I judge / unpop ops

chelseamb11 · January 2012

Mehg I don't think I even heard the whole story. How did this accident happen? Were you in the car? Or was it parked?

Blueyed228 · January 2012

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[QUOTE] Another UO, I don't think a person should be able to plead insanity for violent crimes. Their mental state should not be mentioned during their trial, only during sentencing so that the state can see that they receive treatment accordingly.
Posted by dmiller9274[/QUOTE]

I like this

maratea · January 2012

My UO: Birth parents should have zero rights to the child after they give it up for adoption. I've always felt like this and this story makes me even angrier. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/jan/01/couple-forced-to-give-up-daughter/

IMO, that dad gave up his rights when he left his pregnant fiance. I'd bet money that kid won't be raised by her dad but rather her grandparents or go into foster care.

chelseamb11 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]I'm cool with spanking kids, too. My other unpop op about kids is that parents are damaging their kids so much by tip toeing around them and being scared to ever hurt their little feelings. Another UO, I don't think a person should be able to plead insanity for violent crimes. Their mental state should not be mentioned during their trial, only during sentencing so that the state can see that they receive treatment accordingly.
Posted by dmiller9274[/QUOTE]

Agreed. I was reading an article the other day about a guy who is HIV positive and literally made it his goal to infect and kill as many people as possible via sex. He literally had sex with like 3000 people. His lawyer flat out said they are looking into the "possibility" of an insanity plea. WTF.

Celles · January 2012

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[QUOTE]My UO: Birth parents should have zero rights to the child after they give it up for adoption. I've always felt like this and this story makes me even angrier. <a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/jan/01/couple-forced-to-give-up-daughter/" rel="nofollow">http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/jan/01/couple-forced-to-give-up-daughter/</a> IMO, that dad gave up his rights when he left his pregnant fiance. I'd bet money that kid won't be raised by her dad but rather her grandparents or go into foster care.
Posted by maratea[/QUOTE]

I agree with this.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · January 2012

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[QUOTE]My UO: Birth parents should have zero rights to the child after they give it up for adoption. I've always felt like this and this story makes me even angrier. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/jan/01/couple-forced-to-give-up-daughter/">http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/jan/01/couple-forced-to-give-up-daughter/</a> IMO, that dad gave up his rights when he left his pregnant fiance. I'd bet money that kid won't be raised by her dad but rather her grandparents or go into foster care.
Posted by maratea[/QUOTE]

That completely breaks my heart :(

midgetthemighty · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I judge / unpop ops : Agreed. I was reading an article the other day about a guy who is HIV positive and literally made it his goal to infect and kill as many people as possible via sex. He literally had sex with like 3000 people. His lawyer flat out said they are looking into the "possibility" of an insanity plea. WTF.
Posted by chelseamb11[/QUOTE]

<div>That's a lot of bouts of temporary insanity. WTF</div>

reddy123 · January 2012

Mara- that story riles me up because of the Native aspect. My nephew was involved in a nasty custody battle and basically, long story short, we were threatened with Native family laws, we were told no matter what we paid or fought in the past, if they wanted to bring up the fact that he is Native American, they could have full custody. They never did (because our fam eventually agreed and conceded), but we always have that hanging over our head for future rounds (awesome).

mehgank · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Mehg I don't think I even heard the whole story. How did this accident happen? Were you in the car? Or was it parked?
Posted by chelseamb11[/QUOTE]

I put the story in the GM thread from today, along with pics.

ricksang · January 2012

What's up with the E board? Where did all the regular girls go?

bsn1752 · January 2012

Ok, going alllll the way back to the Christmas Providers thing with the wish lists...

This is going to be UO for sure, but I don't have ANY problem with children requesting lavish things... like ipads, Abercrombie, MP3 players, XBox... anything. After all, it's their WISH list - not their "must haves". You ask any 8 year old what they want (regardless of their parents' financial background), and they're going to give you a list like that! I don't understand the notion of "well, if you're less fortunate, you shouldn't be asking for things like that." I absolutely think they should ask for cool stuff like that. I understand that 99.9% of people can't buy those types of things off wish lists - I know that I can't - but I don't see any problem with a child requesting it.

ricksang · January 2012

I don't either BSN.

mehgank · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I judge / unpop ops : That's not an UO to me. FFS, little league games don't even have winners or losers anymore (at least, here). Kids need to learn to win AND lose graciously. And understand that you don't always get to win. Effort =/= winning. Also, the best person for the position should be playing that position. <strong>Stop rotating so every child gets a turn at every position</strong>. Not every kid can play first base or throw touchdowns.
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]

Along with that, what incentive is there for them to try hard and excel? If they're going to get a trophy whether they give it their all or they spend the whole season warming the bench, then why would they want to be the former rather than the latter? It's teaching them that it's ok to be lazy, because they'll look just as good as the all-stars.

As for the bolded part, I believe that's what practice should be for. Not games.

Blueyed228 · January 2012

BSN- My issue was that the entire wishlist was full of really expensive things. Gold chain, Timberland boots, PS3 games, IPod. There was nothing else to go by as far as what they wanted or needed. So I agree its ok to wish, but give me some other options, because at 18, you are perfectly capapble of getting a job and buying those things for yourself. (Yes, one of kids in the family was 18)

chelseamb11 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I judge / unpop ops : I put the story in the GM thread from today, along with pics.
Posted by mehgank[/QUOTE]

Oh man what a douchebag!!!!!!

mehgank · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Ok, going alllll the way back to the Christmas Providers thing with the wish lists... This is going to be UO for sure, but I don't have ANY problem with children requesting lavish things... like ipads, Abercrombie, MP3 players, XBox... anything. After all, it's their WISH list - not their "must haves". You ask any 8 year old what they want (regardless of their parents' financial background), and they're going to give you a list like that! I don't understand the notion of "well, if you're less fortunate, you shouldn't be asking for things like that." I absolutely think they should ask for cool stuff like that. I understand that 99.9% of people can't buy those types of things off wish lists - I know that I can't - but I don't see any problem with a child requesting it.
Posted by bsn1752[/QUOTE]

CONGRATS ON THE BABY PLUM!! <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" /> Huzzah!

chelseamb11 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]What's up with the E board? Where did all the regular girls go?
Posted by ricksang[/QUOTE]

Probably too annoyed with all the crazy that has sprouted over tehre.

dmiller9274 · January 2012

Mara, that story breaks my heart. That's one of my biggest fears with starting down the TTC road. If we have problems and go that route, I'm afraid someone will swoop in and take our child back.

bsn1752 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]BSN- My issue was that the entire wishlist was full of really expensive things. Gold chain, Timberland boots, PS3 games, IPod. There was nothing else to go by as far as what they wanted or needed. So I agree its ok to wish, <strong>but give me some other options</strong>, because at 18, you are perfectly capapble of getting a job and buying those things for yourself. (Yes, one of kids in the family was 18)
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

I agree there - other options should be given

bsn1752 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I judge / unpop ops : CONGRATS ON THE BABY PLUM!! Huzzah!
Posted by mehgank[/QUOTE]

Thank ya lady!

AllAboutTheBenjamin · January 2012

A school in my town went Christmas shopping for kids in Joplin, Missouri. The stuff on their Christmas lists were things like clothes, blankets, pillows, and really modest toys.

Blueyed228 · January 2012

A good place to look to donate is your local elementry schools. Here the families go to the principle with things they need, like a coat or shoes. You contact the school and they give you a specific family to "adopt". Your gifts go right to that family.

This year at the school my mom used to work at, everybody got their wishes.

avsfan33 · January 2012

There was a woman here who couldn't have children so she decided to adopt. She ended up adopting a Native baby. The reserves here had a hissy fit and demanded the baby be taken away from her because she was white and the baby wouldn't grow up "Native enough".

MRSBJS · January 2012

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[QUOTE]A good place to look to donate is your local elementry schools. Here the families go to the principle with things they need, like a coat or shoes. You contact the school and they give you a specific family to "adopt". Your gifts go right to that family. This year at the school my mom used to work at, everybody got their wishes.
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

They do something like this at my daughter's school. It's really popular with the families in town because you are actually doing something for a specific family.

bsn1752 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I judge / unpop ops : Yep. But for real, it has been kind of dead lately. Also, I tan and plan on spanking future children if they deserve it. I got spanked once when I was a kid and made sure never to repeat it!
Posted by rachers1017[/QUOTE]

Just once?

I was a terror when I was a child - I was spanked probably every few months! My DD (who is 5), has never received a "spanking"... a swat once or twice, but never an actual spanking.

I have trouble with it... I swatted her once when she swung at me. But then I felt like I was punishing her doing the same thing she just got in trouble for... meaning, she TRIED to hit me, so I hit her. I hated that.

Taking things away - that works THE BEST.

bsn1752 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Also, this is probably a really lame I judge. But I judge people who own their own business and have e-mails like richylovesteddybears@yahoo.com or whatever random personal e-mail instead of a business-appropriate name. Not going to take ya seriously, buddy.
Posted by rachers1017[/QUOTE]

To add -

If you submit a resume and have an email address like that - I am not going to call you.

Blueyed228 · January 2012

Rach- I grew up in the 80's, so my mom wore wooden clogs. She used to do the same thing as the hairbrush.

mehgank · January 2012

I dunno if the times they are a-changing, but my family was an adopted family for Christmas 1995, and we weren't even given the option of submitting wish lists. The only thing the adopters knew was our genders and ages. I got a bunch of Guess t-shirts and a Mickey watch.

midgetthemighty · January 2012

Rachers, I completely agree with that. From the very start of the Elementary program at my college, we were told to get a professional sounding e-mail address. It's just smart.

mehgank · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Rach- I grew up in the 80's, so my mom wore wooden clogs. She used to do the same thing as the hairbrush.
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

We got the good ol' wooden spoon. She broke one on my middle sister's butt for calling my oldest sister a bitch when they were in elementary school. The same spoon she used to stir the Hamburger Helper with, she'd crack across our butts/backs of our legs for being the little terrors that we were. There were five of us, so I have no idea how she kept her sanity.

What's funny is the wooden spoon incidents didn't stick with me the way it did when my mom smacked me on the mouth for sassing her in the car when I was 13. That shut me right up. I was speechless, I just sat there thinking "My mom just smacked me!".

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