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/^t/It should be stressed that also from ethical point of view it is right to keep a child at home. Nothing can excuse parents for abandoning their own child. The child belongs to the family and first of all, it is a human being with its needs and feelings. Parents cannot get rid of it, only because they are not able to boast about its achievements. A child is not a toy which can be thrown away when it is not entertaining any more. A child is parents' flesh and blood; they brought it to this world, it belongs to them by the law of nature which cannot be violated. Noone says that bringing up a child is easy, on the contrary, it demands sacrifices from the parents, but...