So... Is Anyone Going to Drop off an Actual Baby Ever?

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Two more children have been left at hospitals
under the state's safe-haven law, bringing to 16 the number of kids
abandoned.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says two
12-year-old boys were left Sunday, one at Omaha's Immanuel Medical
Center and the other at Lincoln's BryanLGH Medical Center West.
The law lets anyone leave a child of any age at any
state-licensed hospital without fear of prosecution for
abandonment. It took effect in July.
All the children left to date have been teenagers or preteens.
Health officials continue to stress the need for parents to seek
other resources, including help from family, faith-based groups and
other community services before resorting to abandonment.

Bottom line: the safe haven law was passed with infants in mind. Leave it to Nebraska's Unicameral to leave a loop hole so huge you could drive a bus full of unwanted preteens through, but the fact remains that the law is intended to protect infants. Ammend the thing immediately.

It's not that I don't get how hard it is to be a parent. I usually can't go more than five minutes around a kid, any kid, before I want to lock them outside. I have no idea how kids can be raised without hitting. Still, don't make your kids everybody else's problem unless it's an absolute last resort. Of course, if your kid is like this little guy

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432085,00.html

then I understand.

Big ups to Tovi for the link.

Here's another tovi-licious link

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432105,00.html

I would have tried the gum, myself.