Elderly Man Resues Abandoned Baby

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jake — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:26:33 GMT

I hope "xine" realizes just how racist and classist his/her comment was. Women from any age, class, race could have acted in such a desparate fashion. Way to keep an open mind. I hope you are no longer teaching our children.

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Maeby — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:00:10 GMT

Well I'm glad the baby is okay. I agree that if she knew about the safe haven law then she would have left the baby at one of those places. I hope this baby girl gets a good home

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Lucia — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:54:40 GMT

Gotta love how people still think teen pregnancy is an urban issue.

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Becky — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:04:52 GMT

I agree with Paula, she very may well have been the child of a Metco student. But it could have also belonged to a teenager in the Newton area that was too afraid to tell her parents that she was pregnant... or maybe a woman who just couldn't handle it. But could you imagine the amount of angry calls and emails they would get if they had said in the article,

"Oh, and Newton is also a very wealthy town. The baby probably belonged to a poor teenage minority, or Metco student who are bused in from different cities."

yea... i can imagine there would be alot of positive feedback on that one.

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Paula — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:06:15 GMT

It's a bit of a leap to assume that this baby is the child of a Metco student.

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xine — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:44:49 GMT

I taught high school in Newton back in 1994. Two things not noted in this article are that Newton residents, in general, are VERY wealthy, and that Newton high schools have a large contingent of "Metco" (bused-in minority) students. I can see why a doorstep in Newton might've been appealing to and convenient for a poor teenager.

re: Elderly Man Resues Abandoned Baby

leahsmom — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:10:23 GMT

Yay! That's like me!