Comments on: Not My Kid

By: John Mansfield

John Mansfield — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:51:15 +0000

Perhaps, but no one doesn’t.

By: melanie franti

melanie franti — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:31:25 +0000

john, everyone knows me.

By: John Mansfield

John Mansfield — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:53:19 +0000

mfranti is a fairly unique name.

By: mfranti

mfranti — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:33:32 +0000

Remember that, MFranti, the next time you find out someone is belittling the mistakes that you make as a parent. And when you complain about how they don’t know your situation and your child, you can take pleasure in the fact that outsiders always know best…

Got your knickers on a little to tight, eh?

psycho,

1. It’s in the newspaper so it’s fair game.
2. Some things are just dumb and this was dumb. For the parent and the student.

…And at least I have the cojones (Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!!!) to use my real name.

That is all.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 05 May 2011 22:01:01 +0000

Chris,

actually it’s not that marvelous. It’s actually fairly predictable, isn’t it?

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:10:34 +0000

It’s marvelous to see that that psychochemiker can bitch and whine about pretty every post on the bloggernacle.

By: psychochemiker

psychochemiker — Thu, 05 May 2011 20:30:21 +0000

It’s marvelous to see judgmental the bloggernacle can be about a situation about which very little is known. Remember that, MFranti, the next time you find out someone is belittling the mistakes that you make as a parent. And when you complain about how they don’t know your situation and your child, you can take pleasure in the fact that outsiders always know best…

By: David T.

David T. — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:27:58 +0000

This only goes to show what an antique I am. If this had happened in a Salt Lake school in the 70′s, it never would had made the papers. The worst thing that would have happened was the coach in charge of the assembly would’ve given the kid a “fresh one” on the side of the head, called him an idiot and sent him away. Way I see it, the kid wasn’t an incubating David Duke, he was just a moron. The mother was also a moron for making such bonehead excuses. She should have either kept her mouth shut or said something like, “I apologize for my son’s offensive behavior. That isn’t how we raised him. Believe me, he’s going to have a long discussion with his father tonight.”

When I was a teen, my dad had a friend that was an ex-SS officer who snuck into the US after the war, and quietly melted into the tapestry. One Halloween he lent me some of his medals– an Iron Cross, an eagle-over-swastika insignia and a marksmanship medal– which I pinned on Dad’s army shirt and wore while trick-or-treating. Yeah, I got a lot of cross-eyed looks. A couple of the men, though, actually gushed over how cool they were. The point is, yes, it was an extremely stupid thing to do (for which my insensitive father was also complicit). But I wasn’t raised in a Jew-hating, Hun-loving home. I just thought the Nazi uniforms were kinda cool.

I live in Southern California now, and the reasons kids call each other “racist” at my daughter’s school are laughable. Here’s an actual example:

Kid: Have you seen Brittani?
Daughter: Which one? The white one or the black one?
Kid: Ooooh! You’re so RACIST!!

I know, mfranti, that the point of your entry was the mother’s own pathetic response to her son’s behavior, and I agree. The story just also struck me about how we make such huge “60 Minutes”-worthy moments of incidents that are nothing more than stupid being stupid.

By: marv thompson

marv thompson — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:07:34 +0000

I am not worried about my grand kids or Glenn Becks kids,they are being home schooled .At age 7 my grand daughter knew all the states and half the capitols ,and she knew 2/3 of the presidents.Todays public schools teach at a snails pace and they teach to test,rather then explore children’s interest and capabilities.

By: meems

meems — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:50:08 +0000

Thanks. Good advice!