Baby Found Abandoned in Sen Sok Bin, Phnom Penh
Re: Baby Found Abandoned in Sen Sok Bin, Phnom Penh
I don't know and you don't know. You would have to ask him.
You would have to know this man/family to know how well they are likely to look after this child, and then it depends on which orphanage and how well they will look after the child.Isaanbarang wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:30 pm If the child that was abandoned is placed in an orphanage how is this better?
I would not recommend giving a child to someone I don't know.
Maybe he returned the child because it was posted on facebook, and it was likely he would get caught.Isaanbarang wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:30 pm He returned the child because it was stolen not because he committed a crime, the mother that abandoned the child committed a crime as well.
You can't make judgements about people you don't know.
I wrote a whole topic on giving away children, some time ago. If you search you could find it.Isaanbarang wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:30 pm Many uneducated Khmer buy children, many uneducated or poor sell children, is a formal adoption to a foreign country preferable to you or to be housed in an orphanage with the hope a middle class Khmer family will eventually adopt?
It is extremely rare for children in orphanages to get adopted. Children in orphanages don't get told they are likely to be adopted, and don't expect to be adopted.
Not true. Cambodians normally accept everybody. It does not matter about their past, or if they are disabled, etc.Isaanbarang wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:30 pm Many adopted children face a social stigma for life. Can you explain your reasoning please?
With Cambodian adoptions, the children are normally told the facts. They grow up knowing where they came from.
If it can be found where the child came from, I would start by talking to the mother and ask if she wants to reconsider. If not, I would ask if the grandmother, or some other relative can look after the child.
If the family can't be found, or nobody in the family wants the child, I would see if there is someone who wants to adopt the child. Social workers would need to go and see them, and determine if they would be good parents.
If not, an orphanage may be the only option.
A lot of people who buy children don't treat them as well as their own children. The bought children often become servants. Girls sometimes become prostitutes.
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Re: Baby Found Abandoned in Sen Sok Bin, Phnom Penh
Yes, what a terrible situation. The mother might be a kid herself, she may be victim of incest or rape. She may be homeless and have no milk for her baby. It's Sen Sok, she might be a drug addict or mentally ill and unable to care for her baby. She might simply be very very poor and desperate.
Obviously, the woman does not have a family network to support her, or cannot count on them to take the baby. I think she needs help, not punishment.
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Re: Baby Found Abandoned in Sen Sok Bin, Phnom Penh
Most Cambodians on Facebook do not use their real name.explorer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:19 pmI don't know and you don't know. You would have to ask him.
You would have to know this man/family to know how well they are likely to look after this child, and then it depends on which orphanage and how well they will look after the child.Isaanbarang wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:30 pm If the child that was abandoned is placed in an orphanage how is this better?
I would not recommend giving a child to someone I don't know.
Maybe he returned the child because it was posted on facebook, and it was likely he would get caught.Isaanbarang wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:30 pm He returned the child because it was stolen not because he committed a crime, the mother that abandoned the child committed a crime as well.
You can't make judgements about people you don't know.
I wrote a whole topic on giving away children, some time ago. If you search you could find it.Isaanbarang wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:30 pm Many uneducated Khmer buy children, many uneducated or poor sell children, is a formal adoption to a foreign country preferable to you or to be housed in an orphanage with the hope a middle class Khmer family will eventually adopt?
It is extremely rare for children in orphanages to get adopted. Children in orphanages don't get told they are likely to be adopted, and don't expect to be adopted.
Not true. Cambodians normally accept everybody. It does not matter about their past, or if they are disabled, etc.Isaanbarang wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:30 pm Many adopted children face a social stigma for life. Can you explain your reasoning please?
With Cambodian adoptions, the children are normally told the facts. They grow up knowing where they came from.
If it can be found where the child came from, I would start by talking to the mother and ask if she wants to reconsider. If not, I would ask if the grandmother, or some other relative can look after the child.
If the family can't be found, or nobody in the family wants the child, I would see if there is someone who wants to adopt the child. Social workers would need to go and see them, and determine if they would be good parents.
If not, an orphanage may be the only option.
A lot of people who buy children don't treat them as well as their own children. The bought children often become servants. Girls sometimes become prostitutes.
Cambodians dont use time efficiently, which you may call unreliable
When Cambodians see cockroaches or ants, they get out the spray and spray them.
Cambodians dont understand that the spray is poisonous to humans
Cambodians dont steal from them when they are sleeping
Cambodians always argue that they are right. It may not collapse if they never have a lot of people on it at the same time
Most Cambodians dont understand the concept of safety
Cambodians think in terms of getting money now, and dont care
Thank you for the advice, I will try to follow your example.
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Re: Baby Found Abandoned in Sen Sok Bin, Phnom Penh
are there no orphanages they can leave these kids?
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