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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Why is a troubled six-year-old who's father is in Iraq playing violent video games? Is that an alternative lifestyle? Or just unthoughtful parenting?
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That's the hard part. A parent making unwise decisions is not necessarily an abusive parent. Or is it? It's impossible to draw a solid line.
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Originally Posted by bagatelle
Doesn't really sound like the child's rights were taken in count here either, if the incident caused more anxiety to him.
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It's sad that the child had to suffer more anxiety, but definitely not nearly as traumatic as it would be if an intervention had saved him from something worse.
As a parent, it worries me when someone has a view to a situation that may not be as it appears. But if it was my child, while I might take offense at first, I would understand that they were looking out for the welfare of my child and open my home to investigation, if need be, and minimize the anxiety for my child by opening up a discussion to increase my own child's awareness.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
this is what happens when parents demand that schools babysit their kids and then when something goes wrong, sues the school district forcing the government to change the laws so that they have more power to prevent issues that promote lawsuits. good luck getting your parental power back from the government.
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Maybe if parents learned to parent, the government wouldn't need to be called in to protect innocent children.
You have a better solution?