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Originally posted by *KK*@Jun 29 2003, 12:39 AM
Wait a minute, the more I think about it, my son's been abducted and an alien put in his place!
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I saw a lot in my kid when he was E's age that I saw in E. HOPEFULLY the military will get mine into shape, lol! If not, then he's doomed.
He's brilliant, but w/o a lick of common sense and nothing in his brain that says "If I do this, this will happen". Honest to goodness, he walked in last week with a freaking fish aquarium. He was getting ready to leave on a 2.5 week long camping trip, and then hopefully to boot camp and then who knows where for technical school after that. And he spends $70 on a fish aquarium.
He got pulled over on the interstate a few weeks ago for supposedly not using his turn signal. If he gets another traffic ticket he loses his license. He starts telling me the story and it seems he was in the LEFT LANE on 75 South. ANYONE who's driven in Atlanta knows that unless it's rush hour, you're going AT LEAST 15+ miles over the speed limit (which is 65 there) if you're in the left lane. I asked him how fast he was going. He didn't know. Now, if you were in danger of losing your license, WOULDN'T YOU KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR SPEED??!!
But he was so proud he didn't get a ticket. Oy.
But I digress - Yeah, I know there were daycares. My mom put me in a Mother's Morning Out type place when I was 3 - she never worked a day in her life, but apparently, raising me was too much. I wonder where my son gets it from?
But the majority of the kids weren't in them. Look around Roswell, Marietta, and Alpharetta - on every corner there's at least 2.
I just think our kids are getting short changed these days. All of them? Of course not. And there are some great kids that completely overcome the odds. But I DO think America has taking "getting away from the family unit" just a wee bit too far in the last 20-25 years and I think it's starting to show in society.
