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Dumbfounded At Stupidity (RANT)
Nov 2, 2006 | 6:40 PM
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Listening to the news earlier about the three year old found walking around the streets, I was just dumbfounded at the stupidity of some people. It was said the mother left the child with a cousin who was sleeping. The cousin didn't know he/she was to look after the child.

So ding-dong mom just leaves the child to go shopping @@

This is fast becoming a pet peeve of mine. Here's why...

Today for instance, a child next door came over to play with my son. That's all fine and dandy. This child then goes next door to play with the other kids. My son went as well. I know the parents of all kids involved.

I KNOW my son is over there playing at their house. I had one parent come over and ask for his child. He was told that they went next door to play with the other kids. This child was told by both my husband and I to ask the grandmother so they KNOW WHERE SHE IS. The child obviously did not. So the parent was upset because his child was over there and not here like she was supposed to be.

Another situation happened last weekend. There is a little boy my son knows. He isn't in the same class but they are friends. My son always asks if he can come over and play. I met the dad ONE TIME, we talked for less than 5 minutes. He dropped his son off for an hour of play. He didn't even come into my home. I don't know this man from Adam. And he doesn't know me from Eve.

It just irks me how people can hand over kids to virutal strangers and not even give a second thought.

Obviously, we aren't child molestors or predators. We aren't murderers or bad people. I don't mind having kids over to play. It just concerns me a great deal that parent's just aren't vigilant enough.

We are strict with our son. He is NOT to go outside alone. And he is to ask if he can play at someone else's house. When he does go play elsewhere, I make sure to talk to the parent first. I know my neighbor, known them for as long as we have been here. But I make sure to walk him over there and back each time.

It disturbs me to see kids my son's age roaming the streets. It irks me that paren't aren't more watchful or observant.

I am just dumbfounded at the stupidity of some people.

If you can't keep track of your kids, keep em at home! FGS, they are precious, treat them like they are!

:::rant over:::
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mykidzatm read my blog view my photos
Nov 2, 2006 | 8:09 PM

I applaud your "rant". We are also dumbfounded at the things parents think are in their childs best interest. Maybe "think" is too strong and yet the operative term here.

Our kids never went to someones house that we did not meet the parents and have a "warm fuzzy" for the environment.

Something is causing an erosion of brain cells and I don't think it's the ozone.
GratefulGrace read my blog view my photos
Nov 2, 2006 | 9:09 PM

A good rant sis.

Also training my oldest that she is not to open the door for anyone unless one of us is there with her. On Halloween after watching her open the door for trick-or-treaters by herself, it dawned on me that unfortunately, the day is gone when we can assume things are cool if someone nice looking or innocent like a child is at the door. Some sicko somewhere would use that as a lure. Same thing with the "hey girls, have any of you seen my puppy" scenario. I try not to freak the kids out, but occasionally I will act out something to remind them that there are rules when strangers try to talk to them without mom or dad around.

Good post Fret.
skratch62 read my blog view my photos
Nov 2, 2006 | 9:10 PM

Did anyone notice the child's last name, yep, sounded hispanic to me.
GratefulGrace read my blog view my photos
Nov 2, 2006 | 9:50 PM

No offense, but was has that got to do with anything?
fretfall read my blog view my photos
Nov 2, 2006 | 9:53 PM

mkatm: No, I don't think brain cells are even there in some of these cases.

Sis: It is a sad world we live in when we have to be leery of everyone. I remember playing freely outside. Riding bikes carefree. And now as an adult, it's sad to see childhood vanish. And it is vanishing at an alarming rate :-(

skratch: The last name doesn't matter IMO. Stupidity runs rampant in all races. That's the one thing about race that's equal.
Bugs read my blog view my photos
Nov 2, 2006 | 11:20 PM

When we were still living in an apartment we found a 2 or 3 year old girl roaming the parking lot. She was too young to tell us where she lived and not afraid of strangers. My friend who is a constable and I went from door to door until we found her mother.

They lived several buildings away. The mother was washing dishes and thought her daughter was playing outside with the girls 6 or 7 year old sister.

We gave the mother a lecture, but because she spoke so little English I don’t think she understood the danger or why we were mad at her.

Seeing small children playing unattended in Hispanic cultures is a common sight. Communities in Hispanic cultures tend to look out after each others children and don’t face as much danger from predators as American children face.

They come from a different culture and don’t understand the dangers of our culture. Elian Majano’s mother learned the hard way by losing her son forever.

I do agree that stupid parents come in all races.
Bugs read my blog view my photos
Nov 2, 2006 | 11:23 PM

By the way it's fine to rant; no matter where they're from parents have to learn to watch their children closely.
CHELE read my blog
Nov 3, 2006 | 12:26 AM

The fact that she is hispanic. Used to mean the she would be taken care of by the entire family.
But that means just about nothing now. Families in all races are braking down.
We need to get back the family values that we used to have.
Bugs read my blog view my photos
Nov 3, 2006 | 12:50 AM

I agree Chele; I remember when I was a kid, I could run around the neighborhood without a care, but these days, you can't let your children out of your sight for a minute.

Children raising themselves is a sad sign of the times; too many children with parents too busy to be parents.

If we're ever going to save the future of our children we're going to have to change direction and go back to the days when families were families.
Proud_Hawaiian read my blog view my photos
Nov 3, 2006 | 1:11 AM

What "irks" me to no end is people making idiotic comments like the one made here..."Did anyone notice the child's last name, yep, sounded hispanic to me."...yep, sounds racist to me! Geeeeeeeeeeee, no one but Hispanics leave their kids unattended??? Just this morning I saw a child left alone in a car with the windows opened a crack, and guess what, she WASN'T Hispanic, matter of fact, the little girl was white :) Another thing I pray for every day...racism will soon be a thing of the past, but highly unlikely when there are people in the world who insist on keeping it around.
TexasGuyDFW read my blog view my photos
Nov 3, 2006 | 3:19 AM

One thng I have learned, stupidity comes in all colors. Trash comes in all colors too. I have seen as much white trash as brown, black, etc....

Another thing I have learned is that it is better to teach fellow bloggers with a gentle word when possible, rather than to bash them for their lack of understanding.
skratch62 read my blog view my photos
Nov 3, 2006 | 6:22 AM

It seems the last three kids that were left alone were hispanic, the boy in the park that dissappeared, the 2 year old that was lost for 3 days and now this little girl. I have seen it myself, how they let their kids run all over stores and even in my own neighborhood unattended, I have almost run over the neighbor's little boy several times because he was out in the middle of the street with no adult around in sight, anywhere.
skratch62 read my blog view my photos
Nov 3, 2006 | 6:29 AM

This was just my observation in the last few months, call me a racist if you want, I just know what I live around and see day after day.
Proud_Hawaiian read my blog view my photos
Nov 3, 2006 | 2:32 PM

skratch62, that may be what you live around and see everyday, but trust me, other nationalities are guilty of doing the same thing, this is not exclusive to Hispanics. And for the fact that you could make a statement like that, makes you sound racist. If you weren't, your comment would not have included anything what-so-ever about their race. I am just amazed at how PEOPLE can do the things that they do.
skratch62 read my blog view my photos
Nov 3, 2006 | 6:59 PM

Did I say that other nationalities did not do this? No I did not, I just said that lately it seems that all of them have been hispanic. I will say no more on this, I am done.
Proud_Hawaiian read my blog view my photos
Nov 3, 2006 | 8:48 PM

Did I touch a nerve skratch62? No you did not say that other nationalities did not do this, you didn't say that they did either :) Your comment was..."Did anyone notice the child's last name, yep, sounded hispanic to me."....and now your latest comment is..."lately it seems that all of them have been hispanic"...I'm sure if I search hard enough I will find you three stories where other nationalities have done the same thing. Another thing, how do you know for certain the child is Hispanic? Filipinos, Hispanics, Puerto Ricans, and Portuguese have same last names, they are all very different nationalities. I am not trying to upset or offend you, just trying to get people to understand that sterotyping is not a good thing. It would be like me saying...All white people belong to the KKK. Everyone in Texas are rednecks. Here in Hawai'i they love to joke about Portuguese people being "stupid", which obviously isn't true.
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