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Jonsgirl · 12-11-2004, 07:42 PM

Does any one else see a problem with the mother taking notes? I mean, listening is one thing and, in certain circumstances, warrented, but how lousy is it that you're taking notes on it. It's as if she was doing a research paper on her child, not, you know, parenting.

And the mother's quote was that her child was "unruly." WTF is that? 'Unruly', like she didn't clean her room? Or 'unruly' like she was a crack whore?
People are different, and they define things differently. Some mothers (and fathers, too. I'm using mother because of the instant at hand) are more protective of thier children than others. Some mothers are far more overbearing than they need to be, seeing crime and sex and thousands of evils in thier children for no other reason than they are pessimistic. Should the child be punished because of imagined crimes? NO. Should they have to work first, and gain rights secondly? NO. You punish after the crime. Children are not a sub-speices, they are not indentured servants working to gain thier freedom. Why would you treat them as such? The statement "because you know best" does not work. People need learning expeirences in order to...guess what...learn. I'm not saying you let your child walk off a cliff or into the arms of a murderer, but you can't invade their rights- that's how you get religious fanatics and backwoods militia.

And for all of you thinking "but she was dating an 18 yr old boy, for chrissakes," remember that that's not a crime on her part, but on the boyfriend's. The fact that she's dating doesn't make her evil. Why didn't the mother tell the boyfriend to leave her daughter alone, instead of invading her daughter's privacy?

12-11-2004, 07:42 PM	#35 (permalink)
Jonsgirl Semi-Atomic Location: Home.	Does any one else see a problem with the mother taking notes? I mean, listening is one thing and, in certain circumstances, warrented, but how lousy is it that you're taking notes on it. It's as if she was doing a research paper on her child, not, you know, parenting. And the mother's quote was that her child was "unruly." WTF is that? 'Unruly', like she didn't clean her room? Or 'unruly' like she was a crack whore? People are different, and they define things differently. Some mothers (and fathers, too. I'm using mother because of the instant at hand) are more protective of thier children than others. Some mothers are far more overbearing than they need to be, seeing crime and sex and thousands of evils in thier children for no other reason than they are pessimistic. Should the child be punished because of imagined crimes? NO. Should they have to work first, and gain rights secondly? NO. You punish after the crime. Children are not a sub-speices, they are not indentured servants working to gain thier freedom. Why would you treat them as such? The statement "because you know best" does not work. People need learning expeirences in order to...guess what...learn. I'm not saying you let your child walk off a cliff or into the arms of a murderer, but you can't invade their rights- that's how you get religious fanatics and backwoods militia. And for all of you thinking "but she was dating an 18 yr old boy, for chrissakes," remember that that's not a crime on her part, but on the boyfriend's. The fact that she's dating doesn't make her evil. Why didn't the mother tell the boyfriend to leave her daughter alone, instead of invading her daughter's privacy? __________________ Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you.