12-06-2006, 01:37 AM
Both
[quote AlphaDog]...I'm sure there's much more to this story (starting with the fact the mother of a 12 year old is only 27 herself!)...
and
[quote Racer X]and the great grandma is 63. Whole family may have issues.
seem to hit the real problem on the head. Those numbers were the first items from the story to set off alarm bells. When you have multiple generations of children raised by children there is no wonder that no matter how loving the parent may be, they can and probably are woefully ill equipped to handle the potential hardships in raising a child. This whole saga just seems laughably sad.
Nathan
[quote AlphaDog]...I'm sure there's much more to this story (starting with the fact the mother of a 12 year old is only 27 herself!)...
and
[quote Racer X]and the great grandma is 63. Whole family may have issues.
seem to hit the real problem on the head. Those numbers were the first items from the story to set off alarm bells. When you have multiple generations of children raised by children there is no wonder that no matter how loving the parent may be, they can and probably are woefully ill equipped to handle the potential hardships in raising a child. This whole saga just seems laughably sad.
Nathan