i went to my first peace rally and march tonight.
it was incredible.
at one time there were probably 350 of us all joined in solidarity.
I could see that the situation was about to get out of hand. But what to do? Well, I did the only thing that a red blooded American gal can do in this situation, I raised up my skirt and showed everybody some leg.
However, this did help prove my theory that love or something like it can put an end to the enmity between us.
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sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
LOL heaven.......I try that too! Now, do you see why on my agenda for Dallas I wanted to take an uniterupted bubble bath and a nap.....but that damn xenawarrior wouldn't let me!
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
heaven wrote:
I now wish for all the board mom's, a much deserved, long, hot soak in a cozy bubblebath.
Ahhhhhhhh........if only! Don't know about you ladies, but everytime I get in the bathtub, I heard a knock on the door......."mom......what are you doing in there?"
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
Wow heaven.........(and btw......nice of you to join us ) what an experience. You being such a good mother too.....just goes to show, no matter how good of parents we are, our children are still suspectible to being preyed upon. It is a scarey world out there........
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
You know what......NO this wasn't an issue for PM. This is an issue that needs to be brought out in the open so that we are all aware that there are minors on the board...one in particular last night. I for one didn't have any idea that there were minors on the board. Call me nieve, but I didn't. Now that this issue has been brought out to the open, we can be more aware of the situation.
What....should we just sweep it under the run........quietly dance around the elephant in the living room? One problem I have w/some on this board is when something becomes "uncomfortable" for them, the answer is to not bring it to the open.
I do agree that this thread got sidetracked along the way. Totally took away from what was intended. BUT.......try to look at the good that came out of it. Everyone that replied got to explore their thinking on the subject. That is how we find out who we are and what we will or will not stand for.
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
Good Lord people..........
A legitimate topic/concern for the board gone awry.
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
We do have people who come on the board who are just mean spirited.They will go after any soft target,I doubt a kid would make any difference to them...
BINGO. Now, do you understand why I was so concerned last night?
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
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would hope you would consider this. What if your child came online and needed just to be acknowledged and included. Again you never know what is going on in someone else's life and what is affecting them on the other side of the monitor. A child comes online, into chat.. that is not a everyday event. What if it was your child and he or she was treated thusly.. how would you feel. Let's stop and walk a mile in those shoes. Does your child tell you everything that is bothering them ? Sometimes just hanging with the adults helps and it leaves the door open for converstation. There may of been something that could of been voiced if given a chance. But I don't think she was made to feel welcome. Pre- Teenagers and Teenagers are not the most forth coming in discussing what is going in thier lives. Sometimes they cannot go to their parent or feel uncomfortable bring stuff up. Are we so busy and close minded not to be open to a child's needs ? Voiced or not
If that was a need of my child, and I knew it, I, as a parent, would not allow them UNSUPERVISED in a chatroom full of strangers. Period. I don't trust everyone on the board and don't trust anyone on the internet. I certainly wouldn't blindly trust that you people are gonna give her what she needs. People forget what a dangerous place the internet can be. Hence the need for supervision!
No, my 12 year old doesn't come to me with everything. BUT.......we do have open communication and she knows that if she needs "solace" for whatever reasons, that there are people that we both know that have earned our trust (and who I know would help her) that she can speak to. I would NEVER allow my child to open up to any stranger. Are you forgetting that there are strangers on this board? Many lurkers?
Whatever you, or anyone decides to do, with your children is your business. As for me and mine.......well.....I have a much different view. I am all for supporting,helping and listening to preteens/teens......I am just stating that there is a time and a place.
I hope that this young person finds the help she needs thru this transition. My actions and thoughts were as if she was a child of mine.
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
As far as slamming xw and scooter or anyone else for that matter...it aint necessary, especially after something as trivial as a few minced words between users...Both of them are excellent mothers, to which I can attest most definitely.
Valis........thank you.
BTW.........for those who think that this "should" be a family site, it is very interesting.....when your past posts/threads have been pulled up.......funny, hmmm......not all were "family content'. Very interesting.......maybe we should shed the hat of hypocrisy and practice what we preach.
Christy of the "not all of her posts are suitable for children"
