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09 Sep 2007, 8:30 pm

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http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/swanews/display.var.1674525.0.couple_kept_kids_in_squalid_home.php


The kids school attendance rate was nearly 100%, up from 65%, after their parents were charged :roll: Gee, I'm sure the parents made sure to send them to school because it was in their children's best interest, aren't you?



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09 Sep 2007, 8:44 pm

Further proof that people should have to pass a test in order to be allowed to have children.



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09 Sep 2007, 11:00 pm

My parents were neglectful and incompetent. Twice, myself and my siblings were removed from the home, only to be returned again. I'm still in therapy because of it.


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09 Sep 2007, 11:09 pm

beyondtheinfinite wrote:
Further proof that people should have to pass a test in order to be allowed to have children.


No.



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09 Sep 2007, 11:11 pm

ShadesOfMe wrote:
beyondtheinfinite wrote:
Further proof that people should have to pass a test in order to be allowed to have children.


No.


Yes. Though the test would need to be open to many different things.



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10 Sep 2007, 3:51 pm

hartzofspace wrote:
My parents were neglectful and incompetent. Twice, myself and my siblings were removed from the home, only to be returned again. I'm still in therapy because of it.


That's better than my situation. i told about my mom's physical abuse - as a result I was sent to a mental hospital where I was required to speak regularly with her. Then child services didn't investiage for three months, during the entire time which my mom was telling me how my borthers and sisters would have to go live in separate homes with complete strangers and it would be all my fault. And when they finally did visit, my mom was within hearing the distance the entire time the lady interviewed me.



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10 Sep 2007, 4:36 pm

That's awful. Sorry you went through that.


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10 Sep 2007, 4:53 pm

beyondtheinfinite wrote:
Further proof that people should have to pass a test in order to be allowed to have children.



Tod (Keanu Reaves) in the 1989 Steve Martin movie Parenthood: You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming a**hole be a father.

Nuff said.


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