X-Nico

3 unusual facts about child abandonment


Catherine Earnshaw

They are separated when Hindley becomes jealous of his father's affection towards Heathcliff and reduces him to servant-boy status after the death of Mr Earnshaw, who took Heathcliff in as a Liverpool foundling.

Chhipa

Aamir Liaquat Hussain has given abandoned infants from Chhipa Welfare Association to parents who wanted to adopt babies in Amaan Ramazan show.

Xue family murder and abandonment

The Xue family murder and abandonment case involves the abandonment of a three-year-old girl, Qian Xun Xue (薛千寻 in Simplified Chinese) also known as Clare Xue, at Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia, the murder of her mother, Anan (Annie) Liu (劉安安), in Auckland, New Zealand, and the search for and subsequent capture of her father, Nai Yin (Michael) Xue (薛乃印), in the United States of America.


Babes in the Wood

The traditional children's tale is of two children abandoned in a wood, who die and are covered with leaves by robins.

Fair Annie

Marie de France retold this story in her lai, Le Fresne, where the heroine is not kidnapped but abandoned with birth tokens; she was a twin, which was regarded as proof of adultery, and a servant abandoned her to save her life.

Lactation suppression

After birth, some women may desire to stop the production of breast milk, for example when the mother wishes to bottle-feed from birth onwards, or in the case when the infant dies or is surrendered at birth.


see also