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Hopefully the kids are being well taken care of. The Dad must have been in a very bad place!
He was. As the article states, his wife died just days after giving birth to their youngest child of a brain aneurysm. That was 17 months ago. A tough road to hoe I would imagine. ANY single parent would have a tough time taking care of 9 kids ALONE. There are not many single parent homes either that have 9 kids.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Two more children have been left at hospitals since a father dropped off his nine children at Creighton University Medical Center Wednesday night.
Reminds me of that woman in Texas who was charged with murdering her 5 children in the bathtub...the dad/husband should have been charged as well as he was an accessory to it....she so wanted help. She begged and pleaded.
What would have happened if she (and the jerk) could have just taken them somewhere? They'd be alive today, them two divorced, and her probably in therapy, and the jerk...would still be a jerk.
Reminds me of that woman in Texas who was charged with murdering her 5 children in the bathtub...the dad/husband should have been charged as well as he was an accessory to it....she so wanted help. She begged and pleaded.
What would have happened if she (and the jerk) could have just taken them somewhere? They'd be alive today, them two divorced, and her probably in therapy, and the jerk...would still be a jerk.
Andrea Yates. And Rusty has now divorced her, remarried and HAD ANOTHER BABY! I can't believe the idiotic person with not a lick of common sense that would marry a man like this. Heck, what am I saying.....the term "man" can not be used on him at all. He is just as guilty if not MORESO than she is. He was the ENABLER! His actions and LACK of actions caused those babies to die.
He was. As the article states, his wife died just days after giving birth to their youngest child of a brain aneurysm. That was 17 months ago. A tough road to hoe I would imagine. ANY single parent would have a tough time taking care of 9 kids ALONE. There are not many single parent homes either that have 9 kids.
I agree. He says he quit his job to care for them and being w/o work unable to pay the rent (mortgage - I don't know). Unless the family was pretty much self-sufficient BEFORE the mother passed away (which sounds like it was sudden) then it would be terribly hard to be a working single parent to 1 child much less 9. Oh, and they actually had 10 kids. The eldest is an 18 yo girl that is out on her own already. Graduated from high school at 16.
As for the investigation 2 years ago because of the eldest saying she had to care for her younger siblings.......... okay, so maybe she had to help out but if she was able to graduate at 16 her grades were not suffering THAT much. me's wonder if her "charges" were not trumped up a bit. Anyway, the investigation showed that she did help care for them (okay, so am I going to be investigated because my oldest babysits the youngest sometimes and has to do laundry and dishes???) which is something that kids SHOULD be taught in a family. We help each other. I'm glad that there is family now stepping forward to possibly take in the kids. Why he did not ask them sooner........... maybe he felt they could not take care of them as well and it would be burden on them. We don't know.
Anyway, the investigation showed that she did help care for them (okay, so am I going to be investigated because my oldest babysits the youngest sometimes and has to do laundry and dishes???) which is something that kids SHOULD be taught in a family. We help each other. I'm glad that there is family now stepping forward to possibly take in the kids. Why he did not ask them sooner........... maybe he felt they could not take care of them as well and it would be burden on them. We don't know.
Pure speculation, but it makes me wonder if that is EXACTLY why he did not feel he could look to family for help??
Pure speculation, but it makes me wonder if that is EXACTLY why he did not feel he could look to family for help??
Did you ever hear of disfunctional or disconnected families? I have one of them and it just isn't going to happen. My family are a bunch of whiney ****heads that are nice to your face and talk about you the second you leave. NO one could convince me to have them take care of the kids. I would find other options. Not everyone has a June and Ward Cleaver family!
I feel very badly for the children of course and I have to feel sorry for the father as well. He had been left with the kids since his wife passed away. His family said that they had no idea he dropped them off until he called them after the fact. Maybe he should have asked for help from them, but his family mentioned that he was the kind of guy that would never ask anything from anyone. It is hard to understand what he was thinking but at least they are safe now. Loosing his wife, his job and not having the money or resources to properly take care of the children had to be overwheming for anyone to handle. I believe he was at the end of his rope on this situation of his. I recall the local news interview they had with the father and he said as he was leaving the hospital with them behind, the children were calling out to him and he could not turn to look at the. Must have been very painful for them and him as well. I hope that once he gets back on his feet, maybe they can be reunited.A bad all around situation indeed here.
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