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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
i thought he did.. didnt she die in 2007
single men with no help and 10 kids ? i doubt there are very many.
well i dont know the background but i would assume with 10 kids and 0 free time he prob felt helpless to ever find a mom for the kids and raise them properly. Once he had no kids and found a girlfriend, he now has the ability to care for a child. Now why he didnt just try and re-adopt his own kids is unknown but there are alot of dynamics involved.
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Upon re reading the article I do see that you are right. I also see where it says he asked no family members for help or asked for government assistance. I have to wonder why? Wouldn't keeping your family together be more important than pride at that point?
Obviously he had the help available to him:
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Staton has given up custody of his seven youngest children. They remain in foster care with their mother's aunt, who hopes to adopt them. The two oldest boys were in foster care until last month, when a 75-year-old Omaha woman was approved to be their guardian.
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If the mothers aunt is willing to foster the 5 youngest herself I would hazard a guess that she would have been willing to help him out.
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Since the Staton children were young, the family has received $995,468 in different forms of government aid, including more than $600,000 in food stamps and $109,774 in Medicaid, according to Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services records.
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The father apparently had no problem accepting government assistance when his wife was alive.
And this to me is the kicker:
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That month, he told his kids - all but the oldest, who legally was an adult - he was taking them to Creighton University Medical Center for grief counseling. When they arrived, he notified hospital staff that he was invoking Nebraska's safe haven law, which allowed parents to leave their children without facing criminal prosecution.
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How do you make the decision to give up your kids and not even warn them or talk to them about your decision? You lie to them and then dump them without warning. I would be real curious to find out how much visitation or contact he has had with them since he gave them up.