A mother is the first touch, voice and sight that a child has when he is born. They rely on their mother to provide them with a safe environment, food and comfort. Being a mother involves a great responsibility and a job that lasts a lifetime and that becomes more difficult every day. Even though I am not a mother myself, I have seen this work done by my mother who gives her children a great life. Some mothers are not ready for this job, yet they selfishly choose to keep their children because they are too proud to let someone else provide their child with the life they deserve. Child abandonment is a growing epidemic not only in the United States, but around the world. The abandonment of the child affects the mother, but above all the child who is abandoned. In Sandra Maria Esteves' poem entitled “Give Thanks” she lists all the “jobs” a mother does for her children and how special they are, something that children abandoned by their mothers will never experience. A mother's abandonment leads to negative psychological effects. This is detrimental to a child's development because they grow up with a void that cannot be replaced by anyone and will never be able to experience the things that Sandra Maria Esteves talks about in her poem. In Sandra Maria Esteves' poem “Give Thanks,” she says “Thank the mothers who never let you go / even when you belonged to someone else / but adopted you as their own.” It's about mothers letting their children go and giving thanks to mothers who take them in as their own. However, the mother who adopts him will never be able to replace the feeling of abandonment that the child feels. That child will always know that for some reason he was in...... middle of paper ......and social problems. Sandra Maria Esteves talked about what life would be like for these children if they had a mother, but now the door opens to what abandoned children go through on a daily basis. Sandra Maria Esteves spoke of the glorious life that some children live in the care of a mother. She talked about the great things they would bond over and all the things the mother would do for their children. However, 62.4% of children will never see it. Not because they have vision problems, but their mothers decided for themselves a different life that did not include them. The mother's selfish act leads to permanent effects on the child that surpass simply not knowing who the mother is. Sandra Maria Esteves revealed how great a mother is, but the world of that 62.4% of children is dark and deep with negative psychological effects.