Relisha Rudd

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The usual business of normalizing things that are anything but normal. The kids grew up in a horrendous environment without a single fully functional adult. There is no chance for them. Even the oldest who is in foster care has seen too much and received too little early on to be fully functional.
Just like it’s a common belief that concentrated poverty is bad, there should be a belief that concentrated dysfunction is also something that needs to be taken apart and redistributed if I may. Kids like Relisha and her siblings need to be taken away early on, and people like adults around her should not have a single incentive to have kids.

I don’t disagree in theory but there aren’t enough stable foster homes for these kids. Some of the foster homes are worse than living with the parents because they just take in kids for the cash.

That’s why having kids should not be incentivized. Physical measures of course are impossible but financial incentives need to be taken away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The usual business of normalizing things that are anything but normal. The kids grew up in a horrendous environment without a single fully functional adult. There is no chance for them. Even the oldest who is in foster care has seen too much and received too little early on to be fully functional.
Just like it’s a common belief that concentrated poverty is bad, there should be a belief that concentrated dysfunction is also something that needs to be taken apart and redistributed if I may. Kids like Relisha and her siblings need to be taken away early on, and people like adults around her should not have a single incentive to have kids.

I don’t disagree in theory but there aren’t enough stable foster homes for these kids. Some of the foster homes are worse than living with the parents because they just take in kids for the cash.

That’s why having kids should not be incentivized. Physical measures of course are impossible but financial incentives need to be taken away.

+1

I have heard more than my fair share of stories where someone had more kids to increase government checks. It’s so sad and infuriating because those kids are so neglected and the money is never spent to support their needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The usual business of normalizing things that are anything but normal. The kids grew up in a horrendous environment without a single fully functional adult. There is no chance for them. Even the oldest who is in foster care has seen too much and received too little early on to be fully functional.
Just like it’s a common belief that concentrated poverty is bad, there should be a belief that concentrated dysfunction is also something that needs to be taken apart and redistributed if I may. Kids like Relisha and her siblings need to be taken away early on, and people like adults around her should not have a single incentive to have kids.

I don’t disagree in theory but there aren’t enough stable foster homes for these kids. Some of the foster homes are worse than living with the parents because they just take in kids for the cash.

That’s why having kids should not be incentivized. Physical measures of course are impossible but financial incentives need to be taken away.

+1

I have heard more than my fair share of stories where someone had more kids to increase government checks. It’s so sad and infuriating because those kids are so neglected and the money is never spent to support their needs.

Women having more kids to increase their "government check" is a myth. Educate yourself.

[Anonymous]

It would be easy if it were as simple as taking financial incentives away. This was tried during the Clinton administration. The money isn't very good even incrementally and the reasons the young poor and unprepared have children are complex. This crosses all racial lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The usual business of normalizing things that are anything but normal. The kids grew up in a horrendous environment without a single fully functional adult. There is no chance for them. Even the oldest who is in foster care has seen too much and received too little early on to be fully functional.
Just like it’s a common belief that concentrated poverty is bad, there should be a belief that concentrated dysfunction is also something that needs to be taken apart and redistributed if I may. Kids like Relisha and her siblings need to be taken away early on, and people like adults around her should not have a single incentive to have kids.

I don’t disagree in theory but there aren’t enough stable foster homes for these kids. Some of the foster homes are worse than living with the parents because they just take in kids for the cash.

That’s why having kids should not be incentivized. Physical measures of course are impossible but financial incentives need to be taken away.

+1

I have heard more than my fair share of stories where someone had more kids to increase government checks. It’s so sad and infuriating because those kids are so neglected and the money is never spent to support their needs.

Women having more kids to increase their "government check" is a myth. Educate yourself.

+1. Yikes. I’m sad the conversation in this thread has shifted to people have kids for financial assistance, sterilization, etc.

The systems that could have supported Relisha Rudd’s family are broken. There are so many issues. But we don’t need to revert to these draconian old-fashioned, harmful views.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The usual business of normalizing things that are anything but normal. The kids grew up in a horrendous environment without a single fully functional adult. There is no chance for them. Even the oldest who is in foster care has seen too much and received too little early on to be fully functional.
Just like it’s a common belief that concentrated poverty is bad, there should be a belief that concentrated dysfunction is also something that needs to be taken apart and redistributed if I may. Kids like Relisha and her siblings need to be taken away early on, and people like adults around her should not have a single incentive to have kids.

I don’t disagree in theory but there aren’t enough stable foster homes for these kids. Some of the foster homes are worse than living with the parents because they just take in kids for the cash.

That’s why having kids should not be incentivized. Physical measures of course are impossible but financial incentives need to be taken away.

+1

I have heard more than my fair share of stories where someone had more kids to increase government checks. It’s so sad and infuriating because those kids are so neglected and the money is never spent to support their needs.

Women having more kids to increase their "government check" is a myth. Educate yourself.

I am PP and didn’t say all women do this. I said in my many years of working in various fields I have heard this said many times. By the women themselves. Or by their daughters who are pregnant. But I should just ignore their perspectives because you say I need to educate myself?

[Anonymous]

Ah yes. People definitely want to go through pregnancy and childbirth and lug a baby around on the bus and to the laundromat for a little extra TANF and some more WIC checks.

The DC minimum wage is $15 an hour. It would be a lot easier to work an extra 2-3 hours a week than to have an actual human baby with you 24/7. I really don't think people have kids for the welfare. They might get pregnant and look on the bright side that they'll get some more welfare.

[Anonymous]

So in this weeks episode Shamika Young should not be blamed for Relisha's disappearance although she admits she hadn't spoken to her in 18 days. I'm not mother of the year but not speaking to my 8 y.o. for 18 days????
This is the 2nd to last episode so I will listen next week but I'm ready for more excuses. I guess it's a miracle that tragedies like this don't occur more often.

[Anonymous]

You should provide feedback to the pod host

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should provide feedback to the pod host

I have been considering that throughout. I don't usually reach out like that so I don't know the best avenue. She posts on Twitter so I thought about a private message. If you have any guidance on effectively reaching her, I'd appreciate it. I don't want to slam her but I followed the case/did some of my own research/followed websleuths who are pretty intense but literally look at everything and this podcast misses a lot and cherry picks information to fit a narrative.

[Anonymous]

I'm really tired of hearing about this podcast. It's like WAMU has put all its eggs into one basket and went all in on this Relisha Rudd podcast that never seems to end. It's a tragic story. Just like all the other tragic stories. I don't think it rates a multi part program. I guess they decided this is the year they'd try to get awards or something.

[Anonymous]

This is the kind of podcast that repels conservatives and I can see why. As a moderate democrat it drives me crazy how media tries so desperately to blame "systems" and "circumstances" while letting Relisha's family off the hook. It's crap.

[Anonymous]

The podcast host is really tiptoeing around Shamika. I understand that Shamika (probably wisely) didn’t agree to be interviewed for the podcast, but sheesh.

Has any mention ever been made of Relisha’s biological father?

[Anonymous]

With every episode this podcast just gets more and more annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With every episode this podcast just gets more and more annoying.

Yeah, I'll probably finish it since there's only one more coming, but it's trying my patience.