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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:09 AM Original message |
With Mothers' Day approaching, it pains me to see so many BAD mothers |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Look at the society as a whole |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You are right, it is the devalued status of motherhood in this |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Good points! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Happy Mother's Day, Susan Smith! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Don't forget Andrea Yeates ?? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Kick some blame on sperm donor, Rusty Yates, too, would you? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Randy shoulders MOST of the blame in that case |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Of course he does. |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. to be perfectly fair |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Gee ... why aren't the wives of male murderers blamed too? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 09:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Actually the OP |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Funny, I didn't read it that way. I've now reread it ... |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. The post is about mothers |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. My mom was a single mom following her divorce |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Education and even counselling is as inportant as money |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. commiserating with you, socaldem! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Katherine, Diane & Susan were never born.. But I did get |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Lots of predators LOOK for the needy woman with a child" -- that's a fact |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Bingo! |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good point on the MJ case, I've said it all along also, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You are right.. geography does not matter in all cases, but if you look |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Agreed, but those that are more comfortable financially |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The "status" of some leads them to believe that their kids are "safe" |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. How true, there are no boundaries. |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. Incredibly harsh post SOCALDEM! Way past anything I've ever seen |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I am a member of your "club" too... I guess this latest dead girl |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Mothers are often at least partially responsible. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Children send "signals", and unfortunately, lots of times |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. you are not looking in the right direction |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Mothers. Are. Not. Blameless. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. And the opposite situation, where single fathers will throw |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 09:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It's odd, though. When a father has custody, lots of people |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. A police officer once told me that in his experience, if a woman |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. scary but true |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. so many BAD mothers |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here in Alabama.. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. As a single mother, I can only say that this thread is very |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
58. There are those among us |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Class & Sex Warfare |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 08:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Where to start?? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well you know |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. The only way people learn to be parents (for the most part) |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Mother's Day History |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. thank you for posting this |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. It is sad how |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
37. We've lost our sense of communities and extended families |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
39. I can only speak for myself |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. As they say about shirts, |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. It didn't matter who the man was |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. It happened long ago too... |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. These things have always gone on. Even in conservative |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Didn't used to be..and that's sad.. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Oh, dear. I hope you have made to adulthood.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Most certainly broke the cycle.. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. and yet, when was the last time you thanked a GOOD MOTHER??? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. That's the thing... Mothers who do what's expected of them go |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Good point. |
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CitySky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
51. here's one case where i totally blame the guy: |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. I think there are alot more |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Raising kids is the hardest job, and parents have a struggle every day |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
57. Oh, good, something else to feel guilty about |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Good catch and good post |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Yep. |
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