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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:04 AM Original message |
Wife's death led Nebraska man to give up 9 of his kids |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. It gets better... |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't think it's right to play politics with such a situation. n/t |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Wrong!!! The "people" that are against this bill............. |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I don't see what you or the OP are talking about. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Deleted sub-thread |
DoctorMyEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Probably cause it was posted that way a few days ago |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. I see. That's interesting. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Poor kids. :( |
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ilrslr3 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. Please Pray |
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KewlKat (867 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yes your are correct |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Welcome to DU ilrslr3 |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. praying is a useless endeavor. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Then so is telling family members that you love them. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Hah? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. oh, yeah, totally. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 07:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
57. yo, kids, out here. go into that hospital |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. how so? |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
61. Who tells their children they love them only silently, never aloud in dark rooms and only on Sunday? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. wherever did you get the idea this father gives one tiny damn for his children? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Judgmental aren't we. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. how the hell does he get off having 10 kids, |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. What's your solution? |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I wonder if he (the father) asked for help. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. 18 months or so after his wife died. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. So sad. |
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aviationpm (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. Who could ever imagine? |
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willing dwarf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. For years, in farming areas 9 kids was the only way to be sustainable |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. but it shouldn't take generations for that mindset to change |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. But it Does Take Generations |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I think that's quite different |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. He and his wife actually had 10. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. I knew when this story was posted a day ago that the circumstances |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. I hope they don't change that law. Those kids are better off now. More about the family here |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. "He never asked for help, the children's maternal grandmother said Thursday." |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Did you get a chance to see this? It broke my heart |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. How sad... |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Anti-Birth Control ... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. If only they'd listen... |
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DoctorMyEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. What stood out to me about that line |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I can't help wondering if those kids will be in the best hands... |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
64. Court intervention may make the 17 year old eligible for a lot of college aid |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. So horribly sad for him & the children. It sounds like he did all he could, |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Did you read the article about the family's life? |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Thanks... I hadn't read that one. He sounds like he's very messed up but |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. "it sounds like he did all he could"? if by "all he could" you mean fuck all EOM |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. What about child support ... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. HAve you even seen that movie? |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Yes I have ... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Conceptual? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. i'm wondering about child support also |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. anyone under 19? Isn't the age of consent 18? |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's better he released them to the custody of someone who might take care of them... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The article says the woman exhibited "distorted thinking" and |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Its also increased by hanging upside down.... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Unless you are David Blaine, WTF would you worry about |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Inversion therapy.... |
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Ramius (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's sad that there aren't other options.. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Years from now? You'd be too late. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. he belongs in prison for child neglect |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Thats a very bad idea. Some people will need to give up their kids because of a |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Well, hello. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. most people love their kids but this is a DEADBEAT DAD who doesn't |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
43. did anyone read the whole story there? Nice that he could have a girlfriend but not his kids???? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
59. you wonder sometimes, don't you? |
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