Theoretically, we assume that a child may be abandoned because it is a rejected one. In this sense, we have to recognise the specific situations of the child for its own abandonment. The child could be ill, disabled, or require special needs. Under such cir- cumstances, even if the pregnancy was desired, the infant may be rejected if the child is handicapped, or does not meet the expectations of the parent(s). This is particularly expected where the attitudinal level of support on the part of the family and the wider community towards handicapped children as a whole is strongly negative, and the phenomenon is regarded as God’s punishment for the parents’ sins.
In this regard, the findings do not give any room for the assertion that children are abandoned because they are rejected for being handicapped. Moreover, this assertion is not supported by the information obtained from the interviews with the police-men and women and other key resource persons. The police stations included in the investiga- tion fetched few abandoned handicapped or impaired children. Therefore, the physical or mental defects of children could not have a significant role in the problem of child abandonment.
As far as the places where the children are usually abandoned, we can deduce two common sense assumptions. The first assumption is that those mothers who abandon their children because of economic problems often leave them around hospitals, public squares, churches, kebeles, nearby charity institutions and market places. The under- lying reason for child abandonment for this category of mothers is that they have a problem in raising their children and they want to give the responsibility to others. An- other assumption is that abandonment is motivated by cultural factors. For instance if a child is born out of a wedlock or rejected due to special physique or impairment, mothers abandon their children in the bushes, under bridges, on the banks of a river, and in pits and latrines. Unlike the first category of mothers, the latter want to get rid of their children in any case. Our findings do not fully support the prevailing assumption. We have pointed out that most of the mothers included in the study abandoned their
Theoretically, we assume that a child may be abandoned because it is a rejected one. In this sense, we have to recognise the specific situations of the child for its own abandonment. The child could be ill, disabled, or require special needs. Under such cir- cumstances, even if the pregnancy was desired, the infant may be rejected if the child is handicapped, or does not meet the expectations of the parent(s). This is particularly expected where the attitudinal level of support on the part of the family and the wider community towards handicapped children as a whole is strongly negative, and the phenomenon is regarded as God’s punishment for the parents’ sins.In this regard, the findings do not give any room for the assertion that children are abandoned because they are rejected for being handicapped. Moreover, this assertion is not supported by the information obtained from the interviews with the police-men and women and other key resource persons. The police stations included in the investiga- tion fetched few abandoned handicapped or impaired children. Therefore, the physical or mental defects of children could not have a significant role in the problem of child abandonment.เท่าที่สถานที่เด็ก ๆ มักจะละทิ้ง เราสามารถเดาสองสมมติฐานสามัญสำนึก สมมติฐานแรกคือ ว่า มารดาผู้ที่ละทิ้งลูกเนื่องจากปัญหาเศรษฐกิจมักทิ้งสถานพยาบาล จัตุรัสสาธารณะ โบสถ์ kebeles สถาบันการกุศลและการตลาด ที่ใต้-โกหกเด็ก abandonment สำหรับมารดาประเภทนี้เป็นที่มีปัญหาในการเลี้ยงดูเด็กของพวกเขา และพวกเขาต้องการให้รับผิดชอบให้ผู้อื่น การ - อื่น ๆ อัสสัมชัญเป็นที่ abandonment เป็นแรงจูงใจ โดยปัจจัยทางวัฒนธรรม เช่น ถ้าเด็กเกิดนอกสมรสการปฏิเสธเนื่องจากร่างกายพิเศษหรือผล มารดาละทิ้งบุตรในพุ่มไม้ ใต้สะพาน ริมแม่น้ำ และ ในหลุมและ latrines ซึ่งแตกต่างจากประเภทแรกของมารดา หลังต้องการกำจัดของบุตรในกรณีใด ๆ ผลการวิจัยของเราไม่สนับสนุนสมมติฐานค่าเต็ม เราได้ชี้ให้เห็นที่สุดของแม่ที่อยู่ในการแข่งขันของพวกเขา
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