Our education system is trash because of the GOP. That’s basically what it boils down to—there has been a severe lack of focus on developing critical thinking skills and understanding the difference between reliable and unreliable sources. You learn these things in college but of course those most prone (most, not…
Isilzha. I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star.
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Every time someone says, “I would never do that,” I make them read this article. It haunts me. The description of how the child dies haunts me. I’ve never been so gutted by a piece of journalism ever.
Exactly. I used to be my neice’s nanny, and one day ran around doing errands with her strapped to my back... and I totally forgot she was there until she woke up and started crying. I mean, she was on my BACK for chrissakes... so scary....
I love my daughter more than anything I have ever loved. I would want to kill myself if I ever did anything to hurt her. And yet I could totally see me being the type of person who would do this. I’m very scatter-brained, and very often don’t remember the whole trip getting to work. I double-checked the car frequently…
It’s also when your routine changes abruptly. Parent A usually take Little Timmy to daycare, but Parent A is sick today. Parent B decides to take Little Timmy instead, but on the way gets into rote motion of the day mode and totally forgot that they’re responsible for Little Timmy (who is quietly sleeping in the…
I do get how people can do it (which was obviously not the case in this situation). When this happens, it’s not typically when they are taking a cross-country trip with their kids, it’s when they are going through the rote motions of their day. Have you ever gotten in your car to head to ____, but gotten halfway to a…
They’re great. I recall a lot of people, even among atheists, being a bit apprehensive about the Satanic Temple concept when they first started making noise. But they’re really done an excellent job so far, in my opinion. Granted, fucking with the religious right is pretty much always a good thing in my book.
Ehhhh. Remember that to the Biblical Jesus, serving the poor and loving your neighbor are godly works, but they aren’t what gets you into heaven. Faith in Christ is what gets you into heaven.
I got called a liberal elitist for commenting about a nativity scene being removed from a city hall “Go to a church if you want to see a nativity display.” After getting a bunch of defensive “don’t look”s I asked if this was an Islamic display would they be just as upset? Ignored. So I said “Get over yourselves.”…
Parents. Don’t. Own. Their. Kids. Aaaaaaahhh!
Apparently in this country, if someone appears on tv they hold more expertise than people with degrees, training, and experience.
In 2017 you’re going to be nostalgic for 2016 when Trump wasn’t president yet
I suspect there are 2 points. The Thomas Moore Institute (mom’s lawyers) would like to overturn some of these laws where minors can access medical treatments without parental permission. In this case, gender reassignment treatments (hormones), but the long game is birth control and abortion.
Yes a lot of people actually think that parents effectively own their children (usually conservative religious folks). Hence “parental rights”.
THIS. It’s so hard to explain it to people that don’t have parents like this or haven’t been around people like this, but it’s so true. My mother, who’s still holding a grudge from me leaving home at 16, spent the TWO DAYS she was out here for my son’s high school graduation earlier this year attempting to win that…
There are a lot of things I suck at as a parent but I made a vow early on to never try to change my son. My mother was always trying to force me to be more like her, mostly small things, but it had a profound impact on my self esteem
Unfortunately, and at least this is the overarching impression I got from parents I didn’t care for when I was working in childcare, many people with your parents attitude and frankly my parents attitude view their children as extensions of themselves. And this is why I feel like some parents have a huge problem when…
“Their rights” in the sense that they think they have the “right” to basically own and control their children as they see fit. I’ve seen this argument about “rights” being violated a lot in the fundie homeschool community, ‘cause God forbid we have standards as to how well children are educated.
“I’m also taking this action for the benefit of all parents and families, who may be facing the same violation of their rights—”