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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]look at the Post today, there is the story of a homeless woman with a two weeks old baby girl. the city provided shelter when it was cold. because now the temperature is above freezing, she was told she needs to find a place to stay on her own because shelters are full. she is a new mom, the baby is two weeks and on the streets. the reality is that a new mother on her own with a newborn cannot find a job (where is she going to leave the baby while she works?), so DC services should either take the baby away from her, or give the mother a shelter and help her get back on her feet (I think they should do the second, BTW). after the baby is dead that would be an outpouring of grief. what about doing something when she is still alive.

as for Relisha's mother, I pity her for the way she herself had to grow up, but cannot really have sympathy for her. she gave her daughter away to a stranger, lied for weeks to her family, lied to the school, provided the school with fake certificates excusing the absences. her child was with 50 yr old male stranger, missing school for weeks and that was OK for her? she lied to the social worker. she knew very well that what she had done was wrong, otherwise why lying to everybody including her family. clearly the guy prayed on very fragile and vulnerable people, but this does not excuse the mother for her outrageous behavior, which most likely cost that little girl her life. [/quote]

No the reality is that one should not have a baby until they can provide for and take care of themself.[/quote]

Ooooh, that's how simple it is!  So glad you explained that!  So basically, sexual abuse histories and exploitation histories of the moms aside, we should just punish the baby with homelessness, no healthcare and a life sentence to poverty and hopelessness because his or her mom "chose" to have a baby before she was really ready.  Thanks for eplaining that, so helpful an dproductive![/quote]

Take a step further back than that.  There's a strong "don't snitch" culture woven through these communities - which just propagates and perpetuates a culture of violence and abuse rather than ever stopping it.[/quote]

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