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Originally posted by DELTABRAT
Honeykiss:
The prayer is really what we need. I definitely don't agree with what these women are doing but I think it is easy to say what shoud and should not be done but we often don't walk in these women's shoes. Sure money problems, we all have, but money problems with a child is a whole other story.
Also notice how when a woman locks the baby in the car it's "how could she?" and when it's dad, it's "oops." That pressure ALONE, like mom is the ONLY person who should feel and do so and so because she is the mother and blah blah, blah is a day in and day out assumption that many people make. I can guaratee that most of these women are single parents and that daddy is somewhere doing whatever the f___ he wants to do when he wants to do it.
I myself am a single mom. I always put myself in these people's shoes and think what in the world would make me think that ending my child's life and mine would be a better alternative than giving him a chance and waking up tomorrow to a world of more chances for myself. Honestly, I can come up with a list of sh__ tha would lead one to THINK that. I would never, ever do such a thing, but I also have a great support network and I am not crazy.
Again, I don't condone the craziness, but on the outside looking in, it always looks easier than it may really be. Mental disorders may also be partly to blame.
Okay enough of that. Let's all pray for strength, wisdom and faith.
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Soror, you make some good points and I definitely think that for a lot of these women, a mental disorder might also be an underlying cause. My hope is that this does not become a TREND for parents. This summer alone has had 2 sets of parents drown a child or two, the most recent also drowned herself.
I pray for stronger family networks or support systems. I also pray that some of these women abandon their kids in a safe manner (does that sound mean?) I mean that they surrender custody of their kids with a person who will have the means to raise their child for them.
You're right, there is far more of a stigma when a mother does it versus a father. Mothers are considered nurturers, by and large, and for them to harm or kill their children is more horrifying in a sense than when a father does it.
