True. Would you send your 17 year old and 4 year old to, say, Thailand and expect the Thai government to take better care of them than you do?
As respect expecting a foreign or domestic government, NO. But for the Spring semester, we did send our 13 year old with her 24 year old sister to an international school 8,000 miles away in Ghana. They can navigate world travel by themselves. My point was that child abuse was not the intention of the mother. Having said all that, I am very afraid to see what everyday of horror is going to bring under Obama.