Driving down the street this morning , I was dumb struck to see a man in his 30's pushing his family ( wife & 4yr. old daughter )down the street in a shopping cart . .They were both wedged inside . Witnessing two young able bodied adults in such a state ; realizing that drugs or mental illness must have contributed to their situation- I felt utterly hopeless for the child . To have no friend or family take in a helpless child - what is the alternative for a defenseless child with unfit parents ?
2006-08-12 11:11:52 · 8 answers · asked by missmayzie 7 in Health ➔ Mental Health
As I was in three lanes of traffic on the other side of the street , I later drove back near to where I saw them ; but they were gone . A rational parent could not put a child in such a circumstance . While there are many obvious reasons for homelessness -one would have to be mad to let their child live in a shopping cart on the street -or on drugs .A loving parent would walk through fire to provide for their offspring . The mentally ill many times can not. Those who choose drugs will not .An innocent child shouldn't bear the brunt of life in a shopping cart , no matter what the reason .
2006-08-12 11:58:10 · update #1
The option is for that child to be placed in state custody, and place the parents in a position where they have to change thier circumstances to regain custody of the child. While in custody the child would be placed with a foster family, and the parents would recieve aide in finding assistance and getting the help that they need to get back on thier feet. It is tough to place children in state custody, but sometimes it is necessary. I currently work in foster care. I am helping a single mother of three get her life back together, and walking her through the process of getting her children back. It is a hard long process, and they will have to want to work at it. But it is worth it.
2006-08-12 11:19:15 · answer #1 · answered by tiger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because the parents don't have money, doesn't mean the child isn't loved and taken care of. While generally I agree with you, I just want to point out that I'd rather be the child of a homeless person who loved me and really went out of the way to take care of me, than I would of a rich person who hired a nanny to raise me and sent me away to boarding school. There is no black & white when it comes to things like the homeless. To take that child away from her parents who she may love and trust would scar her for life - scar her worse than growing up 'on the streets'. Of course they may abuse her too - that's why there's no black and white. People should have to get a liscense to have children. I also don't agree that it 'must' have been drugs or mental illness that caused the family to be homeless - I know homeless people that have never touched drugs and who are rational as you or me. There are too many circumstances now that can cause people to lose everything. Again, you are probably right on all counts, but it's not 100% guaranteed.
2006-08-12 11:18:43 · answer #2 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you believe that drugs and mental illness are the only causes of homelessness, I'm afraid that you are in need of a huge reality check.
Get out of your social bubble, girl.
The parents of that girl deserve to be helped as much as their daughter does.
2006-08-12 11:33:28 · answer #3 · answered by Firefox 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if i would have seen that and I had my cell phone I would have probably called social services and had a police officer take the child. evidently those parents aren't fit to raise a child. It is pretty sad to see something like that.
2006-08-12 11:17:21 · answer #4 · answered by ta ta for now 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope a police officer saw that. I know it would be so traumatizing for the child to be taken away from her parents...but it could save her life!
2006-08-12 11:18:12 · answer #5 · answered by FairyGurl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They need to go down to the state help they will put them in a shelter and then find them a home for a while and then help them get a job for both parentd
2006-08-12 11:15:47 · answer #6 · answered by babytiger1211 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hopefully somebody will call child and family services on them.... it is not the parents fault if they are mentally ill...and i hate to "punish" them...but protecting the child must come first.....
2006-08-12 11:14:48 · answer #7 · answered by myheartisjames 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as george carlin says, " they should take away all the golf courses and use them for cheap housing for the homeless"
2006-08-12 11:17:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋