What the hell is wrong with people? You can’t just decide you no longer want to be a parent. Raising kids can be tough — especially as they get older. Kids don’t stay four years old and adorable forever. They grow up and have attitudes and problems and test you down to the bone. Hopefully you, the adult, did a good job during those formative years and that leads to an easier tween/teen experience; but really, that may not even make a difference. Some kids just rebel and it’s the parent’s job to deal with it.

People of Nebraska, are you crazy? You can’t just get rid of your children! USA Today did a great job reporting on the latest surrounding a Nebraska law that was meant to protect infants — so they aren’t found in closets wrapped in garbage bags. The law, as written, allows parents to leave children 17 and under at hospitals without fear of prosecution for abandonment. Parents seem to be making the most of this generous offer by the state and have been for months.

This is why some people should be required to take a “road test” before being allowed to conceive.

As a society we are always saying that our children are our future. How will a legally abandoned 14-year-old look at the world as an adult, assuming he’s not incarcerated within a couple of years?

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