either financially or physically, and the child passes on that the parent who was there has the right to ask for financial help from the parent who was not? Do you think the absent parent should be offended by the request?
*Not my situation.
2007-12-17 12:14:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
If the custodial parent needs help in burying the child, then they are justified to ask for help from anyone they can including the absent parent. This is a dead child who needs to be properly taken care of and buried. Whatever happened in the past needs to be let go and forgotten until this is completed.
No, I do not think the absent parent should be offended by the request. Whether they like it or not and whether they chose to be there for their child or not, they are still a parent to that child which means that they have responsibilities to that child. Helping to bury the child would, quite literally, be the last responsibility that parent would hold.
~Raja
2007-12-17 12:21:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I, for one, am very prideful. If somebody has never been there, I would not never ask that person for anything ever again, no matter how tough a situation is. From the moral perspective, the irresponsible parent should help out with the cost of burial, and should not be offended at such a request. However, based on pride, as the responsible parent, I would never ask the other parent for a single penny. I could ask anybody, and everybody, for help except from that other parent. I would think that this person has lots of unresolved issues, including the lack of relationship with the child. It's up to them to answer to God, as well as their conscience, for everything they have not done, or are unwilling to do. I would just focus on doing the right thing on my own, without judging the other person or offer to play therapist for them.
2007-12-17 12:41:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that they have the right to ask for help. I do not think that the absent parent has a right to be offended. That parent has not been responsible and should step up and do the right thing now.
2007-12-17 13:47:40 · answer #3 · answered by kim h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the absent parent did not sign over his/her rights to the child, then I think it would be ok to ask for help paying for the expenses.
2007-12-17 12:32:48 · answer #4 · answered by honeybear 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see no harm in asking, honestly, I think the absent parent would be a bit of a sick Frying Uggly Chocolate Kisser for not wanting to contribute to make amends for not being there in life.
2007-12-17 12:37:45 · answer #5 · answered by Aoibhell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What?
sorry I miss read. You are saying the child died? Then yes both parents should help with the cost if they do not have insurance.
2007-12-17 12:22:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋