A brilliant idea: two boys have constant problems with each other in school. The counselors decide it would be best to get their parents together to discuss solutions to the fighting. It would be brilliant... except the reason those two boys are bullies to each other is apparently the influence of their daddies.
A school in Ohio decided to try this fix and brought the parents of two boys in to stop their boys from fighting. Unfortunately, the dads (who were probably too young to have 11 year olds anyway... I'll save the argument for another day) already had a predisposed hate for each other... and it showed. [Original story here] The day before the counseling session, the dads had an argument over the boys pushing each other. The day of counseling, the dads had an argument, and then a fist fight, and then one of them died.
Died.
"Hey son, you need to stop fighting. I will not tolerate... wait, hold on... I have to go punch that guy in the face. Don't you dare move."
As a continuation of my last post, Dark Chocolate M&Ms, I am outraged at parents' audacity to claim that they are responsible parents.
Who the hell is the kid supposed to look up to if not his dad? If he sees his dad piss and cuss and throw fits when he's angry, the boy is going to do the same thing. It's science: monkey see, monkey do. Neither of these homes were functional... they couldn't have been: the mom of one of the boys was dating a 23 year old (yeah, I want a 23 year old to raise my fifth grader, too. Not), so there was obviously not a steady, constant father figure in that home. I'm disgusted at the irresponsibility of way too many parents.
I know this isn't my best blog, but I'm so pissed. I can't help but wonder where our society will be in 20 years. 10, even.
This situation isn't any different than telling your kid not to smoke when you blow it in his face all day, or telling your kid to work harder when you've been collecting unemployment for three years. "Don't fight son. It's wrong. Ignore the guy who's blood I just spilled over the pavement. What? He's dead? Oh. Don't fight son. It's wrong."
I'm thinking a mass castration of irresponsible parents. If you can't cover your dingaling, you shouldn't have it. (Well, maybe that's a little extreme...)
I know there's no solution to bad parenting. There just isn't. But does it have to go this far?
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That is pathetic.
The poor children of America - they have all of this opportunity but are too screwed up by their parents to know it. Maybe Adults should have to get a license if they want to have children [Adults is capitalized for a reason ...] or society could realize how to effectively use condomns & birth control.
Having a 23 year old raise your child? The choices people make confuse me ... those poor children.
It's ironic that the people who could most use an upgrade in parenting skills are the least likely to seek it. Sometimes worse comes to worse for the better when parents who are irresponsible enough to have a run in with the law or other repercussions are forced to take parenting classes and they actually use the set of skills they are presented with.
Restoring Faith In Humanity One Acquaintance At A Time
I agree. My stupid cousin and his stupid girlfriend idiotically got pregnant and even though she's eligible to take FREE parenting classes (because she's 19 years old and poor) she refuses to take them because she's too proud.
Ugh.
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I totally agree with you.
If I elaborated beyond that, it would become a torrential rant.
Which is what I feel like I've been doing lately, lol.
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Yea, I've been finding myself in way too many firefights with other users lately.
I need a break my mono is overtaking my brain.
Ugh that must completely blow.
I feel kind of bad (and stupid, lol) because I've been kind of rude. Not trying to be, but I get SUPER offended by the way people respond to me and I blow up on them.
It's not the way I want to be. I'm always known as the friendly person!
I need to just slow my roll.
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I don't feel rude at all.
I just tell it like it is, no remorse. But if they prove me wrong I'll admit it. It hasn't happened yet on this site, but it's happened in real life before.
I'm a friendly person, but I know that most people aren't nice. They are fake, ugly, manipulative people who are only nice on the outside. Sad, but true. I try and give people the benefit of the doubt until they do something stupid and show their true colors. I know, I'm depressing.
Awww you are depressing! Just kidding. I know what you mean :)
I have a feeling I know where your NaNo story is going to go... anti-people?
Again, just kidding.
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