Agree 100% and I'm always genuinely impressed when parents are able to not only set that boundary but hold firm on it. Thing is kids have this way of getting around the rules parents lay down, I know I did. Seems like everyday it's harder to be a parent and a kid, props to those that are doing it right.
Wait, you have a kid?!? Soooooo many questions... Like does your kid live in a basement under the basement you live in in your mom's house? And how does your mom afford a house with 2 basements?
I said "a kid", not "my kid". Being a generous man, I make myself available anytime someone needs a beating. barfo
I hear Tucker Carlson needs a beating...check your dance card, he fights like a white guy they say which means hiring MAGA cartel bodyguards.
But everything out there is available to EVERY kid. They all have the same access to sites about murder and sex and whatever. It's HOW the kids were raised that is the deciding factor of how they use this unfiltered info. In my above post I said that there are obviously outside influences and things happen. I know for a fact that the girls my daughters age that we've been around now for 13 years. I nailed it back when they were leaving elementary school. I told my wife the exact 5 or 6 of them that were going to get into some serious shit as they got older.....simply based on their parents. Either not there, or didn't give a fuck....and BAM it happened. The ones who are the whores and trouble makers and partiers are those. Of course there are ones who had great parents and shit happened, but not the majority by any means. Parents need to be engaged and available plain and simple. We have never ONCE told our kids they couldn't look at stuff or read stuff....they know we are always there for them to ask questions to and talk......and we do. To simply blanket blame the internet is naive, foolish and lazy.
It's super easy to scapegoat "bad parenting", but we have created a society that many people can not afford to be there for their kids in everyway that they might need. Then as the kids become adults and want to become self sufficient then it's even harder for them. Wages have been stagnant, prices are increasing as fast as social services are decreasing. Now in some states we are forcing babies on mothers who either don't want them or can't afford them. We are fucked. It's only going to get worse before it gets better because it is actually still getting worse in front of our very eyes. Along with our gun culture and laws and healthcare affordability, we are in a downward spiral.
Nobody can afford to have a stay at home parent anymore. And in a lot of cases, both parents WANT to work. My mom was a stay at home parent, and it was a huge positive to have her in my life all the time, but that's just not possible for a lot of people these days. Also, it's just becoming too expensive to have more than one kid these days. School/Daycare..... the cost of hobbies like sports.... food and clothing..... everything is just so expensive now. My wife and I always wanted to have two kids, and honestly I don't think we can afford to have another one. We are paying $2100 a month for daycare right now.
You can do all of that, and it still may not be enough. Things have definitely changed, but doing all of those things you mentioned is certainly a great start on giving your child every opportunity.
Associating this with guns at all is a huge distraction and has in fact become an obstacle to identifying and addressing the real problems.
We are failing our kids. Plain and simple. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/04/us/n...utm_content=2023-05-04T13:49:58&utm_term=link In history, scores have been consistently declining since 2014. In 2022, the score – on a scale from zero to 500 – decreased by five points compared to 2018 and is approximately nine points lower than it was in 2014, the assessment data show. The declines were seen across various American history themes, including democracy, culture, technology, and the changing role of the US in the world. In 2022, 40% of students scored “below basic” proficiency, an increase of six percentage points since 2018, the data show. “Eighth-grade students performing at the NAEP Proficient level should be able to incorporate geographic, technological, and other considerations” in their understanding of US historical events, assessment officials said. The percentage of eighth graders who said they were taking classes focused mainly on US history also declined from 72% in 2018 to 68% in 2022, according to the assessment.
I disagree. Guns are part of the problem and a coping mechanism for people affected. They are very much a part of the equation.
I think it goes beyond guns. I think American culture is so deeply seeded in violence and it permeates throughout our society. Movies... television... music... sports... video games. We love violence. We love death. Is it really surprising then that kids turn around and resort to violence?
Disagree. Guns are just a tool. If it weren't guns it would be fire or bombs or poison, or cars...Or any number of things. The important part is preventing people from wanting to hurt themselves or others.
