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Good on her. Her son looked deeply humiliated. Some times kids have to learn the hard way and I know my mom would have done the same to me if I were participating in such a mindless act.
Great parents woudl never have their kids there in the first place.
I totally disagree.
Children have others who influence them - their peers in school, friends, others in the neighborhood. You parent the best you can, and hope your kids follow the right path. You have no control over your children's external surroundings and what they take from it.
I understand that she was desperate and afraid and that desperate times call for desperate measures. Also, I don't think that even a great parent necessarily would have been able to keep the young man at home.
Still, chasing a kid down and slapping him around is hardly setting an example of wonderful parenting. It was violent, reactionary and humiliating for the son. Was it necessary under the circumstances? Maybe. But that doesn't make it great parenting.
It also says a heck of a lot about the situation in Baltimore that the reason she desperate was that she feared he would be murdered by police. But I won't go there on this thread.
Where's the father in all of this? Why is she raising six children by herself? This isn't a huge factor, but having good, influential fathers (or father figures) play a significant role in a child's upbringing.
I also get that she was terrified for her son's safety...And she was reacting the best she knew how at the moment (didn't look like he was willing to have a heart to heart). But...I don't get why it's being put up as awesome parenting.
They need to interview the parents who struggle but stil managed to keep their kids home and safe.
Great parents woudl never have their kids there in the first place.
I wouldn't exactly say that. I'm sure there are absolutely great parents all across this country with less than perfect kids. I raised two boys and I believe I was a pretty good father to them, but peer pressure was a hell of thing to fight against when my boys were teenagers. In spite of your best efforts as a parent, you can't be with them 24/7. You also can never say what your child will not do once he or she is not in your presence. I saw two young men making fun at an old person in the supermarket a few weeks ago. To look at them, they looked liked choir boys and was certainly not poor kids. I was going to chime in but another customer beat me to it. I'm sure these kids parents wouldn't have approved of what they were doing.
They need to interview the parents who struggle but stil managed to keep their kids home and safe.
They have. CNN interviewed several last night. Including parents who were watching neighborhood kids while their parents were at work.
How fast can you leave work to get home and watch you children during unexpected civil unrest and looting?
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