[歐洲] Greek Parents too poor to Care for their Children

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Greece's financial crisis has made some families so desperate they are giving up the most precious thing of all - their children.
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One morning a few weeks before Christmas a kindergarten teacher in Athens found a note about one of her four-year-old pupils.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 w7 h' o' Y) x5 H
"I will not be coming to pick up Anna today because I cannot afford to look after her," it read. "Please take good care of her. Sorry. Her mother."
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Stefanos Alevizos - Greek psychologisttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 ]7 C9 Q$ e6 U+ y) B+ ]' X% q% g
        Parents who are not able to provide for their child will feel despair, loneliness and anger. They will carry an enormous weight of cultural stigma and shame.
3 V9 ?/ E' U% ~% v7 [) T+ H        Children absorb the emotions of their parents, so the child will internalise all the feelings of their parent - particularly guilt. Often they feel they are to blame.
0 s; n6 N$ v% M. D5 m3 v( ?8 ~公仔箱論壇        Children taken into care may avoid forming a bond with their carers because they are afraid it would be a betrayal of their parent, and might mean their mother or father will not return for them.
" O$ l" g0 h; T' K5.39.217.76        When they get older, they are likely to have problems with trust and that will manifest itself in difficulties with relationships.