Comments on: PG-13 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pg-13/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:42:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Little Miss Attila http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pg-13/comment-page-1/#comment-8125 Little Miss Attila Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3893#comment-8125 I was in one of those "container stores" recently--the type that sell various sorts of organizers, and are therefore haunted by people like me (the eternally unorganized, but hopeful). While cruising the furniture section, I happened upon a video/DVD rack that folded up and LOCKED. "Hm," I thought. "Why on earth would you want one of these? Perhaps it's for people who have extensive porn collections." Then I realized that every house that has kids should have one of these. There are plenty of movies/Discovery Channel series/HBO "events" that are far too intense for young people. Supervision is the key, of course, but even the best parents have to sleep sometime: I'd still lock this stuff up. I wouldn't want my (as yet unexistent) kids to check out Band of Brothers on their own. The story of the woman dropping the kids off is sad, and I wish the reporter had checked on her license plate number and ratted her out. I was in one of those "container stores" recently--the type that sell various sorts of organizers, and are therefore haunted by people like me (the eternally unorganized, but hopeful).

While cruising the furniture section, I happened upon a video/DVD rack that folded up and LOCKED. "Hm," I thought. "Why on earth would you want one of these? Perhaps it's for people who have extensive porn collections."

Then I realized that every house that has kids should have one of these. There are plenty of movies/Discovery Channel series/HBO "events" that are far too intense for young people. Supervision is the key, of course, but even the best parents have to sleep sometime: I'd still lock this stuff up. I wouldn't want my (as yet unexistent) kids to check out Band of Brothers on their own.

The story of the woman dropping the kids off is sad, and I wish the reporter had checked on her license plate number and ratted her out.

]]> By: The Grouchy Old Yorkie Lady http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pg-13/comment-page-1/#comment-8126 The Grouchy Old Yorkie Lady Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3893#comment-8126 Absentee parents are to blame for a great many problems these days -- juvenile delinquency, school performance, teen crime and gang activity, teen pregnancy, teen alcohol and drug use, etc. etc. The list goes on and on. There will always be those exceptions to the rule -- good parents who, no matter what they do, wind up with a kid out of a control and, conversely, lousy parents whose kid rises above his or her circumstances to become a centered, responsible, successful adult. Overall, though, I believe a great many of today's societal ills can be traced directly to the breakdown of traditional family structures and the abdication of parental responsibility. --- Absentee parents are to blame for a great many problems these days -- juvenile delinquency, school performance, teen crime and gang activity, teen pregnancy, teen alcohol and drug use, etc. etc. The list goes on and on. There will always be those exceptions to the rule -- good parents who, no matter what they do, wind up with a kid out of a control and, conversely, lousy parents whose kid rises above his or her circumstances to become a centered, responsible, successful adult. Overall, though, I believe a great many of today's societal ills can be traced directly to the breakdown of traditional family structures and the abdication of parental responsibility.

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