proved to be a danger by smoking in the > pregnancy with the child they are keeping therefore showing little regard > for the baby's health and safety? > > Lesley > > > slg edith [slgedith@h...] > 28 April 2002 17:13 > > RE: Re: Dead right, Leslie! > > > " Oh and MrsBig hates me cos I told her she was a horrible mean person for > smoking in pregnancy. " > --Lesley > > And because you kept on about her having an abortion and because you said > you grassed them to the SS to get their kids taken away! > > What did you expect, gratitude? > > _______________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, > there may be another side to the story you have not heard. > --------------------------- > Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> > Un: send a blank message to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 Foster parents are thoroughly checked, but anyone who is fertile can have their own children, you don't need to pass a competency test for it, unfortunately, so more chance of child abuse from the real parents especially if they are drug addicts of some form or another. I probably wouldn't pass it myself if there was a competency test, I'm not perfect, but then no smokers would pass it either. Lesley ----Original Message----- djules_75 [djules_75] 29 April 2002 12:38 Re: Dead right, Leslie? Even kids who have had horrible upbringings in dire conditions- anything from smoking parents to poverty to arguments in family whatever, when they grow up are still capable of enjoying life and not being terminally depressed. If you take the kids away from their parents just because they have a fault in the way they bring up their kids, how do you know their new foster home is not going to have some kind of a problem, maybe worse than a mother smoking, like a foster father who is secretly a pedophile or something. Jules , " Lesley Dove " <Lesley@v...> wrote: > > I certainly think mothers who smoke in pregnancy should have their kids > taken away, > and placed with adoptive or foster parents who do not smoke, I know very > well how much a child can suffer from second-hand smoke exposure, but I > never actually grassed anyone, because unfortunately this issue is not taken > seriously as a form of child abuse, the way it ought to be. > If someone has aborted one baby, how can they be considered safe to be a > mother especially if they have been proved to be a danger by smoking in the > pregnancy with the child they are keeping therefore showing little regard > for the baby's health and safety? > > Lesley > > > slg edith [slgedith@h...] > 28 April 2002 17:13 > > RE: Re: Dead right, Leslie! > > > " Oh and MrsBig hates me cos I told her she was a horrible mean person for > smoking in pregnancy. " > --Lesley > > And because you kept on about her having an abortion and because you said > you grassed them to the SS to get their kids taken away! > > What did you expect, gratitude? > > _______________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, > there may be another side to the story you have not heard. > --------------------------- > Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> > Un: send a blank message to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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