Unbelievable

MY HEAD A SPLODE

 

I think it goes a little further than that. It's that the community is willing to pull the weight for the parents that really don't give a shit. That it's now our responsibility to help everyone else; even when they don't want to work for bettering their lives.

I see it as another "Take care of those that don't want to work" mottos

 

I don't really think that is exactly where she is going with that.

It sounds to me like more of a combination of "thrust your schools, they know what they are doing" and a veiled plea for more money for education. I'd like to know more the context of why she is saying what she is.

 

I don't even have kids and I'm outraged by this.

 

I chose not to have kids. Your shitty brats are not mine.

 

Oh yes they are now. Apparently. You owe me some money for their upbringing. Shall I send you a bill?

 

I think this is being twisted up here.

The idea is too many people just want to say the problems kids have these days are the parents problem, not the community's problem. When the truth is that if kids are dealing with issues they can't overcome, then it does become a community problem. It will lead to more crimes, more violence and more cost to the community on the back end.

Let's start treating these issues kids are going through as a community issue rather than parental issues (which there is an argument for that) and watch how people start thinking about these bond measures and problems with schooling in a different light.

Problem with her thought process is I think most people are personally selfish when it comes to these kind of issues and if it hit them in the pocketbook, especially school bonds, when they have no children, and good luck trying to convince them they should vote to increase money in this area. Community issue . . . parent issue . . . doesn't matter, no more gov't spending!

 

Nice try Denny, but no one is going to take your screaming brats off your hands.

 

You are taking about one line, but it is used in the context is about investing in public education (her very first statement and where she is going with this).

And right after she says we need to break the notion of kids belonging to their families (and again take it in context of what she says before about notions people have and the lack of public funding), she says we "need to recognize kids belong to whole communities" . . . thus making it a community issue.

Troubled kids and kids barriers are a community issue

 

I didn't even watch the video and I'm outraged by this.

 

What should be done about her? After all, she literally says we have to get rid of the notion that kids belong to their families and parents. And at least two people here are shocked. Don't know about you but it almost makes me want to devise a gun control bill just so I feel like we're doing something positive and useful. I'm with you -- someone should pay for the outrage we've suffered. I mean, she literally says we have to get rid of the notion that kids belong to their families and parents. If I understand English at all, that's outrageous!

Clearly this woman is after our children.

I know that Treaty_of_Batum sounds reasonable, what with his context and meaning talk, but there's no getting around the fact that she literally says...we have to get rid of the notion that kids belong to their families and parents.

 

I'm totally fine with community betterment.... what annoys me is when:

A) The community tries to tell someone how to parent

B) The parent does nothing and relies on the community/television/video games to do all the parenting.