Wednesday, August 22. 2007
Eve Was Tempted Too - And Look What Happened...
On Sunday Scott and I were enjoying a quiet evening at home when we suddenly heard the startling sound of breaking glass very near...at our own house, in fact!
It was a rare day of late...cool and not as humid so we had the door between the house and the back porch open. Our sweet Desi cat was enjoying her "freedom" sitting on the porch when the apple came crashing through the porch window!
Glass shards and the telltale apple went flying all over the porch - and poor Desi! We have apple trees on the side of the house, and with rain for the last ten days, we haven't had a chance to get out in the yard to pick up the ones that have fallen to the ground. Apparently an apple lying in the grass was too much temptation for the kid who picked it up and winged it through our window! Scott grabbed his shoes and hurried out to see if he could spot the culprit(s). He did see a group of three 10-ish year old boys sitting on the grassy hill across the street from our house, and when they saw him, they got up and ran away!
Ten years old and already broken... I've had a couple days to process this affront...I'm not scared, or intimidated, or sad...
I AM FURIOUS!!!
...at the parent(s)...and I use the term loosely! What "parent" raises a child who would do that?! I spend my life teaching preschoolers right from wrong, and why right is right and wrong is wrong...and they get it (for the most part)! So what kind of negligent, absentee, idiotic loser of a parental unit allows a child to grow to the age of ten without being aware that treating people like shit is just plain wrong?! I am really beginning to believe that people don't think that there is any input required to raise a child. They think it is everyone else's job to teach their child...teachers, caregivers, media...and that all the parent need do is be a "buddy." People blithely procreate like it is no big deal, and treat marriage like it is the big commitment. Personally I can't think of a bigger responsibility than rearing a child, and the fact that people don't take it seriously infuriates me! I wouldn't mind if I knew that those parents would be forced to live on an island somewhere with the crass little assholes they raised, away from the rest of us caring folk who involved ourselves enough to raise children with a moral compass...But no, we are all going to have to live in a world with these low-lifes.
It was a rare day of late...cool and not as humid so we had the door between the house and the back porch open. Our sweet Desi cat was enjoying her "freedom" sitting on the porch when the apple came crashing through the porch window!
Glass shards and the telltale apple went flying all over the porch - and poor Desi! We have apple trees on the side of the house, and with rain for the last ten days, we haven't had a chance to get out in the yard to pick up the ones that have fallen to the ground. Apparently an apple lying in the grass was too much temptation for the kid who picked it up and winged it through our window! Scott grabbed his shoes and hurried out to see if he could spot the culprit(s). He did see a group of three 10-ish year old boys sitting on the grassy hill across the street from our house, and when they saw him, they got up and ran away! Ten years old and already broken... I've had a couple days to process this affront...I'm not scared, or intimidated, or sad...
I AM FURIOUS!!!
...at the parent(s)...and I use the term loosely! What "parent" raises a child who would do that?! I spend my life teaching preschoolers right from wrong, and why right is right and wrong is wrong...and they get it (for the most part)! So what kind of negligent, absentee, idiotic loser of a parental unit allows a child to grow to the age of ten without being aware that treating people like shit is just plain wrong?! I am really beginning to believe that people don't think that there is any input required to raise a child. They think it is everyone else's job to teach their child...teachers, caregivers, media...and that all the parent need do is be a "buddy." People blithely procreate like it is no big deal, and treat marriage like it is the big commitment. Personally I can't think of a bigger responsibility than rearing a child, and the fact that people don't take it seriously infuriates me! I wouldn't mind if I knew that those parents would be forced to live on an island somewhere with the crass little assholes they raised, away from the rest of us caring folk who involved ourselves enough to raise children with a moral compass...But no, we are all going to have to live in a world with these low-lifes.
Here is my favorite story about evil teenagers getting their comeuppance...
About five years ago in June I saw two teenage boys spray painting on the wooden fence at the top of the grassy hill across the street from our house. I called the police to report what I had seen. A few minutes later I saw the police drive by and stop the two. It appeared that the officers had a conversation with them, then drove away.
A couple hours later there was a knock on our front door. It was the two boys and their mothers. At his mother's nudging, one of the boys apologized for spray painting on the back of our garage. Well, in all honesty, I was confused by the admission, as I had no idea that had happened. Our garage is detached from the house, and since I work in my home, I had not seen the back of my garage that day...I had only witnessed them painting on the fence out my window. The second boy apologized as well, then the mothers prompted them to offer restitution for their misdeeds. The boys would scrub the paint off our garage, then the mothers offered that as 'penance' the boys would come and mow our lawn every week for the rest of the summer!
These were parents who unflinchingly stepped up and made their children know in no uncertain terms that they had fucked up big and they were going to live with the consequences. I had so much admiration for those parents! Better late than never, right?
About five years ago in June I saw two teenage boys spray painting on the wooden fence at the top of the grassy hill across the street from our house. I called the police to report what I had seen. A few minutes later I saw the police drive by and stop the two. It appeared that the officers had a conversation with them, then drove away.
A couple hours later there was a knock on our front door. It was the two boys and their mothers. At his mother's nudging, one of the boys apologized for spray painting on the back of our garage. Well, in all honesty, I was confused by the admission, as I had no idea that had happened. Our garage is detached from the house, and since I work in my home, I had not seen the back of my garage that day...I had only witnessed them painting on the fence out my window. The second boy apologized as well, then the mothers prompted them to offer restitution for their misdeeds. The boys would scrub the paint off our garage, then the mothers offered that as 'penance' the boys would come and mow our lawn every week for the rest of the summer!
These were parents who unflinchingly stepped up and made their children know in no uncertain terms that they had fucked up big and they were going to live with the consequences. I had so much admiration for those parents! Better late than never, right?
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