An infant or child
abandoned by the birth mother; neglected in the orphanage; sometimes abused or injured; then put in the arms of complete strangers from a different culture is going to be traumatized.
Not exact matches
In March, a woman known as the «Burger King baby» who had been
abandoned by her
mother 27 years previously found her
birth mother by posting a plea to Facebook.
My youngest son was
abandoned by his
mother at
birth and placed in an orphanage because of his diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
Prenatal care varies greatly
by country; if child is relinquished rather than
abandoned,
birth mothers are usually asked about prenatal care and habits, but the information is not usually extensive.
Even relatives separated at
birth shared expressions: The blind young man mentioned above was
abandoned by his
mother two days after
birth and not reunited with her until he was 18 years old, yet they shared at least three facial expressions, which reinforces what Darwin suspected more than 100 years ago.
Holly Anders was
abandoned by her
mother at
birth.
Her daughter Caroline (Julia Ormond), in an attempt to comfort her, finds a diary that contains not her words but those of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt), a boy who was born on the day the Great War ended but was
abandoned by his father (
mother died during
birth) when he saw that his baby looked like an old man.
Central to the novel are the stories of Even Grade, a 28 - year - old black man
abandoned by his
mother at
birth; Valuable Korner, a 15 - year - old white girl whose family history holds a trunkful of damning secrets; and Joody Two Sun, an enigmatic obeah woman who sees into the hearts and minds of the townsfolk from her riverside camp on the outskirts of town.
A child under six months old is presumed
abandoned by the
birth father when: the alleged
birth father (1) denies paternity, (2) does not contribute financially to the prenatal and postnatal care of the
mother and postnatal care of the child, (3) does not provide financial support for the child, and (4) does not visit the child.