I saw a video clip on the news of the boy who recorded it apologizing along with his mother. I thought it was a totally insincere apology.... and he still didn't get it - he still felt that he somehow wasn't as guilty because he only recorded it and didn't say the comments. And, mom seemed to be agreeing with that! So, I'm not surprised she didn't find other apologies sincere either. Maybe the 4rth boy was since she seems to think so and could see the other's weren't. I hope at least one of them has truly learned something. Still, utterly schocking to hear, and yet sadly not surprising with the level of disrepect shown all over our society -- whether it be over political differences, religious differences, or any other difference. And, TV continually shows acting disrespectful is somehow "cool" -- It gets all the laughs...... We reap what we sow
I can't say anthing specifically about this case, but I do have a husband who is a cement finisher and has worked on a number of Kiewit jobs -- not this one. His first reaction was that it would never be allowed, so he was very surprised, and thought it had to at least be after work hours, but still wouldn't be accepted by Kiewit. He is in a union, which a lot of commentors on here don't seem to like --but they always requires drug/alcohol screening prior to any new job and then randomly while on it. We personnally aren't drinkers, but as is no surprise a lot of the construction guys are -- but for any job he has been on, those that imbibe do so after work and not at a job site. He has never seen anyone doing this on a job he has been on; it would be immediate grounds for dismissal and he's been doing it a long time -- so I do think it is more isolated than some would think -- at least for union contracted jobs. It sounds like these guys were administrative so perhaps not part of a union -- but, he still doesn't see this with the "management" on job sites he's been on.
While I'm sorry that the little girl was knocked over by a parent too self-absorbed to be paying attention to anything but her own desires, I agee with Allen who said the City shouldn't be blamed. As was pointed out, little children can easily knock each other over in their haste, especially when they are that young and expected to be more self-absorbed. If no parents are allowed in to help guide their kids (in the way things should be done amongst other things), more children would probably be knocked over -- even thought it would be by other children instead of someone who is suppose to act like an adult. It is very off putting that an adult still acts like a child, but we all know there are many adults that are such in age only. It can't be eliminated. All you can do is set the best examples for your child, to help not create another adult like that. Changing the set-up to not allow adults in won't help the situation. And yes, I do have small children and would say the same if it were one of them knocked over. It would be good to decrease the competition for one egg at that age though...
That's good advice to give them. I've always been a little conflicted on how much to push that issue as I haven't wanted them to go out in the world being afraid of everyone -- and as I mentioned above, have read statistics indicating the odds of a stranger doing something to them are not any greater than when I was a kid. We just hear about every case now, so it makes it seem that way. Still, I've felt giving caution in regards to this is necessary and so of course I have. But, that's a good additional direction to give. Still think more kids need to be talked to about the molestation issue. So many victims seem to say they didn't know what to do when it started (and undoubtedly were told not to tell)
It had never occured to me until this Penn State atrocity that I should talk to my young grade school kids about this. We all hear about "stranger danger", and young kids are even taught about this in school. And yet, statistically, the odds of a STRANGER abduction of my child is no greater now than when I was a child. The odds of child molestation happening are far far greater. And, as we've learned, it is usually by someone they have come to know. Still, even after hearing about the Boy Scout cases, and the Catholic church, I didn't think of discussing this with my kids - I wasn't as impacted somehow. But, after hearing about Sandusky,it impacted me differently. School sports are something my kids are into, and I greatly value higher education. Now, I have talked to them about it. It was difficult in some ways, but very worthwhile conversation as I now know, that they would know what to do no matter what. If you have children, and you haven't talked to them about this yet, I urge you to -- Kids need to know what to do and that means talking to them about it!
It sounds like you have never been a patient at planned parenthood. I was for many years. While I was in college I went there for birth control pills when I couldn't fully afford them, and even after I could I went there and paid full price - and gave donnations because of how much I appreciated their service -- as well as having all my annual exams there (and paying for them) as I felt comfortable with the way they treated me and cared for my health -- and my concerns about wanting to Plan having my children when I was ready to support and raise them. They welcomed husbands and partners to be there as well and cared for the health of all, providing education on STD's, fertility, and many other things --all manner of health issues than can affect women and their having babies. Yes, they are pro-choice -- supportive in whatever the woman's choice may be-- which of course may include having a baby! Tax payer funding is not used for abortions -- but this is still a very very small amount of their service -- not the other way around.
I know postal service doesn't use taxpayer money and understand that cuts will need to be made as this is the reality of our changing world regarding mail service needs. But, I also know a couple people that work for the post office: They are a large bureaucracy due to their size, and what can very often happen with such companies happens -- I see these workers accumulating massive overtime that they really don't need to put in to get their job done -- they can get it done without overtime, or very little, when they want to -- but love to get all the overtime and so stretch the work out which seems very easy for them to do -This makes me believe there are other savings to be had within the post office itself...
I didn't see the original show, but I saw a follow-up show. Dr. Phil reshowed the video, but also what had taken place since. The show had received a huge range of responses to the actions; it was horrible abuse, to it was acceptable.... The experts on the show felt it was VERY poor parenting but didn't warrant criminal response. They had immediately sent child experts to the home after seeing the tape, and before it aired. They immediately started working with the woman and the child. They said the boy had never learned about love and needed to learn about being part of a family receiving and accepting love first before discipline could even begin to be affective. At that point he wasn't experiencing anything new that meant anything to him; he kept behaving as he always had. He said she was a very willing participant to learn how to improve and she had sent the tape because she felt desparate for help. They said she was and is learning to give this boy what he needs This was before the trial but they said she'd been charged and felt it was the wrong thing to do. And were going to continue to help her, and the boy....
Of course, I don't think the US and China are the same, but the last part of the article where it says the negative comments about Locke are in part due to the "62 years of communist rule, with it's intolerance of opposing views"..and "In the absence of a civil society, there is still a strong tradition of not so much attacking the logical flaws of your opponent but attacking his personality or his very person." .... I couldn't help but think of some (and unfortunately what seems to be an ever increasing number) Americans in regards to political discourse....
The governer can't just go in and "fix" laws. The governer may propose an agenda of items they might like to see become law, but that doesn't mean, by any stretch that the legislature will consider them. The laws themselves are made and enacted as part of the legislatures job, not the governer's.
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