Originally Posted by granny_59
"Quite an elaborate ruse to get his foot size so that a pair of new tennis shoes could be left with his teacher for him"
I think thats the only way how neglected children can get help. If each familiy raising their children the "propper" way takes care of a classmate like that, it would change the situation.
The less the parents of the classmate care, the less they will mind handdown cloth, weekends spend at your house etc.
Sadly most parents tell their children to stay away from classmates like that. Some of those children dont have a chance from the day they are born.............
This is so true. When dd was in the third grade (8yrs old) one of her classmates would show up every night right after school at 3:15. Since she lived on the other side of town I asked if her mother knew where she was. She replied, "I have to be home at 7pm." I said, "Okay but does your mother know that you are at our house?" She said, "You're being silly, Mrs. Hopper, I have to be home at 7, until then I can go where ever I want to." I said, "Well, it can't be here. We have things to do and I'm not going to be responsible for you. I'm not a babysitter." If that child was ever abducted it would be almost 4 hrs before anyone knew. From central Illinois she could have been taken across state lines in any direction by then.