I wish it were just "permissive parenting." From what I see, its NO parenting.
Jeana, sometimes, that is sadly true. There are certainly situations/circumstances where both the Mother and the Father just do not care or were not around. And sometimes fate just deals a child a real bad hand. However, many situations are rooted in a total absence of caring, which is beyond detestable. Those situations are despicable.
But despite how children might end up in such a fate, every so often a caring person will enter the scene and save the day. To that end, I am going to post the link to a salvation/success story that I doubt few readers here know about. It's worth reading.
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"That kid I was telling you about — that’s him. Big Mike.”
“But he’s wearing shorts,” she said.
“Uh-huh. He always wears those.”
“Sean, it’s snowing!”
And so it was. At Leigh Anne’s insistence, they pulled over. Sean reintroduced himself to Michael and then introduced Michael to Leigh Anne.
“Where are you going?” he asked.
“To basketball practice,” Michael said.
“Michael, you don’t have basketball practice,” Sean said.
“I know,” the boy said. “But they got heat there.”
Sean didn’t understand that one.
“It’s nice and warm in that gym,” the boy said.
As they drove off, Sean looked over and saw tears streaming down Leigh Anne’s face. And he thought, Uh-oh, my wife’s about to take over.
The next day in the afternoon, Leigh Anne left her business — she had her own interior-decorating firm — turned up at Briarcrest, picked up Michael and took off with him. A few hours later, Sean’s cellphone rang. His wife was on the other end.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/m...90&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
