Summary
A boy called Guillaume, aged ten, lives with his father, Vincent, in Scotland. His parents divorced six years ago and his mother now lives in France. Traumatic events began when Guillaume visited his dad for the Christmas holidays. He had to go back to his mother in France but refused to get on the plane; he said he was slapped by a French uncle. Court of Session in Edinburgh indicted Vincent on child abduction - and had to send his lad to his mum, Marylyn. But the dad revealed the Scots family are now planning to raise money to help Guillaume's stay - including arranging a benefit gig in Inverness.
Opinion
I think Guillaume is very much capable of making the choice of where he wants to live. Especially when an uncle has been abusing him. Children do not make up these kinds of stories to stay with a particular parent. When they want to stay with a particular parent, they do not go and shout out these kinds of accusations. When a child is ten years old, I definitely think he should be able to make this choice. Making Guillaume go back to his mother in France is just horrible, you can not force somebody to go somewhere they do not want to be when they have not done anything wrong.
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Hello Thijs,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenInteresting topic and summary. In the first place, it is very sad that Guillaume is abused and needs to live in those circumstances. In the second place, I do not think that Guillaume is capable of making this decision because he is only ten years old. This does not mean that I think he should go back to his mother, that, indeed, would be horribly.
Regards,
Jasper
Dear Thijs,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAn interesting article choice. There are a couple of confusions in your summary. The boy lives with his mother and was only visiting his father for Christmas. You seem to have mixed this up and need to clarify this sentence: "visited his for Christmas" - his who!? The other correction is minor:
"I think it is definitely..." - avoid refering to people as it as this is used for objects (dead). If you are refering to both male and female at once use the plural 'they'. More blogs please you are getting behind.
Kate
Apart from the above mentioned flukes in the summary, it is interesting and well written. You kind of repeat yourself a bit in the opinion though, but I agree with you that the child should be able to choose. On another note: where the heck was the mother when the uncle slapped the boy? As a mom, I know I would kill anyone who dares to touch my son (metaphorically of course, as I do not condone murder. Unless it is a pedophile or rapist, in which case off with his head).
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