reply to post by TarzanBeta
Stop complaining about what the government is doing in reaction to our stupidity. Start complaining about the stupidity and weakness of people
allowed by spoiling and fear.
The two go hand in hand.
One cannot complain about the governments "reaction to our stupidity" without acknowledging the fact that "our stupidity" is the direct and
desired result of that same governments conditioning of us.
People are taught to believe that they should turn to the government for help in ever increasingly more frivilouse matters. It used to be that
government assistance was reserved for catastrophic events that an individual could not resonably be expected to withstand without some form of
assistance.
Over the years through changes in our education and changes to government propoganda, the masses are now conditioned to call police for help raising
their children through authoritarian rule.
In this case it was "little girl behave and take a shower or else this stormtrooper here is going to disable you by blasting thousands of volts of
electricity into your body, and charge you with a crime"
Even in my community the local news just recently ran a story reminding people just what the 911 service is there for and it's proper use. The reason
for the story, local police had asked for it as a result of someone calling 911 for instructions to help them prepare their Thanksgiving turkey.
These incidents are still relatively rare but there is no denying their increasing frequency, and at what cost? What do you suppose this little girl
will do 10 years from now when her own child throws a tantrum?
So, basically, the mother never had a good relationship with her daughter in the first place.
This assumption may be correct, but it is not mentioned in the story and is merely that, an assumption. The story does indicate that there is no
consistent father figure in the picture, however neither of these situations provide an excuse or even a justification for using the police to force
your 10 year old daughter to take a bath, or to punish her for refusing to do so.
she is YOUR DAUGHTER. Pick her up and sacrifice that beautiful face of yours and take her into the bathroom, turn on the water, WHO CARES if
it's hot or cold, set her in there and WASH HER YOURSELF.
This is what a parent does. Specifically this is your solution. My point is that as a parent, you PARENT. Whether it be grounding, or no T.V. or no
dessert, whatever, it is part of a parents duty as a parent to handle these situations.
If the child continued to refuse and to be unruly perhaps the mother should have considered calling the father.