Abandoned Children in the United States

What happens to abandoned children?

Every state in the United States now has laws that make it possible for someone to step up their children in a public place like a hospital or police station. In most cases, these laws require that the baby is a week old or less (although most of us are aware of the now infamous case of the Nebraska law allows parents to temporarily leave children up to age 18). The intention is, of course, to the lives of children who otherwise would be to die. We all know the stories of small corpses found in Dumpster, these laws are an attempt to parents with a different choice.

Who are the parents?

The majority of infant task comes in two forms.

One is a young teenage girl, perhaps hidden her pregnancy from all around them. Maybe she refused to recognize it in himself and is surprised when the birth, alone and without medical or emotional support. Maybe they have a friend, and if so, he is just as scared as she is. If they are very experienced and knowledgeable teenager, they know enough to the child in a hospital or police station. But how many experienced or knowledgeable teens' courses would be in this dilemma?

The other form of nutrition for children is the responsibility of men who are old enough to know better. Some of these men are pimps, they have found that the child meets the profits. Some are the friend of the mother or the baby-daddy who do not want the responsibility for the child, but are determined to remain in the mother's life. In many cases these children are older than a few days, they can be older infants, toddlers, or preschoolers.

Where do babies go?

, assuming that the children live, they go immediately into the care. There are foster parents, specifically to children at any hour of the day or night, even if only for a temporary or emergency basis until a permanent foster home can be found. While the child in care, the authorities, including police and DFS social workers, to find the birth parents of the child. If they can not be found, the state permanent custody and the child is for adoption.

 

Katherine Teel writes parenting and adoption articles for Kiddie Yaps, at http://www.kiddieyap.com, and for her adoption blog, Joseph's Joy, at http://www.josephsjoy.com

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