I think that's a fair perspective to approach it from, myself; any trauma from the guy gaining and then having to give up custody is still presumably going to be less than the trauma of this dude raping her if she has to stay.

I don't think he can actually get custody to anyway because of his criminal record.

Law suits aren't free yo. Neither is raising a child. Courts will take into his account whether or not he can afford Alana, something that typically can't be "fixed" in a short time.

I think the situation is more complicated than "cleaning up his act." June has all the TV money and allegedly won't let him see any of it. The guy doesn't have a job, isn't qualified to do much beyond manual labor/factory work, and has suffered a string of health problems over the last couple years that makes it…

Yeah, I can see that argument too.

Somewhere they reported that he does see his daughter every day, which I think is also somewhat commendable here. I've never watched the show, and I don't know what kind of guy he is but I respect his saying, "This is going on, I'm not in a position to take my child, but something needs to be done" and then at least…

Actually, that's a pretty damn good point. I guess I wish he would have been the one in contact with CPS here, but you're right to point out that he probably shouldn't have gone after custody if he can't handle it. I was approaching it, maybe too much, from an 'anything is better than living with your mom while she…

You know, my mom was an excellent mom, taught us good values, but that didn't matter to my sister when she slept with numerous men while married.

I think it was good of him to admit that he wasn't in a position to be responsible for children. Everyone would have applauded him for stepping in, but it could have been the wrong call. He could have just prolonged the trauma of it all if he had to abducate his guardianship to yet another person at some point, and…

I honestly feel like shit about this whole thing, it really has affected me. I used to watch Honey Boo Boo with my fam for fun, to unwind. I liked them a lot as a family and thought June was a good mom in the sense that she loved her kids and did her best with what she had. I'm honestly shocked at how much June does…

Let's not forget to give some level of credit to Anna Cardwell (one of molestor dickface's victims no less!) and Honey Boo Boo's biological dad, who have also both condemned June publicly and spoken out against this bullshit.

Nah, I'd say there have been three; One is Sandra, the other two being her oldest daughter, Anna Cardwell (the first to really snitch on June and say 'She's lying. She's dating the molestor, and she's happy about it.') and the other being Mike (Sugar Bear, I think his nickname was?) who spoke out against it also.

At least there is SOMEONE in that child's life who has some sense.

She may or may not have been a shitty parent, but you can be the best parent in the world and still have a screwed up kid, because culture, community, and possibly genetics play a part in who someone becomes. She also seems to have raised Anna to be strong enough to call June on her crap.

Thank fucking god for Sandra Hale. There's one actual adult looking out for the children, who cares about their well-being and safety. Jesus Fucking Christ, this gets worse by the day.

I am glad that there is someone in the lives of these children to advocate for them. Grandma Hale is great for taking Anna to the police and stepping now. Sadly this scenario is so common in real life. I can only hope each child that is at risk in this way has SOME adult willing to step up like this.

Good, old fashioned racism at work, here.

Or marry a Kardashin, there have been more Kardashian Marriages, then Ebola Deaths/infections.

such ignorant

If you think that sitting next to someone that might have traveled to Liberia will cause you to the contract Ebola, you are an "overly hyped Ebola nut".