Nebraska’s Screwed Up Safe Haven Law

October 8, 2008 at 8:48 pm · Comments (6)
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Nebraska’s “safe haven” law was intended to protect newborns and babies whose mother’s could not take care of them. The law was to allow parents to anonymously leave infants in the care of any hospital employee without being prosecuted. The problem with this law is that when it was passed, the legistature did not specify an age limit. On Tueday a 14 year old girl from Iowa was left at Creighton University Medical Center. On September 24 a man dropped off his nine children at an Omaha hospital because he felt he could not take care of them after his wife passed away. It’s more than obvious that this law needs to be amended and right away. I personally think that these no good parents should have to pay child support for their children that they abandoned. They are trying to manipulate the law to suit themselves, and I don’t believe they should get away with it. All 50 states in this country have safe haven laws. Nebraska’s is the only one that lacks the age limit. A hearing will be held in November to discuss a change in the law. That’s really not soon enough, in my opinion. How many more children are going to be abandoned in Nebraska by then? It’s pathetic. How can these people even look at themselves in the mirror, anyway? I understand if your kids have behavior problems and you need help, but to simply abandon your child because you don’t know how to handle him or her is really going to far.

Commenters: Amy, Julie, Winnie

The Kiddo Might Need Glasses

October 8, 2008 at 2:49 pm · Comments (2)
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Today Eric goes his eyes and ears checked at school. He says he has trouble seeing things far off with his right eye. I guess it’s time I take him to the eye doctor. I’ve been wearing glasses and/or contacts since I was 12, although I should have started years earlier. So I guess it’s his turn. My family never really had problems with their vision, except for when they get old (lol). I’m the only one in my family that wears glasses. But it’s different on his dad’s side. They all wear either contacts or glasses to correct their vision. I know for a lot of kids, there’s an “image” issue with wearing glasses. They think it’s nerdy or something. Eric says he doesn’t care. He says 2/3 of his class wear glasses. That’s good, then because I don’t want him to develop some sort of self esteem issue because of it.

Anyway, whatever happens we’ll work it out. I figure if he does have to wear glasses, by the time he’s 11 or 12 he’ll be wanting contacts. I’m not quite sure I’d want him wearing them so young though. Contacts have caused me a lot of problems over the years, and that’s why I mostly stick with my glasses nowadays. When I was younger and cared more about what people thought of me, I never wore glasses, but it’s so much easier these days to just throw on your glasses and go about your day when you wake up as opposed to getting your contacts in.

Commenters: Julie