Its a hard life
Mar 13th, 2008 by Lillian
This little baby I’m holding was abandoned at birth in Bangkok. He’s about 15 days old and the family he is with is probably with the third caretaker in his short life. If you know anything about how important it is for a baby to experience attachment in the first few days of their lives, you will know that he’s had a rough start!!
Most expat mums who live in Chiang Mai think about fostering or adopting a baby at one time or another. I do think about fostering but don’t want to adopt… Sigh..Lately people have been telling me their own appalling stories or stories of children they work with who have been neglected and abused. It breaks my heart. How did humans get this evil that anyone could even lay a hand on innocent children?!! There are some children in school who have gone through so much in their short lives and unfortunately all the pain comes out in anger, rage and misbehaving at school. How can anyone be surprised after all the rejection and abuse they’ve experienced?!
Again, I’m painfully aware of how important it is to look after the children God gave us, to raise them to be healthy and happy adults. So rather than run off and save the world, I am going to look after my children. Its not a glorious job as you mums know, you will never get a raise and actually, when asked ’so what do you do’ you get looked down on for saying ‘I’m a full time mum’. Like you’re abit lazy or dumb or something… you know? But after all these stories, it makes me want to be their for my children. To teach them how to cope in this world. If all the parents would be responsible and care more for their children, there would be alot less pain and suffering in this world.
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hey, danke für dein post! ja, es ist wirklich wichtig was wir unseren kindern mitgeben - unsere liebe. hier in unserer westlichen welt fällt mir das auch schwer auf, wie wenig an werten-annahme-intresse-förderung der kinder weitergegeben wird. und wenn du dann ein ganztagsmami bist wirst du von der gesellschaft belächelt-verhöhnt; nicht als faul, aber als unwichtig-ohne wert! aber ohne kinder würde die welt aussterben - die schweizer sind laut statistik ja auch vom aussterben bedroht! anyway………..
ich bin stolz auf dich und deinen mann! ihr macht das toll und ihr habt ganz tolle kid’s!!! ja, das kann ich aus der ferne aber von herzen sagen! denk daran in der pubertät! die werte die sie als kleinkind bis jetzt mitbekommen haben - die gehen nicht verloren - sie werden höchstens mal hinterfragt (ist ganz normal!)………….
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What an awful start in life, to be abondoned by your own mother. Has this baby found a permanent home now? Thanks for sharing your thoughts in this post. Have a good day!
That is so heartbreaking. Poor little mite.