OT: The BEST parent in America. - The Orange Mane

enjolras · 05-15-2009, 11:43 AM

I'm being serious.

http://www.theweek.com/article/index...icas_worst_mom

Rabb · 05-15-2009, 11:46 AM

I am sure she gives him roids and lets him watch Ghostbusters as well

****ing creep

bfoflcommish · 05-15-2009, 11:47 AM

not sheltering him and letting him learn.....no arguements from me

Dagmar · 05-15-2009, 11:49 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30763438/

Kaylore · 05-15-2009, 12:06 PM

I don't have kids and so know very little, but one thing I have always hated that parents teach their kids is "don't talk to strangers." That has to be the stupidest advice in the world. It's like programming your kid to be some kind of goth weirdo when he grows up.

rugbythug · 05-15-2009, 12:07 PM

I have no problem with what she did.

Rabb · 05-15-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaylore

I don't have kids and so know very little, but one thing I have always hated that parents teach their kids is "don't talk to strangers." That has to be the stupidest advice in the world. It's like programming your kid to be Bob when he grows up.

fixed

Beantown Bronco · 05-15-2009, 12:13 PM

See she knew the train was safe because they don't play movies on the train. I heard on the light rail that she wouldn't let him fly in an airplane when he was younger because the in flight movie was Ghostbusters.

Jason in LA · 05-15-2009, 12:17 PM

Here in LA I see a number of kids around that age walking to school without their parents. I don't think it's a big deal.

My father always tells the story that he used to ride the street cars around LA when he was 10 years old. He and his friends would go pretty much where ever they wanted to... well, except for areas where it was known that blacks weren't welcomed.

Jason in LA · 05-15-2009, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Beantown Bronco

See she knew the train was safe because they don't play movies on the train. I heard on the light rail that she wouldn't let him fly in an airplane when he was younger because the in flight movie was Ghostbusters.

The thread that keeps on giving. lol

Rabb · 05-15-2009, 12:20 PM

I don't disagree with her line of thought, I would just be way too nervous with all the sick ****s out there in the world to let that happen. Hell I worry when my 17 year old walks 3 blocks to school.

Bob's your Information Minister · 05-15-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaylore

I don't have kids and so know very little, but one thing I have always hated that parents teach their kids is "don't talk to strangers." That has to be the stupidest advice in the world. It's like programming your kid to be some kind of goth weirdo when he grows up.

I was taught not to make serious friends with people who weren't Jehovah's Witnesses. I don't think it's a coincidence I'm so ****ed up.

UberBroncoMan · 05-15-2009, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty Shackleford

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30763438/

Damn......

rugbythug · 05-15-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty Shackleford

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30763438/

UGGHH. Hard to see what the parents are thinking. Still this is bad case law. I don't like the Gov't having the power to force medical procedures on people.

BFDD · 05-15-2009, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rugbythug

I have no problem with what she did.

Hold up... you let you kid at age 3 watch UFC, but have a problem with them watching Ghost Busters?

Then you don't have a problem with your kid riding on a NY city subway at the age of 9?

I'd say you have a parental compass malfunction.

slyinky · 05-15-2009, 05:51 PM

Actually, I think kids have it too easy nowadays anyway.

They should lift the ban on lawn darts.

loborugger · 05-15-2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaylore

I don't have kids and so know very little, but one thing I have always hated that parents teach their kids is "don't talk to strangers." That has to be the stupidest advice in the world. It's like programming your kid to be some kind of goth weirdo when he grows up.

Well, somewhere between "dont talk to the strange guy in the 78 Camaro with a butterfly collared shirt that opens to his navel with a gold medallion hung around his neck, and dont talk to anyone, anywhere, at any time" is a happy medium. However, parents often come in on the side of caution as they dont want their children harmed. Its a natural instinct and it will be interesting to see where you land on this once you do have kids.

sirhcyennek81 · 05-15-2009, 06:33 PM

When my brother was 5 he was waiting for me at the end of our driveway so he could walk back with me when I got off the bus, before I got there the MP's pulled up and asked him if he was lost. Now keep in mind, the house we lived in was 40 feet right behind him. He didnt say a word to them, because they are strangers. So they pick him up, and I come home, and I walk in and ask where Nick is. MP's took him and had him sitting in the station, he wouldnt say a word to them until they promised him a cookie, and even then he only said his first name. But how hard is this for an MP? Each house had the name of the family living in it POSTED right there...

spdirty · 05-15-2009, 06:48 PM

Its tough. Where I live the fear is more mountain lions and bears than strange people. My kids are 6 and 3, and if they go out they have to tell me so i can keep an eye on em. I had an exact opposite belief before I had kids, but a nightmare happens every now and then or bigtime worries happen or bad thoughts of what could happen to the innocent little ones and it sometimes draws me to be overprotective. Plus what you see in the news about a 5 year old boy or a 7 year old little girl and think about what would happen if your kids ever got hurt, I can say this anything ever happens to either of my little guys and I would be suicidal.

So maybe as a relatively new parent thats where I am but I won't condemn this lady for doing what she did. She felt her son was ready and things went OK and her son is proud of himself. Cool.

Inkana7 · 05-15-2009, 07:43 PM

That's why I'm glad I was born and raised in Rural Ohio. Boring, yes. But I got to run around free and independant. I could get dirty, scrape my knee, play cowboys and indians. I could do what I wanted, and I'm a perfectly functioning, highly intelligent person.

Don't coddle your damn kids.

sirhcyennek81 · 05-15-2009, 08:04 PM

When we lived in virginia we spent every day for 3 summers at the pool from memorial day until labor day. best summers ever.

OABB · 05-15-2009, 08:26 PM

most of the bad things that happen to kids are by someone they know anyways. they are probably safer with strangers.....

Popps · 05-15-2009, 10:27 PM

SouthStndJunkie · 05-15-2009, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Inkana7

That's why I'm glad I was born and raised in Rural Ohio. Boring, yes. But I got to run around free and independant. I could get dirty, scrape my knee, play cowboys and indians. I could do what I wanted, and I'm a perfectly functioning, highly intelligent person.

Don't coddle your damn kids.

Same here....I got to grow up in the sticks in Ohio....had a couple hundred acres of woods in my neighborhood to play in....I would not trade it for anything.

TailgateNut · 05-16-2009, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by rabbmasterflash

Hell I worry when my 17 year old walks 3 blocks to school.

WTF?

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05-15-2009, 11:46 AM	#2
Rabb Zombie Slayer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 5,249 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	I am sure she gives him roids and lets him watch Ghostbusters as well ****ing creep

05-15-2009, 11:47 AM	#3
bfoflcommish Time for Broncos Football GO..........BRONCOS Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mile High Posts: 3,302 Adopt-a-Bronco: Steve Atwater	not sheltering him and letting him learn.....no arguements from me

05-15-2009, 11:49 AM	#4
Dagmar ...there ain't no devil ..there's just God when he's drunk. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Morrison Posts: 17,132 Adopt-a-Bronco: Tim Tebow	http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30763438/

05-15-2009, 12:06 PM	#5
Kaylore 6-37, Raider fans. Yummy birds and snow! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ceti Alpha V Posts: 41,019 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Duke	I don't have kids and so know very little, but one thing I have always hated that parents teach their kids is "don't talk to strangers." That has to be the stupidest advice in the world. It's like programming your kid to be some kind of goth weirdo when he grows up.

05-15-2009, 12:07 PM	#6
rugbythug Church Eyes. Salty Dog Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,787 Adopt-a-Bronco: Mr. Miller	I have no problem with what she did.

05-15-2009, 12:13 PM	#8
Beantown Bronco Athletic Supporter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mass Posts: 19,040 Adopt-a-Bronco: Matt Prater	See she knew the train was safe because they don't play movies on the train. I heard on the light rail that she wouldn't let him fly in an airplane when he was younger because the in flight movie was Ghostbusters.

05-15-2009, 12:17 PM	#9
Jason in LA Gimmie that rep fool! Speaking of Butts & Boob Mojo Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: LA Posts: 12,252	Here in LA I see a number of kids around that age walking to school without their parents. I don't think it's a big deal. My father always tells the story that he used to ride the street cars around LA when he was 10 years old. He and his friends would go pretty much where ever they wanted to... well, except for areas where it was known that blacks weren't welcomed.

05-15-2009, 12:20 PM	#11
Rabb Zombie Slayer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 5,249 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	I don't disagree with her line of thought, I would just be way too nervous with all the sick ****s out there in the world to let that happen. Hell I worry when my 17 year old walks 3 blocks to school.

05-15-2009, 05:51 PM	#16
slyinky All Rights Reserved Thar she Blows! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 743 Adopt-a-Bronco: None	Actually, I think kids have it too easy nowadays anyway. They should lift the ban on lawn darts.

05-15-2009, 06:33 PM	#18
sirhcyennek81 Yes...swooping is bad... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florence, Colorado Posts: 20,668 Adopt-a-Bronco: All of them.	When my brother was 5 he was waiting for me at the end of our driveway so he could walk back with me when I got off the bus, before I got there the MP's pulled up and asked him if he was lost. Now keep in mind, the house we lived in was 40 feet right behind him. He didnt say a word to them, because they are strangers. So they pick him up, and I come home, and I walk in and ask where Nick is. MP's took him and had him sitting in the station, he wouldnt say a word to them until they promised him a cookie, and even then he only said his first name. But how hard is this for an MP? Each house had the name of the family living in it POSTED right there...

05-15-2009, 06:48 PM	#19
spdirty Ring of Famer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bailey Posts: 13,899 Adopt-a-Bronco: Koppen	Its tough. Where I live the fear is more mountain lions and bears than strange people. My kids are 6 and 3, and if they go out they have to tell me so i can keep an eye on em. I had an exact opposite belief before I had kids, but a nightmare happens every now and then or bigtime worries happen or bad thoughts of what could happen to the innocent little ones and it sometimes draws me to be overprotective. Plus what you see in the news about a 5 year old boy or a 7 year old little girl and think about what would happen if your kids ever got hurt, I can say this anything ever happens to either of my little guys and I would be suicidal. So maybe as a relatively new parent thats where I am but I won't condemn this lady for doing what she did. She felt her son was ready and things went OK and her son is proud of himself. Cool.

05-15-2009, 07:43 PM	#20
Inkana7 Ring of Famer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,230 Adopt-a-Bronco: Derek Wolfe	That's why I'm glad I was born and raised in Rural Ohio. Boring, yes. But I got to run around free and independant. I could get dirty, scrape my knee, play cowboys and indians. I could do what I wanted, and I'm a perfectly functioning, highly intelligent person. Don't coddle your damn kids.

05-15-2009, 08:04 PM	#21
sirhcyennek81 Yes...swooping is bad... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florence, Colorado Posts: 20,668 Adopt-a-Bronco: All of them.	When we lived in virginia we spent every day for 3 summers at the pool from memorial day until labor day. best summers ever.

05-15-2009, 08:26 PM	#22
OABB Master of Karate aaahaaaaaaaaah Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los angeles Posts: 7,132 Adopt-a-Bronco: tgnsmyb****	most of the bad things that happen to kids are by someone they know anyways. they are probably safer with strangers.....

05-15-2009, 10:27 PM	#23
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