Hello, hello, everybody. How are you doing? Got a little bit of time today. Thought I'd come in and say,

Hey! Sounds like the beginning of a country song. So, yes, I just wanted to come in and say hi, everybody.

And thank you, of course, for being being donors and I'm here if you have any

questions comments issues challenges problems whatever's on your mind I am happy to help happy to chat

and can be philosophy can be personal can be whatever is cooking in your nodules.

I'm thrilled to help.

I did have a wee bit-o-something prepared.

Should we have a slightly shy crowd today?

So that is ready, but let me just give a pause here. Don't forget to unmute

if you have any questions or issues or challenges to take a care of.

Hi, stuff. Can you air me? Yes, sir. Go ahead. How are you doing this afternoon?

Well, thanks. How are you doing?

I have a question about child abuse and child neglect.

Is that, sorry, is that background noise? Sounds like you're doing the dishes or something.

Is that coming from you?

Yeah, I am. I don't have very much time until I have to be somewhere else.

Okay.

My question is about child neglect. My parents were actually pretty great people.

They took a severely neglected child into their home. They never officially adopted it, but he practically

became one of my brothers. Now, obviously, when you take a severely neglected child into your

home, there is an adjustment period, and there will inevitably be problems. So my parents set us down, all the other biological children,

and they told us about their choice,

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