Enrique's Journey

"Now Enrique's anger boils over. He refuses to make his Mother's Day card at school. He begins hitting other kids. At recess, he lifts schoolgirls' skirts. When a teachers tries to make him behave by smacking him with a large ruler, Enrique grabs the end of the ruler and refuses to let go, making the teacher cry."(pg:23)  This proves that child abandonment does affect how a child acts. I understand that what Lourdes his mother did was for the good, but that doesn't mean it was right. She went to america to get money so he can have a better life but he would have had a better life if she was there. No child can live with out there mom. Its hard, just like it was hard for me to grow up without a father. Its difficult for children and i just feel if my dad was there things would be different. Maybe me and Enrique wouldn't act out how we did. There is really no way to find out but i think child abandonment is wrong and will hurt the child in the long run.