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What is wrong with our children????? [message #64286]

Fri, 08 October 2010 17:24

chrisjames147

Really getting into it

Location: U.S.
Registered: November 2009
Messages: 630

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bullying_one_town

I am left speechless...for the moment. This one line says we are a sick society:

"The family watched, she said, as the girls who had tormented Sladjana for months walked up to the casket -- and laughed."

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Re: What is wrong with our children????? [message #64288 is a reply to message #64286]

Fri, 08 October 2010 18:33

timmy

Has no life at all

Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13796

One child bullycide at one school is awful. Two shows lack of performance of the school's duty of care. Three shows a cavalier attitude to caring for kids. Four shows culpable complacency.

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Re: What is wrong with our children????? [message #64290 is a reply to message #64286]

Sat, 09 October 2010 05:04

attatood.too

Likes it here

Location: Canada
Registered: March 2010
Messages: 188

I think the more appropriate question would be 'what is wrong with our schools, parents and society?'. Our children are only reflections of ourselves.

When I was in their age bracket some 35 years or so ago, this was a non-issue. Sure, there was bullying (to a lesser degree) but it mainly consisted of words and rarely became violent or pushed things to this degree. Most kids were raised to respect not only their elders, but each other as well.

Discipline (actually, the lack thereof) is the main cause of the deterioration of our society, in my opinion. The tools and means of disciplining our children have been taken away by the bleeding hearts of society that would rather you give your child a "time out" than a swat on the ass if the situation warrants it. A parent can not even raise their voice for emphasis to their child. I myself have rarely had to spank my own kids, but that's because it was never necessary because the threat of one was enough to do the job.

People of my generation grew up fairly well behaved (at least in comparison) but have dropped the ball along the way and kids laugh at their teachers and parents because there is not a thing that they can do to discipline them. They have become "wild" and I believe that the snowball effect will be extremely hard (if not impossible) to stop.

Unfortunately folks, we have failed both ourselves and our youth and it seems NOBODY has the balls to stop this crap and repair the damage. Unless we do something, the sore will only fester.

How many generations do we have to fail? Death doesn't discriminate, nobody escapes; so if the apocalypse was to happen tomorrow and we could all die together, why the hell can't we LIVE together?

My apologies for rambling, and I don't post often but I am so damned frustrated and saddened by all of this.

-Peter

I prefer guys that don't come in a box.

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