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[astra_nomer]

I have to say, as frustrated as I sometimes get with DS1, I would never leave him on the side of the road.

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[a-wry.livejournal.com]

You know, my mom often threatened to do that. I often kind of wished she would.

I can't decide if this story is hilarious or horrible...

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

My mom often threatened that too. She'd even pull over and yell at us to get out. Once, when I was about 14 or so, I called her bluff and actually got out. Of course, she made me get back in less than a minute later.

[remcat.livejournal.com]

As awful as it is, what is hidden behind this story is a mom who didn't get help when she needed it, and was pushed over the edge. How many times have I approached the edge, but had friends to call? Or a husband to lean on?

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

On one level, I can sympathize. But this woman clearly needs a lot of help, and isn't going to be a decent mother until she gets it, so I'm glad that child services have taken him into custody.

[remcat.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, it's over the edge now -- poor kid. I'm not saying she should have him back (now or possibly ever), just trying to think about how she got to that breaking point.

[capsicumanuum.livejournal.com]

::looks up:: Mostly, what remcat said, except I don't have kids of my own. Sounds like that was just a losing situation for both mom and kid.

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

My own take on it is that some people just shouldn't be parents.

[nuclearpolymer.livejournal.com]

I would say that most people in some situations shouldn't be parents.

[capsicumanuum.livejournal.com]

True enough. But once someone is a parent. . . I tend to believe that most parents really do love their children, no matter how bad/incompetent/psychotic they are at being parents. It's good that the boy is being taken care of by child protection, but it's just depressing that there was no intervention before the mother's situation deteriorated that badly.

[shumashi.livejournal.com]

Seeing how the mom got in an accident shortly afterward, I'm sort of glad the kid wasn't in the car.

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

What was she doing 90 miles away?? But yeah, she was clearly jsut being self-destructive.

[mama-pipa.livejournal.com]

Wow, my parents used to threaten to do that, but they never actually did it. I agree with many of you here, that its sad that a mama was capable of doing that, as if she never felt that she had another choice. Poor little boy too.