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Here is a news story about the second incident of a mother abandoning her teenager in Nebrasaka, which is now allowable by law.

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Is this a service the State should provide, or is it just plain mean?

The only good it serves is allowing a parent to remove their child from a home where there is abuse, but the same could be done at any local CPS(Children Protection Services)organization couldn't it?? I don't know what the process is when they 'drop' off the kids....is there an informal meeting to at least establish why they are abandoning their child? It seems a little barbaric to me....

I read the article (quickly) and I think it could have merit but not as a first resort. I wouldn't want a kid to be able to be dropped off by 'anyone' as the article says (what if your kid is staying with a friend's family and they can't deal?) and I don't think the drop off should be a final act, but maybe allow the kid(s) to stay a couple of nights in a safe place AND bring the family in for counseling to see if this is truly a bad situation out of hope or if it was an act of malice on either side or someone really overwhelmed who just needs some help. I hate to see it so easy for families to be taken apart when there just might be an answer. I know there were many days when my cousins and I heard " If you guys don't stop doing _______, then I am gonna take you to a field and leave you to act like that!" now of course that was not going to happen, but in today's 'quick fix' society, hard to say who wouldn't see a drop off as a break from the madness.

I know Gainesville has Interface at 1400 NW 29th Rd where teens can go and stay while they work out issues with their parents.

I applaud the fact that the parents are trying to find a better place for them and trying to get them out of abuse or avoid abuse but a child at that age knows what's going on and knows that they are going to be abandon. All that they are going to think about is, "What did I do wrong" "Why doesn't my mother love me" I think that is should be the VERY VERY last resort.