How are they not being provided for? Many children of high stress/high profile parents go to sleep away schools, foster with friends or stay with family. Often they will also only stay with hired help. This isn't something new.
denstar wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:50 PM, denstar wrote: >> >>> We're in NM, so we're familiar with how wonderful kids can turn out >>> when raised by, say, grandparents, but, you gotta somehow agree that >>> having kids and expecting someone else to raise them is sorta not >>> responsible. >>> >>> And I've had enough of non-responsible people telling everyone else >>> they need to be held accountable and whatnot. > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Robert Munn wrote: >> You have no idea of the relationship between any of these people and >> here you are throwing stones at her. Shame on you, Denny, you are >> better than that. > > Oh Rob, don't make me blush! > > Fer shame... > > I wasn't actually referring to anyone in specific, man. > > T'was all generalities, that happened to occur in a thread about circumstance. > > Eh. Anyways-- so you don't have a problem with, like, kids having kids? > > You feel it's being responsible, to bring new life into this world, > and then foist it off on someone else? > > You know, a lot of these kids, raised by their Grandfolk, have real > issues with their "real" parents, you know? Sometimes it can take > years and years to get over it. Sometimes it passes onto another > generation before it's settled, if ever. > > I had thought you'd be "all in" for being responsible... maybe it > wasn't you, but someone keeps posting the wrestler turned gubment > official's comment to the welfare mom, and somehow I thought you were > down with that sentiment. > > Now don't get me wrong, I've said many times how I wish we were a > little more family oriented, "like Spain", usually, just because I > liked what I heard about the place, but anyways... I love the idea of > grandparents having an active role (hell, besides the potential for > sexual abuse, I think lots and lots of family is swell), and whatnot. > But we're not exactly talking about that, or at least, I'm talking > about the irresponsible way of doing it, I guess. > > I hope I'm putting words in your mouth, but: > > You *really* think that it's responsible to produce children you can't > provide for, eh? Wow. > > Maybe I just think I'm sober, and really I'm tripping balls. > > Tell me I'm tripping. Please. It would all make more sense that way, > in an Alice in Wonderland-sh sense. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267533 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5