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WOW REPORTS (7/6-7/10) | 07/06/2009 7:00 am

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C Hardy

Lila, say it isnt so…That is just awful.  What has some of these parents come to?  Is it kids having babies so they think this is ok behavior…I mean what happened to parents talking to each other when their kids dont get along or just telling your child to avoid the other child? 

I am truly shocked that these parents are acting this way and not showing how adults should act…putting that 9 year old girls life in danger, for what?  Why?  I just dont get it, maybe its not for us sane people to get…

By C Hardy on 07/06/2009 10:13 am
Lila Kuh

C, I worry about the state of parenting today.  I think most parents are still involved, loving adults who teach their kids right from wrong; but there is a significant minority of the clueless out there who have no business raising or influencing young minds. 

I have often wondered if the recent prevalence of two-career couples or single working parents, and kids raised by a rotation of day-care workers, may be contributing to today’s clueless parenting.  I’m not talking about situations where the parents still have dinner with the kids and help with homework, and do things together on weekends; I mean parents who really spend almost no time with their kids, and leave their upbringing almost entirely to schools, sitters and day-care employees.  There have got to be some who fall through the cracks, and some of those are raising their own kids now.

By Lila Kuh on 07/06/2009 12:29 pm
C Hardy

Lila, I wonder the same…I mean I know there are a lot of kids that are now teenagers that were born to parents of a very young age so I am wondering if that also has anything to do with it.  They feel their childhood was robbed b/c they got pregnant and now they are living through their kids or worst ignoring them and off doing their own thing…

I know that myself and my hubby both work so our daughter is in daycare 5 days a week and trust me at the cost of it, if we could I wouldnt work but right now that just isnt going to happen…When I get off work I pick her up and she is with us the rest of the night…we may not have dinner around the table but we all eat together, sitting around the living room table :)

I know Mothers especially want to protect their children but when is protecting too much?  I truly hpe this woman who gave this 9 year old’s information out is some how prosecuted for it.

By C Hardy on 07/06/2009 12:46 pm
trishiegirl trishiegirl
Those mothers were trying to "protect" their own daughters by getting weird revenge on the victims. What do you think is going to happen to their own daughters? All their friends and neighbors and classmates (and their parents) know what kind of home they live in with those awful mothers. I know I wouldn’t want my child associating with anyone whose mother is a nutcase like those ones. They’ve ruined any chance that the child they wanted to give a happier life to will ever have one.
By trishiegirl trishiegirl on 07/07/2009 5:44 pm
Lizzie R.
There is a mother in Phoenix who has her son and his little friends committing petty theft for money for her to pay her bills. They are all young kids, she takes them around in her car and turns them loose in stores. They pick up enough here & there with their robbery to even make her car payment.
By Lizzie R. on 07/06/2009 4:12 pm
Maggie W

My paper listed five books for preschoolers and early readers to keep them busy over the summer.  What a wonderful opportunity for a parent to instill a love for reading at an early age.  Reading with a child for only 20 minutes a day can give him a springboard to future achievements during school years and his/her adult life. 

Today I will read anything.  If nothing else is available, the back of a cereal box will do.  I owe it to my mom.  Our little town had no public library, but a bookmobile would come around.  She made certain my brothers and I were there! 

By Maggie W on 07/06/2009 9:28 am
S G
Absolutely Maggie!
By S G on 07/06/2009 9:39 am
Bernadette Rocks
Well many things are important to me…but Today on THE VIEW…I heard Whoopi say something…I just would like to say to Whoopi…I agree with you Whoopi…I think MJ loved kids and would NEVER do anything to jeopardize a child…that was nice for you to stand up for him…you’re the best WHOOP!…. Thats  why  I LOVE YA!!! You’re WAY WAY WAY  ahead of your time…Whoopi for Pres!
By Bernadette Rocks on 07/06/2009 10:24 am
James the Game
Here are some fireworks photos from Grand Rapids on the 4th of July ‘09. There was a water-balloon fight, too, earlier in the day (25,000 balloons, and a couple thousand people).  http://www.flickr.com/photos/39234393@N02/
By James the Game on 07/06/2009 11:37 am
S G
Beautiful fireworks:) Thousands and a balloon fight sounds fun. I have a great idea instead of war we water balloon fight:) Loser buys the ice cream:)
By S G on 07/06/2009 12:21 pm
James the Game

S G, that might sound silly, at first glance, but war is what’s silly.

I couldn’t get closer to the fireworks, because I have (apparently) a partial tear in my right meninscus.

By James the Game on 07/06/2009 2:45 pm
James the Game
A local Tv station has some video of the water-balloon fight: http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Thousands_of_water_balloons_fly_in_GR
By James the Game on 07/06/2009 5:42 pm
S G

I agree war is silly. Sorry to hear about your issues. Hope they can do something for you:) I thought the pics were really well done:)

By S G on 07/06/2009 7:55 pm
James the Game
Thank u.
By James the Game on 07/06/2009 11:54 pm
joan larsen

Rarely do I suggest watching something - as you know - but if you want to be absolutely delighted, have your spirits lifted, and somehow be strangely touched at the same time, please take time to have a look at this … and then let me know what you think of it.  Joan

Click here: YouTube - Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)

By joan larsen on 07/06/2009 1:33 pm
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