leasheryn's Blog

I say it's the child's fault. By age 5, a child should be socially mature enough to atend school. This is not a parental responsibility. The parents should be able to return the child to the birth location and get an exchange. We need more guarantees in this country. Who would want to be a parant of a child like this and be embarrassed later on when the kid runs for government office? Some things are too much to bear.

Haahhahaha Vitto my friend I love it Birth location all of us m,en are trying to get back in there

Well the mother just taught her 5 year old that they don't need to put forth any effort in life. Work ethics are not improtant. Hey when life hands you lemons throw them on the ground and scream how life is unfair. I think the mother needs to be taken out to the shed for a reality check. Old school style.

I guess my taxes will be paying for his room and board at the state level in a few years!

What a nutty world we live in now. A five year old given a choice about attending school? Is that woman crazy??? I didn't like a lot of things my parents made me do, but I was fortunate that I was not given the choice, unless you want to say I had a choice of not doing it and winding up with a sore bottom, which was no choice at all. I agree with aschelan - that mother needs a good spanking, or at least a wake-up call.

That's just ridiculous. If I didn't make my children do something just because they told me they didn't like it, they would be couch potato piles of mush right now. Obviously kids don't want to go to school, study, do chores, even brush their teeth well. It's our job to be sure they do these things. It's our job to teach them right from wrong, respect, responsibility etc. I could go on and on. My girls complain that they don't want to do their schoolwork. I tell them that it's my job to be sure they have good grades. What if they decide they want to attend college? Then they would be very upset if they couldn't get in just because they didn't feel like doing their school work. If you have expectations for your children, they will rise to those expectations. My girls (older ones right now) are in honors and ap classes. They hate doing the work sometimes. But they sure are proud of themselves when they bring home the report cards with all the good grades. Or when they are honored at their school for their accomplishments. At least when my girls all graduate high school, I will have the peace of mind in knowing that I've given them the opportunity to move on and be as successful as they wish to be.

Too many parents these days don't want the responsibility that comes with having children. They don't want to be bothered by checking homework, going to parent/teahcer conferences, disciplining their children. It's just too much effort for them and they would rather be their child's best friend instead. It's really a shame. Because when it's all said and done,

Vitt, I tought maybe you'd had a labotomy. It's early for me and I didn't get it and joined MO in spitting out my coffee.

The mother is coaching her child to want to stay home and be a momma's boy so she doesn't have to go to work. What child gets to chose something so important and why would you ask unless you wanted a certain answer?

When your dad asked you if you wanted a whooping, how did you reply? No thanks, I think I'll continue doing what I want.