Parenting...please???
Is it just me or does everyone think parents have a lot to answer for?
I know we hate to hear that. I know we can’t be blamed for every choice our kids make, but I just get so frustrated when I see parents making terrible decisions – and ultimately, the damaged child is the person who gets the blame.
The ABC's 'Four Corners' this week was all about whether alcohol and drug addicted parents had lost the right to raise their children.
It was heartbreaking – there was no doubt that every parent featured loved their children – but I thought at least one of them should have loved their child enough to let him go.
Lindsay Lohan is in the news again, arrested overnight after being involved in a car chase while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Lindsay was the one doing the chasing by the way - both her parents are a disgrace.
And then there’s story of the little boys who attacked a 61 year old man at Kawana Island (Sunshine Coast) this week.
Apparently the kids, aged around 12 had been chipped by the man for climbing and walking on his fence. It’s a white rendered fence, about six foot high - not only a very dangerous place for kids to be walking, but also inappropriate behaviour. I would have told them to get off too.
It's alleged that the boys were later driven back to the man's home, by the father of one of the boys. The boys were brandishing pick axe handles. The 61 year old man's injuries include two broken ribs and a smashed ankle.
Deputy Editor of the Sunshine Coast Daily Bill Hoffman claims that after the paper printed those claimes, his office received a call from the father who drove his son to the scene of the crime.
The man apparently spoke to Bill’s assistant. He didn’t ring to apologise or express remorse for his actions or the actions of his child, quite the opposite in fact. According to Bill the man rang to make it clear that from his perspective, 'the old man had it coming'.
Seriously. These little kids are scary – I can’t imagine a 12 year old being that vicious - but with parents like that, what more can we expect?
Footnote:
You might have heard, last week a woman was committed for trial in the United States, after driving her 14 year old son and his gang mates to a park, where they stabbed and killed a 13 year old rival gang member.
The state of California is now discussing a new law, called ‘in furtherance to a gang’ – under the law, the mother will receive the appropriate penalty for the murder of the boy – plus ten years.
I know we hate to hear that. I know we can’t be blamed for every choice our kids make, but I just get so frustrated when I see parents making terrible decisions – and ultimately, the damaged child is the person who gets the blame.
The ABC's 'Four Corners' this week was all about whether alcohol and drug addicted parents had lost the right to raise their children.
It was heartbreaking – there was no doubt that every parent featured loved their children – but I thought at least one of them should have loved their child enough to let him go.
Lindsay Lohan is in the news again, arrested overnight after being involved in a car chase while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Lindsay was the one doing the chasing by the way - both her parents are a disgrace.
And then there’s story of the little boys who attacked a 61 year old man at Kawana Island (Sunshine Coast) this week.
Apparently the kids, aged around 12 had been chipped by the man for climbing and walking on his fence. It’s a white rendered fence, about six foot high - not only a very dangerous place for kids to be walking, but also inappropriate behaviour. I would have told them to get off too.
It's alleged that the boys were later driven back to the man's home, by the father of one of the boys. The boys were brandishing pick axe handles. The 61 year old man's injuries include two broken ribs and a smashed ankle.
Deputy Editor of the Sunshine Coast Daily Bill Hoffman claims that after the paper printed those claimes, his office received a call from the father who drove his son to the scene of the crime.
The man apparently spoke to Bill’s assistant. He didn’t ring to apologise or express remorse for his actions or the actions of his child, quite the opposite in fact. According to Bill the man rang to make it clear that from his perspective, 'the old man had it coming'.
Seriously. These little kids are scary – I can’t imagine a 12 year old being that vicious - but with parents like that, what more can we expect?
Footnote:
You might have heard, last week a woman was committed for trial in the United States, after driving her 14 year old son and his gang mates to a park, where they stabbed and killed a 13 year old rival gang member.
The state of California is now discussing a new law, called ‘in furtherance to a gang’ – under the law, the mother will receive the appropriate penalty for the murder of the boy – plus ten years.
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