Granny's heart was broken today...

As a lot of you know, I work at a school. Today, a second grader opened her heart to me. BOTH of her parents are in jail for meth. Her younger brother is in a foster home and she is living with her aunt. She is hurt and angry and wants to "kidnap" her brother from the foster home. She has been abuse physically and hates the people who her Mom was letting in the house "They aren't nice people." In her Mother's Day card, she wrote "Mommy please stop doing bad things. I miss you." :(

What more can I say except "GOD DAMN THE PUSHERS!"

I'm crying.

Granny

some people should be allowed to have kids

Wow, pretty sad story. Best of luck to the little girl. My heart goes out to her.

I'm sorry you had such a bad day at work granny. It's really sad how little respect some parents have for their own children. A close relative is a special ed teacher for a low income public school... She get's a lot of kids who's parents don't give two shits about them too.

All you can really do is try and make her day as good as possible while she is in your care. I'm sure you do a good job at that though. I hope that little girls life get's more stable in the near future.

look, i agree pushers (i'm assuming you mean what i know them as, the dealers selling the 'bad shit') aren't helping matters... but people have that decision to make on their own... i basicly grew up without my parents either... so i know how that hurts... but the parents are just as responsibile for leaving their kids without parents, as anyone else....

just hope you feel better.... look at this way, it may be hard, but hopefully in the end, her and her brother grow up to be good people... without those influences around constantly, they will grow up like me, see and reconize what it does to people and never think twice about going down that road...

it's hard to find a goodside to things like this, but you have to look for it, to make it through and i know this well personally... i'd sure of rather been raised by my parents, only those who grew up with them are really capable of understanding the pain, shame and thoughts that run through your head (i.e. why didn't they want me) but sometimes it's for the best... i don't know the story, but it sounds like the parents have some problems they need to sort it out before even considering becoming mother and father (if they'll ever be able too)

Show her there are better things in life.

man poor kid,she sounds like she needs Mum to ...WAKE UP. Ive got four kids and to see even one of them that sad would break my heart .Man it really makes you wonder why some people have kids,give her a hug.

i feel bad for these kids. ive known lots of people that went through the same type of stuff in their earlier years. it breaks my heart.

terrible stuff.

So sorry about that little girl, Granny! I'm so glad you were there for her, but that breaks my heart that her parents were so into their addiction that they lost their kids and put them at risk. Breaks my heart. The most innocent victims in that substance epidemic in this country are the kids. They deserve so much better.

Aw, I'm very sorry too. Well, look at it this way: At least you can have some, if small, impact upon this girl. I hate it too, I'm very bad about wanting to solve every problem I come across, and situations like that just tear me apart.