Comments on: Could You Walk Away From Your Kids?

By: Jessica@Team Rasler

Jessica@Team Rasler — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:51:07 +0000

This baffles me, too. I simply can’t understand it. Thank goodness there are wonderful people out there willing to love those kids, but they will always still have wounds from being abandoned by their parents. This reminds me of a great post I just read on Single Dad Laughing about how Real Dads Don’t Leave. True. Thanks for being here and sharing.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:23:50 +0000

This is a subject I wonder about often but can never write about because I want to protect my daughter’s feelings but my oldest daughter has a different father than my husband, one who has never felt any responsibility for her, only pays child support when he feels like it and just general has no bond with her. I will never understand it and ultimately had to let go of my anger over the situation because it was eating me up and truly, he is the one missing out on an amazing child.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:14:34 +0000

It’s hard on the family who takes on extra kids, both financially and emotionally. But in the long run the family may be richer for it. I gained an unexpected sister this way (and down the line two adorable nephews). It was a long road, but I’m so glad she’s a party of our family.

By: Amy ~ Eat. Live. Laugh. Shop.

Amy ~ Eat. Live. Laugh. Shop. — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:29:13 +0000

I will never, ever understand someone who can walk away from or otherwise harm an innocent child. I can only surmise that such individuals are simply not properly equipped themselves. Sociopaths, perhaps?!

By: Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:47:19 +0000

What a compelling and heartbreaking post. My husband’s father walked out on them, and after years of struggling with their “relationship,” my husband finally wrote him off and told him never to contact us again. My sister was dating a guy who deceived her and skipped town when he found out she was pregnant. Not ever knowing the baby is one thing, but when you’ve raised them? How can you just walk out on that? I love the little taste of freedom too, but I always ache to see them again, even if it’s only been an afternoon.

By: Kristin Shaw

Kristin Shaw — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:29:06 +0000

Oh, this brings tears to my eyes. I can’t imagine how people walk away completely from their children. It hurts me to the core. I also have a friend who has neighbors who go out every night without their kids and babysitters mostly raise them – a carousel of strangers coming through their house. It makes me want to throw up with distress.