Mom Accused Of Daring Teens To Chug Vodka

[HopeHoops]

Source: AP via CBS News

(AP) A mother is accused of providing alcohol to young teens at a party in Missouri and offering $10 to whomever could chug a glass of vodka the fastest.

Two girls were hospitalized.





Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/national/main4910296.shtml

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WTF?!?!?!

[cosmicone]

1. Fundie values in a fundie state at play n/t

[Rebubula]

4. OK...

...I'll bite...how does this story equate to fundies? I understand that it is from Missouri, but how did you connect the dots to fundies?

[bighart]

13. story says she is from Kansas City, just FYI

KC VOTES DEMOCRAT

[ikojo]

28. The CITY of Kansas City may vote Dem but it is

surrounded on the Missouri side by Republican counties.

Also, Missouri IS a conservative and right wing leaning state. Without KC and St Louis, Missouri is no different than any other state in the so called bible belt.

[bluestateguy]

2. because its so much more important to be a "cool Mom" than to be a real parent

Despicable.

[WriteDown]

10. You beat me to it.....

I was just thinking that this must be one of those "cool" moms.

[bobburgster]

19. You're right....

unfortunately

[YOY]

3. You can be your kids friend or you can be a parent.

One of those options shows you truly love them but it's not the easy option.

[cali]

5. false choice. you can be a parent and a friend.

it's not an either/or proposition. You simply have to recognize when you need to parent.

[YOY]

6. Not really.

Sometimes you have to be a parent. That means taking a stern hard road. You know it too because I bet you have done it in the past.

No love nor friendliness towards the child is lost.

[cali]

12. yes, I've been both parent and friend

as I said, you just have to know when to parent. You're really just affirming what I already said.

[krabigirl]

25. yup.

[H2O Man]

7. Respectfully disagree.

This case involves a parent with limited insight and skills. It may well be that she also has a substance abuse problem, and perhaps what we might consider a rather gross lack of maturity. The combination of the first two would reduce her ability to provide good parenting; adding either of the other two -- or both -- and we have the makings of a bad parent.

I suspect that the case can be made that this combination didn't make her a very good friend, either. But her failures hardly carry over to other people, who have the ability to provide good parenting and enjoy a strong friendship with their children.

[YOY]

8. I'm not arguing that one cannot be a "friend" to their child and still be a parent.

I am saying that a "parent friend" should not act the same as a "peer friend". And being stern at times (not all the time mind you) can set the point that the parent still is in authority.

[H2O Man]

11. There are few things

as pathetic as an adult -- male or female -- who desperately seeks to be one of their children's "in" friends. Again, these are human beings who have a very limited ability and a total lack of insight. But I understand what you are saying in this post, and agree with you on this part.

In terms of discipline, the only justifiable reason to practice it with one's children to to instill a sense of self-discipline. A person can only teach what they know. Thus, an undisciplined parent will, without exception, fail in both roles: friend and/or parent.

[Lorien]

20. Nonsense. One of my closest friends considers his son a "best friend"

and always has. His son just was accepted in to the doctoral program at Juilliard. One of only seven students. Fully paid scholarship. The kid has always excelled at everything he has attempted because his parents always let him know that they loved, liked, and respected him.

[YOY]

21. Yes but is he a "peer friend" or a "parent friend"?

Is your Friend trying to be a best buddy or a loving mentor?

[Lorien]

23. He taught his son that everyone is equal

and he offers advice when it is needed.

My mom is a firm believer in the notion that parents should not be friends to their children. We hardly ever speak. My younger sister has shoplifted, had two children out of wedlock, gotten involved with drug dealers, etc. etc. There is a point at which the "I'm your mother not your friend"attitude does not work.Kids with an overwhelming sense that they are not OK as people and not someone worthy of being liked or truly loved can find themselves adrift pretty easily. I don't know if the mother in the OP was trying to be their "friend", or just being a drunken irresponsible jerk, or doing to her kids what my dad did to us when we drank alcohol at a young age; told us to drink beer until it made us sick. I've hated beer ever since! Unless we know more about the people involved it's hard to say what was really going on there.

[XemaSab]

22. Real friends don't dare you to chug hard alcohol

Real friends look out for you when you've had too much, and don't let you hurt yourself or drink more.

[FudaFuda]

9. Criminal, but is it really national news??

I am amazed sometimes at the mundane smalltown crap that makes national news. Mother is guilty of contributing to the delinquency of minors somewhere in America. Whoopee.

[krabigirl]

26. seriously.

[Generator]

14. Staycations are hard

The kids wanted a "real" spring break. (okay my little snippy pointless humour made more sense-but no idiot mom was serving vodka at 13 year old birthday party in February-booze is the new chuckee cheese for that set, I guess.)

[crim son]

15. There's some serious ignorance for you.

:eyes:

[benld74]

16. ABSOLUTE - IDIOT!

[RedCloud]

17. So how many shots and who won?

What kind of redneck event is this? They don't even keep score.

Too bad for Downs she did it in John ASScroft's state.

[Oregone]

18. Oh come on. She is just getting them ready for college

Here is a mom that truly cares about higher education

[Harry Monroe]

24. Jesus H. Effing Christ on a pogo stick! What an idiot and a poor excuse for a mother!!!!

[soothsayer]

27. Those kids sound like lightweights

[Liberal_in_LA]

29. not smart