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The opposite of a 'Tiger Mother': leaving your children behind
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Anonymous
| Already being discusssed here: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/153441.page#1387870 |
Anonymous
| Surprisingly, I know MANY mothers who have left their kids. It was mind boggling to me before I had any kids, and now I can't even comprehend it. |
Anonymous
| But she didn't leave her kids. She is still actively in their lives. They just don't live with her. Big difference. |
Anonymous
| Is this what men would do if society didn't let them get away with their selfish ways? |
Anonymous
Please. Actively in their lives?! That's the biggest rationalization. She may have made the best choice, given her obvious indifference to motherhood; but she's the kind of woman who probably shouldn't have had children in the first place. By her own admission, "We stay in touch by phone, IM, Skype a few times a week. I hear about their lives and give support.?" |
Anonymous
| She is nuts. |
Anonymous
| No , guess it is just what woman do! So many man haters on this site what do you do if you have a son? |
Anonymous
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Some of this describes my ex husband. He was a terrible parent when we were married. Now he can handle being a good dad in short spurts. He doesn't run out of patience and become surly about having to parent full time, having to help me.
But as a mother, no, I can't imagine being that selfish. Why would a woman choose to have not one but even more than one baby if she.... really doesn't want to be a mother? Once you give birth and keep the baby, sister, you're on the hook for 18 years. No two ways about it. And yes I realize I am focusing on the woman and not the father but.... that's how I see it. I guess my man met my low expectations 
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Anonymous
| Some people will never be happy. |
Anonymous
| She regrets what she did, calls it unacceptable, and now lives down the street from her children and shares custody. From the posts here that was not clear, you are writing as if she abandoned her children for their entire childhood. Not so! |
Anonymous
HER words: "We stay in touch by phone, IM, Skype a few times a week. I hear about their lives and give support." Wonderful mom. |
Anonymous
Sorry! I made a mistake. The above quote was by another mother (Talyaa Liera) who made a similar decision (in same article). |
Anonymous
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HER words describing the past.
The present is quite different. This is a variation on what Barack Obama's mother did and he turned out fine! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/03/rahna-reiko-rizzuto-talks_n_831135.html |
Anonymous
That's debatable. |