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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10:05 - I 100% agree with you.

And I don't care the circumstances that got people with kids to that point - I refuse to live in a society that refuses help to innocent children just because of the sins of their parents.  Those kids didn't have a choice in the matter - they deserve to not go hungry or go without medical care.  End of story.

And I'm the poster who has said in the past that I would allow my niece and nephew to live with us, but would let their parents fend for themselves...[/quote]
Curious, how are your neice and nephew related to you? Through your sibling or your spouces?
Chances are you will grow old and become incapacitated and will have to live off your neice and nephew[/quote]

They are related to me through my husband - my BIL's kids with a young chick who has since walked out on them.  I said I would help them (the niece and nephew), as long as it is direct help to them.  You really don't want me to go into the whole story, but I am not sending my BIL money or housing him - end of story.

If our little family were to pass together, our estate goes into a trust for our niece and nephew - it is VERY specific in our will.

I can only hope they do better in life than their idiot parents - they live with my IL's, who are really nice people but enabled the entire train wreck.

They all live thousands of miles away, so it is highly unlikely we will ever be a huge part of each other's lives.  We see them whenever we visit (once a year?), do a skype call occasionally and send cards and money or gift cards for holidays.  That is really the extent of our relationship.

I would never deny a child food or medical care.  That is cruel - those kids don't have a choice in who their parents are.  Hence why I agreed with the above poster, and am a proponent of programs for low-income, disabled, etc, etc.

I'd have a lot more compassion for BIL if he'd actually fallen on hard times...and not just made consistently BAD choices.  BAD to the nth degree.

You can think I am a heartless bitch if you want - you don't know our family or all the circumstances.  I would happily take in my niece and nephew for a while if needed.  Just not BIL.[/quote]

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