Tragic and Shameful Abandonment of Children
My wife tells me that here in Korea, rather than have a custody battle during a divorce, spouses often fight not to "get stuck" with the kids: More Children Abandoned Due to Parents' Divorces.
The article cites "financial difficulty" as the main reason for this trend, but this excuse seems overused in the world's 11th largest economy.
Sadly, Confucian filial piety is sometimes incorrectly seen as extending responsibilities in only one direction. For the Catholic view, look at this balanced list of MORTAL SINS violating the Fourth Commandment:
[article via The Lost Nomad]
My wife tells me that here in Korea, rather than have a custody battle during a divorce, spouses often fight not to "get stuck" with the kids: More Children Abandoned Due to Parents' Divorces.
The article cites "financial difficulty" as the main reason for this trend, but this excuse seems overused in the world's 11th largest economy.
Sadly, Confucian filial piety is sometimes incorrectly seen as extending responsibilities in only one direction. For the Catholic view, look at this balanced list of MORTAL SINS violating the Fourth Commandment:
4. Honor your father and mother.
- Serious failure to care for aged parents
- Serious neglect of the duties of one’s state in life
- Serious disrespect for or disobedience to parents, superiors or authorities
- Wishing death or evil on parents
- Abuse or serious neglect of children
- Failure to baptize children in a reasonable time (within a few months) after birth
- Serious neglect of the religious education or upbringing of children
- Failure to carry out the last will of deceased parents
[article via The Lost Nomad]
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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