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Okay, here's my rant for the night. Just got home from work and I cannot sleep. Once again, I know we are not supposed to get 'personally involved' with what we type, but I'm so frustrated. One of the last reports I typed tonight was on a teenager who wound up in the emergency department. (This kid does not come from a poor family. The parents are well-off enough to afford a cabin in a resort area, so what they did to this child, to me, is unconscionable). The parents are apart, and apparently so caught up in their new 'relationships' that neither parent wants their teen now, so
they kicked the kid out of the house -- and he is being forced to live in the woodshed behind the cabin!! He told the doctors that it is metal, unheated and has no door lock. (It's been snowing here on-and-off since August. We also have some pretty creepy things in the 'woodsy' here -- everything from weirdos to mountain lions). What blew me away is that when this teenager finally came to the attention of the doctors, they sent the kid back to the parents! What really galls me is that everyone is trying to figure out what is wrong with the kid. I personally think the problem is not the kid, but the parents. I realize my attitude is inappropriate and unprofessional, but I really just wish there was something I could do for this kid. This really bothers me.
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