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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, but if you did your job as a parent, your kid would NOT be rioting in the streets!!! [View all]WillowTree
(5,325 posts)118. Oh Lord! I was a major pain in the youknowwhat as a teen.
To be honest, there are times I consider myself lucky that my parents allowed me to live to adulthood.
That woman has 7 children and he is her only son. He's obviously living in an environment where it would be easy for him to take an unhappy path if his parents don't keep him on a fairly short leash. I've heard her speak. This is a very smart lady.......and wise, too, if you catch the difference. She did what she needed to do to extricate her son from a situation that was dangerous for a multitude of reasons. I applaud her. Loudly.
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Sorry, but if you did your job as a parent, your kid would NOT be rioting in the streets!!! [View all]
Yavin4
Apr 2015
OP
Kids, students, youth when they see injustice all around that never is rectified.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2015
#52
Not outright, but by implication. Did you even follow the thread before you came to my post? eom
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2015
#149
If you understand the frustration, anger, etc. it should be easy to understand the destruction.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#171
I don't know jack about you and assumed you were an adult. Apparently I was wrong.
bravenak
Apr 2015
#122
Believe it or not. It is also frustrating to be a white person who strongly
JDPriestly
Apr 2015
#140
Agree, Bullshit. Most of these kids were there because the police had locked down their school
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#145
I just explained it. If you want to ignore the racism, the lack of opportunity, education, jobs, the
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#57
Apparently some seem to have forgotten about those white people riots after the sports games.
L0oniX
Apr 2015
#114
No judgment from me. What I saw though was a Mother who was maybe afraid for her Son's safety.
cherokeeprogressive
Apr 2015
#6
you said parents give birth. he says only half. meaning the women. not the men.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#31
i know you did not mean that. i was just telling you what jeff meant by half. half of the parents
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#60
Dads don't give birth. Yet, shocking as it may sound, they are parents. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2015
#124
How many kids do you have? How many who always do EVERYTHING exactly as you taught them?
WillowTree
Apr 2015
#12
Right? Because teenage kids always use great judgement and never, ever do stupid things
underahedgerow
Apr 2015
#47
Sorry, but if America did its job as a society people wouldn't be rioting in the streets!
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2015
#13
I'm not celebrating anyone. Who is we? I'm saying you seem to have a skewed view
TheKentuckian
Apr 2015
#65
how very naive. ya. easy for my kids. dont i get to pat me on the back. whole stories you missed
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#25
she has 6 kids, who knows their circumstance and lives. we get 1 minute of their lives.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#132
ya. i pretty much figured you were being sarcastic, though not way sure. i was more using your post
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#134
That mother saved her son from getting wacked upside the head with a billy club.
PADemD
Apr 2015
#117
Pretty judgemental. And, what are your credentials to declare who is or who isn't a good parent?
Lil Missy
Apr 2015
#35
If you did your job as a parent, your cop kid would NOT be breaking spines and shooting unarmed
Arugula Latte
Apr 2015
#64
To imagine: children have a mind and will of their own, and do things you don't like...
killbotfactory
Apr 2015
#69
Disagree. Parents can completely devote themselves to achieving an outcome and still fail
LittleBlue
Apr 2015
#76
If there is that amount of injustice going on, your kids SHOULD be in the streets
hobbit709
Apr 2015
#91
I would hope my kids were at the protest and I would hope the would avoid the riot
dembotoz
Apr 2015
#97
Was there actually any video that showed that her son was 'rioting'?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#107
Los Angeles and Dallas have had riots after the Lakers and Cowboys won their championships
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Apr 2015
#172
You don't know anything about that mother or the circumstances in which she finds herself.
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#121
It's pretty hard to stay in the house when the buses set to take you there are blocked by the cops.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#152
I can just see the rw saying that to the parents of all the protesters in the 60s.
jwirr
Apr 2015
#157
The kids were trapped. They were pulled off their buses and had no way to leave.
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#160
I don't understand why she wouldn't just grab his arm and walk briskly away from the trouble
Doctor_J
Apr 2015
#181