O/T Rant!

[Fit_mommy]

I am watching the news.

They just reported on a double shooting that resulted in 2 7th graders dying. Very sad, right? Ofcourse it is and my heart goes out to the families.

What irks me and boggles my mind is that they said that these 2 boys were riding their bikes when this occurred....AT 12:30 IN THE MORNING!?!?!? HELLO!? Do you see anything WRONG with this picture!?!? What is wrong with people! I wanted to reach through the tv screen and choke the moms!!!! UGH!x(

Thanks for listening.

 

[Beavs]

The problem is that they are not moms....they just happened to give birth and let the kids figure it all out for themselves

 

[deanie]

O.M.G.! That is horrible! I also feel for the families.

However, what is a 7th grader doing riding bikes at 12:30 in the morning!!!??Where are the parents?????(dont get me started!) I have a 6th grader, and he is in bed at 8:30, with lights out at 9. I also do NOT go to bed before him!!

How very very sad.

Deanie

 

[ldy_solana]

>The problem is that they are not moms....they just happened
>to give birth and let the kids figure it all out for
>themselves

that is the issue around here. we had yet ANOTHER shooting near me over the weekend. its been averaging about 2-3 a month. the city is declaring a pandemic of gang activity in our area. in our school i see very young girls pregnant and not a clue on what it takes to truly raise a kid and their parents were young so its just a vicious cycle. some of them are gang bangers themselves(and if the father is in the pic than 80% its daddy too). so its all some of these kids see. and its so glorified in music and tv without parental supervision or good role models.

its just plain scary, i can't wait to get the hell out of here.

kassia

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"And do what thee wilt as long as ye harm none"

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[kims]

Did these boys pull a sneaking out or the old 'spending the night at each others house sneaky thing'?

I guess I hope that the parents aren't that lousy, even though I know quite a few kids through work that have parents that are that uncaring.

It really breaks my heart to see what some of these kids deal with at home.

 

[pippa]

I've noticed over the past few years that it seems like kids don't have bedtimes anymore(at least the ones I've lived around.) When I was growing up I had a bedtime until I was in high school. In high school, I could go to bed whenever I wanted but I certainly still had a curfew.

My cousin's husband is a cop and he and I were speaking about this recently. He said that based on the calls he has responded to in the past few years it seems the era of the bedtime and/or curfew is over.:-(

Still, a very sad story.