YOU SAID:
My wife left me and the kids.
INTO JAPANESE
妻は私と子供たちを置き去りにしました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife left me and the kids behind.
INTO JAPANESE
妻は私と子供たちを置き去りにしました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife left me and the kids behind.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.