Comments on: Mother’s Day - for babies http://blog.therealcostarica.com/2006/08/14/mothers-day-for-babies/ The Blog for Travelers, Retirees, Expats and anyone who needs to know the REAL Costa Rica. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:23:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tim http://blog.therealcostarica.com/2006/08/14/mothers-day-for-babies/#comment-294 Tim Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:05:30 +0000 http://blog.therealcostarica.com/2006/08/14/mothers-day-for-babies/#comment-294 I have no idea about Guatemala but incest in Costa Rica is commonplace. These pregnancies are almost 100% fathers, uncles, brothers, etc. My wife sees these every day at the hospital and agrees that this is just out of control. Few are the results of rape. There is so much press here about foreigners coming here for the underage sex, but the fact is the real problem is right here in the home. Seldom is there an article in any newspaper about a foreigner being arrested for this, though of course it does happen, and when there IS an article, the person charged almost always has a Latin surname and lives here in country. One of the local (English speaking) newspapers here has for years tried to get this placed in perspective... to no avail. Far easier to blame a foreigner than accept responsibility for what is happening in the home. I have no idea about Guatemala but incest in Costa Rica is commonplace. These pregnancies are almost 100% fathers, uncles, brothers, etc. My wife sees these every day at the hospital and agrees that this is just out of control. Few are the results of rape.

There is so much press here about foreigners coming here for the underage sex, but the fact is the real problem is right here in the home.

Seldom is there an article in any newspaper about a foreigner being arrested for this, though of course it does happen, and when there IS an article, the person charged almost always has a Latin surname and lives here in country.

One of the local (English speaking) newspapers here has for years tried to get this placed in perspective… to no avail. Far easier to blame a foreigner than accept responsibility for what is happening in the home.

]]> By: Aimee http://blog.therealcostarica.com/2006/08/14/mothers-day-for-babies/#comment-292 Aimee Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:44:56 +0000 http://blog.therealcostarica.com/2006/08/14/mothers-day-for-babies/#comment-292 Wow! I never knew that Costa Rica had so many adolescent mothers. What a shame. It must be one of the dirty little secrets. I guess I always assumed that type of thing happened mostly in Guatemala, I'm not sure why. Wow! I never knew that Costa Rica had so many adolescent mothers. What a shame. It must be one of the dirty little secrets.
I guess I always assumed that type of thing happened mostly in Guatemala, I’m not sure why.

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