Slog - Comments on Road Trip! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip MSNBC: Nebraska’s new “safe-haven” law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone under 19. While lawmakers may not have intended it, the month-old law raises the possibility that frustrated parents could drop off misbehaving teens or even severely disabled older children with impunity.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:02 -0800 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:16:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by YvesPaul As in "We're going to Chuck'E Cheese"? lol

]]> YvesPaul http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111908 News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:01:12 -0800 Comment by Whitworth Fag Dan,

Is DJ irritating you and Terry?

]]> Whitworth Fag http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111918 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111918 News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:04:02 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage My boyfriend took three boys to Wild Waves today, where they got sugared up and spun in circles, and I think all the parents out there might understand why he might be tempted to take a detour through Nebraska on the way home.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111923 News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:07:14 -0800 Comment by Simac I don't see that as bad. If a given parent can't deal, for whatever reason, then it's best for the child to be elsewhere--even if the child is a teenager or whatever. (If the parent is being flippant in dropping off a kid, then that's another issue.)

]]> Simac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111969 News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:35:19 -0800 Comment by PopTart I'm a parent and I completely understand the temptation, Dan.

"Straighten right up or I'll leave you in Nebraska." Out here that threat might not seem all that scary, but growing up in Colorado that totally would've gotten me to behave...

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111978 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1111978 News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:44:25 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi It can't be worse than the current system that only takes a child away after he or she has been horribly neglected or abused. Unfortunately, many abusers are inexplicably attached to their children so many of them may not take advantage of this option.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1112068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1112068 News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:44 -0800 Comment by RainMan Obnoxious urban ten year old kid abandoned at a Nebraska hospital, adopted by kindly farm family, learns how to milk cows and drive a tractor, returns as young adult years later to tears-of-joy reunion with parents. This is an After School Special just waiting to happen.

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1112079 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1112079 News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:28:42 -0800 Comment by James Wow. But will they let gay couples adopt them?

]]> James http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1112114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1112114 News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:39:18 -0800 Comment by Me How about 23 year old roommates?

]]> Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1112389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1112389 News Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:04:00 -0800 Comment by Greg @9: Move out. Can't fix 'em, can't dump 'em off in Nebraska. Find a new roommate.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1113183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/road_trip#c1113183 News Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:16:22 -0800