This reminds me of a song and a movie.
This is the official MV for this song, but the first paragraph was actually cut: Because the hostess lost her job, social workers went to her house and took her two children away.
So the main line of the whole story is:
The hostess is unemployed;
The hostess is considered to be incapable of taking care of the children;
The social worker Ignoring the hostess's pleas, he went to the hostess's house to take away the two children;
The hostess dressed up in disguise, went to the children's rescue center and took the children out.
The heroine takes her children all the way south. Even if she has no money to eat delicious food and stays in cheap hotels, the children are always happy with their mother;
I want to know them What life will be like in the future.
When you first see the song title, you may think that "Animal Instinct" refers to the relationship between men and women, but after watching the MV, you will be moved by maternal love. No matter how bad the living conditions are, mothers are always unable to rationally distinguish between good and bad, but they always rely on their animal instincts to try their best to stay with their children and give them as much love as possible.
So the title of this song is often directly translated as "motherhood" or "maternal love". But I think "animal instinct" is more powerful.
In the MV, do the social workers and institutions that “fight” this kind of instinctive maternal love feel a little disgusting?
But this is patently unfair and what initially shocked me was Child Aid. Is there such an organization? ! If the parents are still alive but temporarily unemployed, will they take the children away to raise them?
Children’s Aid www.childrensaidsociety.org/about, official website. It states that their mission is:
Children’s Aid Society helps underprivileged children succeed and thrive. We accomplish this by providing comprehensive supports to children and their families in targeted high-need neighborhoods across New York City.
Children’s Aid Society helps children from poor families succeed and thrive. In various high-need communities across New York, we provide comprehensive support to help affected children and their families. )
This association has helped countless children for more than 160 years. In addition to admiration, I admire you even more.
Theme song i.y.qq.com/v8/playsong.html.
This is a movie that makes people laugh and cry:
The protagonist Sam Dawson works in a Starbucks, and his IQ is only equivalent to that of a 7-year-old child. By chance, he and a woman gave birth to a daughter, Lucy Diamond Dawson. However, as soon as her daughter was born, her mother left her without saying goodbye.
With the help of a group of friends, neighbor Annie, the owner of Starbucks and other people with similar intellectual problems, and of course, accompanied by Sam's father's love, Lucy grew up very well.
In a blink of an eye, Lucy was 7 years old and her intelligence surpassed that of her father. Sam has been unable to answer his daughter's many questions. The father and daughter came to the attention of the school and social workers. They decided that Sam was not suitable to continue raising Lucy, so they took Lucy away and found her a normal family life.
Sam can’t lose his daughter. After many twists and turns, Rita, a first-class female lawyer, finally helped him obtain custody rights for free. The law cannot restore Sam's long-term right to be with his daughter, but even Lucy's adoptive mother was moved by Sam's deep, sincere, and unconditional fatherly love and was willing to speak for Sam in the trial. Attorney Rita sorts out her family life and improves her relationship with her son in the process.
The movie shows a beautiful world where almost everyone is kind, although not perfect.
Whether it’s the mentally retarded uncle who takes Lucy shopping to buy shoes, the adoptive mother who treats Lucy as his own, the Starbucks boss who promotes Sam, or the neighbors who often help Sam with his children, answer questions and teach Lucy piano, or even some strangers People, they all have good feelings and trust in Sam.
Imperfect but well-intentioned people just make up a perfect world.
The organization that took Lucy away and placed her in the film is the Department of Children and Family Services. It is a government non-profit organization that helps people (not just children) who are in unfortunate situations.
Among them, there are several touching clips and corresponding lines:
1) When Lucy grew up, she asked her father why her father was different from other people's fathers.
Sam said to his daughter: "I'm sorry."
Lucy said: "Dad, don't be sad. I'm lucky. Other people's dads never go to the park with them." ."
2) During the trial, the prosecutor questioned Sam's ability to raise his daughter and said, "Who did you use as a role model when you were a father?"
Sam thought for a while and said : "Myself. I use myself as an example."
The prosecutor then asked Sam how to be a good father as Lucy grew older and far surpassed her father.
Sam quoted a line from the movie Kramer vs. Kramer: "I spend a lot of time thinking about being a good parent. It takes perseverance. It takes patience. It takes listening. When you You need to pretend to listen when you don't want to. Like she said, Billy and I are a family. I try my best to run this family and I'm not perfect. Parents. Sometimes I am not patient enough. But we have to love each other. If you ruin this, the consequences will be irreversible."
3) The only "normally intelligent" witness who can tell the story clearly, Sam's neighbor Anne, answers questions on the witness stand.
Rita asked if she ever doubted Sam's ability as a father.
Anne responded: "Never. Look at Lucy. She shows true empathy for others and treats everyone equally. I know you all think she's smart, even though her dad is like that But she is so smart because of her father.”
4) At the end of the film, Lucy’s adoptive mother Randy returns Lucy to Sam.
The adoptive mother said, "Sam, I have to apologize to you because I want to tell the judge that I can give Lucy the kind of love that she never got." But I can't say that now, because if I I'd be lying if I said that. "
Sam replied: "I hope you mean what I mean. "
The adoptive mother replied: "Yes. See you in court tomorrow. Sam, save a seat for me next to you, okay? "
Sam said: "Of course, I'll save a place for you next to me... I've always wanted Lucy to have a mother. But not just anyone. You know, you are the red in Lucy's painting. ”
In difficult situations, especially in difficulties, I think parents need to seek or accept help from the outside world, because the actions of relatives, friends and social institutions are based on the human instinct to help each other.
But more importantly, parents must stick to their original "animal instinct", which is unconditional love for their children. Only on this basis, parents can choose to continue to bear the responsibility alone, choose outside help, or choose to work together. is the right choice.
The worst thing is that when a child is in a disadvantaged situation (such as parental abuse), social institutions still put the child back into the disadvantaged situation after a period of intervention. Instinct has been lost, the auxiliary functions of social institutions cannot be realized, and there are even no corresponding social institutions. I have to say that this would be the greatest tragedy.