It's amazing how easy it is to be a perfect parent - until we actually are one. Imagine what we'd say to somebody who says "I always program everything without any errors at all - that is, I will when I start programming." "I am a faultless driver - or I will be when I start driving." I'll listen to you a lot more when you actually have some experience with the things you're talking about.
It's also amazing to me how you make the leap to assume I don't do any of these things. Believe me, I try - but when your kids spend 7 hours in school and several more hours doing homework and being online, you're competing against a lot.
It would be great if you knew what you were talking about. I spend a lot of effort trying to interact with my kids. I spend a lot of time talking to them, and listening to them. However, they spend a lot more time talking to their friends and being on-line.
It's easy to do nothing and then point the blame at the parents when things go wrong. The reality is that most parents are trying hard to do the right thing, but time and peer pressure make it very difficult.
Finally, I find it interesting that some of the same people who support "it takes a village to raise a child" scream like crazy when somebody so much as suggests that the community even HELP raise kids.
Something else that I find illuminating: the election judge asking this question is a Republican. Curious, don't you think? I sure am glad I didn't ask an honest question on here and expect people to actually give honest answers rather than pathetically questioning my motives.
And you're right, I think the fact that he self-stated he was a Republican is highly curious. Imagine how easy it would have been for him to lie and say he was a Democrat, or to have given a false location, or just to have made up a false login to ask the question to get around your eagle eyes! How silly he was - he fell right into your trap.
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Your ignorance is overcome only by your arrogance and obnoxiousness. But thanks for playing.
It's amazing how easy it is to be a perfect parent - until we actually are one. Imagine what we'd say to somebody who says "I always program everything without any errors at all - that is, I will when I start programming." "I am a faultless driver - or I will be when I start driving." I'll listen to you a lot more when you actually have some experience with the things you're talking about.
It's also amazing to me how you make the leap to assume I don't do any of these things. Believe me, I try - but when your kids spend 7 hours in school and several more hours doing homework and being online, you're competing against a lot.
It would be great if you knew what you were talking about. I spend a lot of effort trying to interact with my kids. I spend a lot of time talking to them, and listening to them. However, they spend a lot more time talking to their friends and being on-line. It's easy to do nothing and then point the blame at the parents when things go wrong. The reality is that most parents are trying hard to do the right thing, but time and peer pressure make it very difficult. Finally, I find it interesting that some of the same people who support "it takes a village to raise a child" scream like crazy when somebody so much as suggests that the community even HELP raise kids.
to elections where Democrats are unpopular?