Irresponsibility does my head

That doesn't make sense at all. You just completely contradicted yourself in 10 ways. I am not even going to try and point them out. You did a stupid thing and whatever reasons you are giving to justify it just don't add up anymore. Think.

 

How would you feel if you were a parent and you were raising your child and some young person who doesn't even have kids comes up to you and butts their nose in your business and tries to tell you how to be a parent when they have no idea what's going on. I am glad you feel so Jesus-Like that you can tell people how to raise their kids... It's a stupid lame video game not fucking alcohol or herion... People get their homes broken up and kids taken away because of people who butt their noises in situations where it doesn't need to be butted into... But yet kids who are abused and molested get unnoticed or unhelped because of people who think buying a fucking video game is more of a reason of concern then anything...

 

Well then run for Jesus if you are so wonderful....

You have NO CLUE as to what causes damage to kids, NONE.. A lame video game won't and it's pretty naive of you to think so... I just hate it when people butt their noses into other people's parenting skills just because their morals are different, that's it they are just MORALS not actual freaking harm...

 

meh, my mother fed me a little wine when i was like, 11 or so. i didnt like it. however when i did start liking alcohol she did let me have a drink or two, yes before i turned the legal age here (19). hell, i was having beers with my parents during the summer by the time i was 16. never got more than tipsy with em (well, save for once or twice).

again, i think it comes down to knowing your kids. buying gta or booze or whatever isnt inherently evil or damaging. but not parenting your kids at all, allowing the media etc. to raise them, not being an active parent or one who seems to care about your kids - thats what worries me.

 

I have a friend whose dad has let her smoke cigarettes to try them out, lets her taste beer etc. shes not going to start smoking or drinking anytime soon but i have a friend whose mum doesnt care about her and shes slowly sliding downwards, getting drunk alot etc etc.

 

The first time I was given beer (a couple of sips) I was 6-7 I think. No big deal. When I was 12 they would let me drink some wine and champagne at weddings, family gatherings (I never got close to drunk). When I was 14, it was the first New Year's Eve that I was allowed to go party. I got smashed drunk, my mom looked at me the next day all hangover and said " I'm not gonna say anything, you seem to be dealing with the consequences".
The "legal" drinking age in DR is 18, but they dont really ID people and parents let you drink drink since 14-15. They are a lot more relaxed with that than in a lot of other places. I've lived in Canada and here in the States and in both places people seem to have a bigger problem with it, than back home.
I'm not saying get your kid drunk. What I'm saying is that things that you might think are "bad" are not necessarily the way they seem. A video game is not the same as giving a kid alcohol and even that, doesnt have to be a horrible thing that is being allowed to happen. It all depends on how is being done.
It bothers me when people for lack of a better argument group things together, like buying a video game that's rated R to your kid and giving your kid alcohol.
Is stealing the same thing as raping?
Kozmic, you dont know if that mother buying that video game to that kid is going to cause her any harm. You dont know what kind of mother she is, you dont know anything about that kid. In a random encounter with her kid buying him a video game, you can classify her as "irresponsible", because you dont know. I dont know if she IS responsible either, but the fact that she was buying a video game made for adults to her kid, doesnt tell me anything bad or good about her.
From my personal experience, the no restriction and censorship of movies,, games, books (my personal library was my sister's book and she's 10 years older than me) wasnt at all a bad thing. You were raised differently and it was a good thing to. Im not gonna be in a store and tell a mother that is saying to her kid that he cant have that game because is for adults "you should buy it, because of this and that". It's none of my business.

 

I think this is more about "morals" than anything... Just because one doesn't like violent video games and think only adults should play them and not children they think these parents are horrible and would probably call Child Protective services who then would rip that child out of the home... It's just sad that people are so eager to police other parents... And yet all the children that are being badly abused and molested are not helped at all because meh, people are too worried about "moral" values...

 

It does seem a pretty spurious concern.

There are a lot of real bad things that happen in the world to kids to be concerned about a couple angry pixels on a screen. I think most kids spend too much time inside anyway, and not enough time outside playing.

In Johanna's defense, she's an incredible person who is devoting her life to humanitarianism, and is truly interested in the best thing for the children. Not just moral posturing.

But shes was wrong on this one. It's wrong to judge someone else's prowess as a parent because they buy their kids a video game which you feel isn't appropriate. They are likely loving parents who have a different point of view on what material is appropriate for minors.

 

I know, just because I disagree with what someone "thinks" doesn't mean I don't care for them or have written them off as people I don't want to talk too... That's not my gig, I gave forth my opinions like she and everyone else did as well... That's what life's about discussing our thoughts...

 

I think lifes about living the dream baby.