PEOPLE

The Southeast Missourian asked students at Charles C. Clippard Elementary School how they felt about a child suing his parents for divorce in order to be adopted by his foster family.

Lee Schlitt: "I don't think he should be able to that. He is not really old enough to make such a decision. I think that the parents could be able to work things out. A divorce would be permanent."

Charles McGinty: "I don't think that it should be permanent. I think it should just be for a few years until the parents get their act together. If the parents think it's a good idea, then it should be up to the parents."

Grace Freeman: "I don't think he should do it because his parents helped make him. If his parents work out their problems, then he should go back and live with them. If everyone agreed to it, that's fine."

Amanda Kinney: "I don't think it is fair for a child to divorce his parents because they are his real parents who brought him into the world. Foster parents are good, but they should be temporary."

Ryan Stott: "I don't think kids should be able to decide where they are going to live. Kids don't know much about the world. They should be able to get back with their parents when things improve in their family."

Leanne Lee: "I don't think a kid should be able to divorce himself from his parents. He hasn't been alive for very long. Things could get better in the family someday, and then he could get back with them."