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Freethinker |
I don’t have any offspring and I was a child a long time ago, but I’m always taken aback when I see parents complaining about their minor children on an open forum like this. The Internet didn’t exist then, but if it had and if my parents had bitched to the world about my attitudes or some sort of subpar performance rather than confronting me and keeping it in the family, I would have been livid. There were things that led to some (fortunately) temporary estrangements, but some of the things I see today could have easily led to a permanent rupture in our relationships. But I wonder if I’m too much of a snowflake in that regard, and whether others agree with my opinions. ► 6.4/93.6 “Most men … can seldom accept the simplest and most obvious truth if it … would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions … which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their lives.” — Leo Tolstoy | ||
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The guy behind the guy |
My wife and I dwas by post anything about our children on the net. No Facebook/Twitter/instagram etc. we ask our family not to post pictures with our children in them. I was once a criminal defense attorney and saw how easy it was for preditors to obtain information about children to prey on. Good or bad, we avoid mixing the internet and our kids. | |||
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IMHO it is a form of child abuse. Poor parenting and abysmal common sense are reflected in these ridiculous choices. | |||
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quarter MOA visionary |
I guess it's what you say not that you say something. Context is everything, IMO. | |||
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Two different things at play, IMHO. If it’s just complaining about kids, that’s uncalled for. If it’s asking for advice from others who have been in that situation, then it can be incredibly valuable. This forum alone probably has 10,000+ fathers who have experienced everything from the loss of a child, to divorce, to elopement and everything in between. | |||
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My other Sig is a Steyr. |
Um, well. if they use anything that says Google on it. They already have. Facebook sells everybody's stuff to 62+ companies. Even figured out how to turn on the smart phone mic with a signal from any TV and send the recording to Facebook. Unfortunately the pond scum goons that esdunbar is referring to have access to this information also. You may consider parents who do this to the equivalent of the same idiots who back their truck out into the freeway. I have a dumb shit nearby that does this every morning. They didn't get hit last time, but... | |||
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Freethinker |
Good point, but for this poll, I am referring to just complaining with no obvious sincere asking for advice. And I am also referring to adverse (bad) information, not information in general that’s available regardless of whether the parents deliberately reveal it to strangers who would not otherwise ever know it. ► 6.4/93.6 “Most men … can seldom accept the simplest and most obvious truth if it … would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions … which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their lives.” — Leo Tolstoy | |||
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The success of a solution usually depends upon your point of view |
This ^^^^ Posting here about how my little genius blew up the toilet in my house by dropping a few M80s in it “cause he did not understand how something could burn under water” is not a big deal. Posting pictures of his punishment in order to publicly shame or humiliate him is a different thing completely. When I see the videos of parents shooting or smashing their kids electronics I think to myself that it might have been a great job of parenting if they had just kept the family business within the family. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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Go ahead punk, make my day |
I think it's in poor form, but it's hardly 'child abuse'. It's amazing how many good people are relatively poor parents - I'm not saying horrible people, but just bad at raising offspring to be responsible and self-sufficient. Too much TV, too much shuffling the kids off on Grandma and Grandpa, you name it. 95% of kids are like dogs, they are what they are taught - so if your kid is a punk, it's likely your fault. | |||
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delicately calloused |
I don't put anything about my family nor myself on the net that is not cloaked in anonymity. You all have read stories about Mrs DF and the boys, but no one knows who they are nor what they look like. I have no FB/twitter/etc presence in spite of the ceaseless efforts of my extended family to get me to. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
It’s nobody’s business. Praise in public, punish in private. The internet is forever. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Nar-Anon and Al-Anon programs would help a lot of people with this, regardless of whether their kids have chemical addiction issues. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Member |
Public humiliation was a favorite punishment used by the Puritans. Think about it for a minute. | |||
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Grandiosity is a sign of mental illness |
Very much so. | |||
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His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
I don't think much of it, but it's better, I suppose, than calling 911 because the kid won't go to bed. | |||
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10mm is The Boom of Doom |
I think it depends. First I would never mention names and would avoid saying anything truly derogatory. But bitching about one of my knuckle headed sons losing his keys again or not picking up his socks that he left under the kitchen table, well that is fair game. God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
I don't - and there is a bad egg in my brood. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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agree i don't like 'reality' shows that feature kids either - they don't have achoice in having their lives exposed ---------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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Needs a check up from the neck up |
When all the parents start posting rainbows and sunshine because my kids are back at school and I don't have to del with them anymore for 1/2 a day. That shit really irkes me. Your kids are going to read that and its going to hurt them. Your an asshole for writing it IMO. I also have a tendency to love being with my kids so maybe I am the loser, but I think not. __________________________ The entire reason for the Second Amendment is not for hunting, it’s not for target shooting … it’s there so that you and I can protect our homes and our children and and our families and our lives. And it’s also there as fundamental check on government tyranny. Sen Ted Cruz | |||
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