While I was watching the news a few days ago, I was taken aback by a story about a six year old boy named Richard Chekevdia. In November, 2007, Richard's father, Michael Chekevdia, won temporary custody of his son, and shortly after, Richard and his mother disappeared. Last week-- after missing for two years-- Richard was discovered living in a small room between the walls in his grandmother's house. When I heard this story, I could not magine how a mother could think it was okay to do this to her son. To me, a mother is a person who should go to great lengths to make sure her child lives the best life possible. She should be selfless before she is selfish, putting her child before herself. However, by compromising his standard of living, Richard's mother acted selfish. Maybe that was her way of protecting her son, but it doesn't sound like motherly love to me.
If a mother would go to such measures to keep custody of her son, why would she compromise his standard of living by confining him to such poor living conditions?
1 comment:
That's a really sad and bizzare story. Maybe it's that she wants to be with him so much that her love would move her to do a sick thing. Maybe she is mentally ill and thought she was actually helping her son life the happiest life. Maybe she was so furious when she lost custody she made the decision to hide him and realized she couldn't release him without getting put in jail. There are many possibilities to entertain, all of them as weird, sad, and unfortunate as the next. Interesting story, and I hope the boy comes out of this okay!
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