From: Bill Lucy 

In article ,
rgparker{at}west.net says...

> I noticed when I was a kid growing up that the foster kids who came to
> live with us that had been bounced around a lot were far worse. I recall
> one in particular who went out of her way to get pregnant at age 16
> because as she told my father "When the mom of the last house wasn't
> home the little kids called me mom and it made me feel important". She
> said she wanted a baby and within a few months she had managed to start
> one. Her boyfriend immediately broke up with her and her boyfriend's mom
> told him never to speak to her again.

This isn't unusual. I've heard that story from Nancy countless times. And
it happens even in "natural" households.


But if that child had a baby today, it's pretty much a given that he'd pay
child support -- even though the two may not communicate.

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