That's just it. You can't really blame the teenager, but you have to, or he will never learn.
Whose job is it to teach him that responsibility? It's his parent's job and clearly that lesson is not being taught if Mom became belligerent over being caught in her own act of irresponsibility.
So who is going to teach him?
It's a hard old world, Dude.
I could feel a bit for her, except that she became angry herself, you know? She tried her kid out - Gave him responsibility. That's something good. It didn't work out this time. Punish the older kid, teach, and move on. Be thankful that someone is looking out for your younger kids.
This is the concept of 'it takes a village'. The librarians gave the police a heads up that there were kids alone in the car on a 21*F day. The cops rode to the rescue and the kids didn't turn into popsicles. That's the concept of 'village'.
Somehow the concept of 'village' has been turned into making sure that kids never hear the word 'fuck' uttered in public.
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Date: 2004-01-17 05:15 am (UTC)Whose job is it to teach him that responsibility? It's his parent's job and clearly that lesson is not being taught if Mom became belligerent over being caught in her own act of irresponsibility.
So who is going to teach him?
It's a hard old world, Dude.
I could feel a bit for her, except that she became angry herself, you know? She tried her kid out - Gave him responsibility. That's something good. It didn't work out this time. Punish the older kid, teach, and move on. Be thankful that someone is looking out for your younger kids.
This is the concept of 'it takes a village'. The librarians gave the police a heads up that there were kids alone in the car on a 21*F day. The cops rode to the rescue and the kids didn't turn into popsicles. That's the concept of 'village'.
Somehow the concept of 'village' has been turned into making sure that kids never hear the word 'fuck' uttered in public.
Um, no. Not quite the concept.