I am new here, and found this site after the recent explanation of second child video.
I have learned a whole lot from people's posts here. The insight from posters with autism, and from posters who are raising children with autism, is so important. I wish FA family would speak to people like those who are posting here. They could learn a lot.
My reason for posting has to do with the second child. I haven't watched their videos for too long, maybe a couple of months, but it always seemed to me like they were a relaxed family who tried to make sure their child with differences was included. The abandonment of the second child completely blows that image. But I don't care about their image. In my book, abandoning a child is the absolute worst. I don't care if the mother of the child said to stay away--you still owe them money and you should still want to know your child. The court documents indicate he could have had a relationship with the child. I also do not believe for a minute that she was 5 before he found out. There's a lot that's off about the timeline, as others have said. In any case I just think they are terrible people for abandoning this child. I could never abandon a child, and I could never love someone who abandoned a child. The idea that they think abandoning his child meant saving *their* family is horrifying.
I have learned a whole lot from people's posts here. The insight from posters with autism, and from posters who are raising children with autism, is so important. I wish FA family would speak to people like those who are posting here. They could learn a lot.
My reason for posting has to do with the second child. I haven't watched their videos for too long, maybe a couple of months, but it always seemed to me like they were a relaxed family who tried to make sure their child with differences was included. The abandonment of the second child completely blows that image. But I don't care about their image. In my book, abandoning a child is the absolute worst. I don't care if the mother of the child said to stay away--you still owe them money and you should still want to know your child. The court documents indicate he could have had a relationship with the child. I also do not believe for a minute that she was 5 before he found out. There's a lot that's off about the timeline, as others have said. In any case I just think they are terrible people for abandoning this child. I could never abandon a child, and I could never love someone who abandoned a child. The idea that they think abandoning his child meant saving *their* family is horrifying.