Could You Sale Your Child???

Hi LadyM, Yes that is very sad, I can never do that, as a childless couple ourselves, I couldn't buy someelses child like that as ther are so many children in the orohanage that I could adopt but I am too old for that and if I did have children I couldn't sell my children, so sad. Tamara

I really couldn't do that. It's just heartless, whether it is planned or not. I can understand that he needs the money, and if you don't make a lot of money, I can understand that some people will do almost anything to make a few extra dollars. But even so, if I were in his position, I don't think that I'd be able to take money in exchange for my child.

Of course not, although, whilst raising them, there were days that I might have rented them to get them out of my hair!! LOL The problem is that over there, with all the great poverty, some things are not considered as horrible there as here. Not to say that it is right, but I wonder how desperate I must be to sell my child? I could not and doubt, even in their shoes, that it would even be a consideration. All we can do is pray for them. I cannot believe that the movie made so much money and she got so little. I HOPE that he was joking but I cannot say nay or yay as only he knows.

Hi ladymarissa...When my son was first born he just wouldn't sleep. I told my husband I would have sold him for lint but of course I was only kidding. I am aware that there is a thriving market for children but I have no intention of becoming a party to it. As it is I work full time and only see my son during lunch each day. I miss him enough - I don't care how little money I made I couldn't sell him - he's part of me.

Children are not for sale, and should not be used to make a profit. If I could not care for mine I could out of love find them a good home if there was no other choice. But I could never profit from a child. I feel that this Dad should be hung up by his toes and have is male parts removed that make children. I do not know how he could care for a child making 44.00 a day, but is sounds like something needs to happen, but it is not legal in most places to sell a child. (At least not in the USA) And no I do not believe him. I would not have been polite to my guest if they were trying to buy one of my children they would find themselves out on the street on their ear.

I never could imagine selling any child, but then again it might be said that it is easy for me to say living a relatively comfortable life in the UK... if my life were very hard i might think differently. i still dont think i ever would even if i were very poor because i couldnt imagine not having any say in my child's life or getting to spend my life with them. the father in the story is now saying he didnt try to sell her and its all a lie,k but i dont know...

Good god no! I couldn't sell my child..I don't know what to believe but it would seem a lot more better if he kept her since she is going to maybe become a big star and she will be given a lot of money. Then if he had sold her he would have big regrets. I wonder where the mother was in this? I can see her thumping him over the head with a broom for even having or thinking thoughts such as that.

I don't know all of the details, if he really meant to or was just being polite. I dont have any children but there was a point in my life when i was about 8 and my family was homeless, we had no money, not even $4 a day and I know that there would be no way in hell that my parents would sell me

I know when my kids were little and would be fussing and fighting I would say I was going to give them away. haha I would never think of selling a child no matter how badly I needed money. As for believing the dad? I have no idea what to think or believe but I wouldn't put anything past a person who is desperate.

It is a real sad thing...I could never do something like that, no matter how bad things got

I don't really think that there's ever anyone who can really sell their kids.. But you know, those kinds of instances do happen in reality... Either they know for themselves that they could not afford to raise the kid, or they have a grave need for monetary resources... I do not know... But as much as possible, I think it's unreasonable to have a kid up for sale...

I think it's very cold hearted thing to say or do. Children are blessings. I have two of my own and though there are days where I could just scream and kick because they have pushed that last nerve, I would never sell my children or even joke about selling them. I think in this case, something is missing and it's little shady.

OMG, if that was ever true, i can't imagine what kind of emotions would be stirred up in parents all over the world...I mean seriously, that's the worst kind of betrayal next to molesting/raping them..I COULD NEVER put up my child for sale EVER even if i were give one billion dollars...If you put yourself in the child's shoes, won't you feel terrified, and it'll be the biggest scar of her life. Well, i'm a little hesitant at whether i should believe him or not because reporters do tend to twist stories so it'll attract readers but that's not the point. If he did tried to sell his daughter, that'll be on his conscience, not mine..=\

It's weried.How can a parent do this? It's normal to adopt some children if their parents have no ability to raise them,but to sell children is totally betray the human moral.No matter how poor he is,he has to try his best to bring his daughter up.

Something definitely sounds a bit hokey to me here...LOL. I never heard of that "rule" to be polite to guests and accommodate some kind of request. Unfortunately, in many of the third world countries parents actually do sell their children and become something like slaves of labor. This kind of thing especially happens in many African countries and the parents are usually only offered a few hundred dollars for their child/children. Yikes I just came across this article about children in Ethiopia being sold for as little as $1.20 each! http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1819895,00.html (Warning: NOT a referral link but to an article about children being sold)

I believe the dad tried to sell her. I've seen pictures of the abject poverty in the slums of India and other places and he probably thought that he was doing his daughter a favor and getting her out of there while helping the rest of his family. No, I would never sell one of my children! We would live in the woods and shoot game if we had to but I would never sell them. I will always provide for them even now that they are grown if they need me. They are the precious jewels of my life.

Reading an interview he gave to one of the local newspapers he said that the people who called him had spoken to him in English and since he doesn't understand English he answered to all their questions/ queries and such with a Yes. Now who would be able to hold that against him?? It's sad that people try to do this, but then again, if he was really trying to sell his daughter off, then he should be really ashamed of himself. bourne

I can't imagine this thing at all. It is very disastrous thing which is reported by gournalist. I don't know what is truth behing that, but sometime reporters also do wrong thing.

I cant take it if i will sale my baby just for the money, a baby is a gift not for the things you want that something makes you bad.

Money is a material thing. You can have it anywhere as long as you work hard. But a child is like me or us. Its just saying that you sell yourself when you sell your child. Its a sacred gift from God. It is just your second life.