Parent pushing the “safe haven” law envelope by leaving a toddler believed to be between 12 to 18 months old in a hospital parking lot. The Delaware “safe haven” law allows a parent to relinquish a newborn (no more than 14 days old) at an emergency room and giving the child directly to a hospital employee.

This little boy was dressed in clean clothing, sitting on a parking lot curb, and crying when a nurse returning from lunch discovered the abandoned boy. The boy was comforted by the nurse until she gave him to the hospital security.

A note was found on the toddler by the state police. Details of the note and the location it was found has not been released since this information would only be known by the toddler’s parents. The state police are searching for the parents of the toddler and asking the public to assist.

The toddler has been placed in foster care waiting to see what will happen in the police investigation.

The outcome for this toddler could have been so different with being left in a busy parking lot. Another scary thought is that there are a lot of people in this world looking for children to harm.

The truth is that children are abandoned by their biological parents every year without a thought to their safety or well being. The horrible thing is that the biological parents still maintain their parental rights and could get their children back.

The totally crazy thing is that you cannot take an animal to the Humane Society to surrend it and then come back a few days later saying I changed my mind. Strange how we protect pets more than we do the children. Heck,the Humane Society can even take you to court and say you cannot have any more animals. With children we send them back to parents that have said and shown they could care less about caring for their children. This attitude could lead to neglect, abuse,and abandonment again. This would lead to spending a childhood in and out of foster care, or worse dead. What are we thinking????


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