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[quote=Anonymous][quote]No one is saying a child should be neglected and of course physicians are mandated reporters.

But don't you agree that most people find it very strange that a grandmother from a middle class family would willingly let her infant granddaughter be fostered out and eventually adopted outside the family after 8 months? I don't think it's as simple as you proclaim and would be interested to hear the family's side of the story. How do you know fine details like she did not have transportation issues but yet you aren't even sure of BM's age? Your defensiveness is somewhat telling.

I think we can both agree that there are two sides to every story, right? 
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I don't find it strange at all that a older middle aged woman, who had raised her own family and had been unsuccessful at getting her daughter to take an interest in parenting, would decide that the best course of action for both her daughter AND her granddaughter might be adoption.  The assumption in the quote above is that every grandmother would be thrilled at the opportunity to be a full-time parent again.  Being the full-time single parent of an infant is exhausting AND expensive.  It is unreasonable to expect that every grandmother wants to start that process all over again.  Some grandmothers might, and some might be resentful as all get out (a friend was raised by such a grandmother).  [/quote]

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