Comments on: It may not be illegal, but it’s still disgusting.

By: Jaibee

Jaibee — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:25:36 +0000

Can I raise my kids in a bubble?

By: Nina

Nina — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:53:22 +0000

Half the world is below average on the bell curve…..when the average is consistently dragged down, when lack of civility is the norm and even encouraged in the media, when cheap shots and one-upmanship are the preferred communication tools, we may have a lot to look forward to from the future generations…..

By: MissJean

MissJean — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:57:16 +0000

In the town where I live, a middle school was vandalized horribly. We’re talking a break-in with lewd words painted on the walls, computers smashed, etc.

The culprits?

Parents of middle-school children. Evidentally they were upset with the principal and/or a teacher. This is how they handled it.

Similar things happen on the baseball diamond of little league players when parents throw tantrums and threaten umpires. Or when there’s one set of parents whose house turns into Party Central because they won’t say “no” to their kids or anyone elses. (In fact, there’s a couple of interesting lawsuits in the works around here because of boys whose friends’ parents enabled them to flout their parents’ rules, including leaving the state.)

You see this more than a little: Adults embracing the stupid melodrama of adolescents. I think it’s a symptom of adults who refuse to mature or consider the consequences of their actions.

By: julia

julia — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:35:57 +0000

it’s simple, because parents are trying to be their kid’s best friends now.
it’s sad it really is. i think more people need to understand that they shouldn’t tolerate cyber bullying and that they can get that bully to stop if they report them. but like anyone reads the terms of use anyway.

By: Kasia

Kasia — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:49:25 +0000

True, Cris. Very true.

TBS: no, I don’t remember that. I would differentiate, however, by saying that is (a) clearly illegal, and (b) outright sociopathic. This situation is a little different; the mother seems to just be walking that fine line between incredibly self-absorbed and immature on the one hand, and borderline sociopathic on the other.

I think the distinction for me is the level of harm intended to be caused (as opposed to the actual level of harm caused). In this case, the mother apparently didn’t mean for anyone to be actually physically hurt, just made a reeeeeally bad series of decisions. In the other case…well, whacking someone’s mom is sort of the poster case for intending harm…

By: The Big Seester

The Big Seester — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:45:30 +0000

You’re not old enough to remember the big cheerleader drama:

Girl A makes the cheer squad. Girl B doesn’t. Girl B’s mom hires a hitman
to kill Girl A’s mom, so Girl A would be so distraught she would quit the
squad.

Nice, huh?

This was in the 80s or 90s, in Texas.

By: cris

cris — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:04:58 +0000

Well… how do we think there are cruel kids in the world? Because they have Saints for parents? Apples and trees… apples and trees.

Lord help us all.

It breaks my heart-on so many levels.