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That is very true, by the time she walked out, Nora was a very unfit mother. She had become the child herself and therefore was practically doing her kids a favor by leaving them. She needs to grow up just as much as they do.

That is a valid point. Nora was a very unfit mother by the time she walked out on her family. She honestly did her children a favor by leaving them with Helmer. She needs to grow up just as much as the kids do.

It's interesting that so many people say that it is against societal code and ethical law today to abandon one's children when it occurs all the time, under the law.  Mothers can abandon their children at a fire station or a hospital.  If a parent isn't doing a good job the law forces he/she to abandon his/her child.  And when this happens we praise our legal system.  Why? Because we as a society (for good reason) believe that some people are simply not fit to parent.  I don't think that anyone would argue that Nora would be fit to parent if she stayed at home.  We know that the children can be well-cared for - perhaps better-cared for - without Nora.  It seems beneficial to everyone (except Helmer) that Nora leave.

Nora did not have to leave. She did not have to leave her children and husband. Torvald made a mistake; he is human. He seemed that he had changed at the end of the play. Nora could have stayed and worked on her relationship. They could have acted as mature adults and talked through their problems. She abandoned her children just to be selfish. What are her children going to do know? Today, they would have to go through a lot of counseling because the idea of abandonment is horrible. They will think they are the problem; when it is her. She may have been an insecure wife, but she seemed to love her chilren and was a great mother because of that fact alone.

I think she obliged to do this.She is a mother and any mother love her kids and does not want to leave them in any case.