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1. state of mind???

   Why does everyone keep saying "her state of mind" and "she must be mentally ill" WHAT???!!!! It wasn't as though she was distraught or delirious. The girl had a plan and executed it. She had to be in some good state of mind to pull it off. "Here, let me check my bag...oh, c-ya!" Not only that but ignorance doesn't get you that far. I knew at 16 where to take a baby- her high school counselor could have told her that if she wasn't aware. No excuses...none. And to the "stop being judgmental" person- isn't that what the blog was for- to state your opinion of the situation? We are all asked to read the article and then say what we think. Thats what we are all doing.

   3 months, 1 week ago In response to Gone Baby Gone

2. Its the law

   I did see "Gone Baby Gone" and the bottom line here is the law is the law. The character in that movie should have called child protective services. Yes, it is wrong for people to neglect their children- BUT that is why there are laws in place to protect children and there are procedures to be followed in those cases. You should never take matters into your own hands. That being said, this teenager should go to jail. She broke the law. There are all kinds of places that she could have taken the baby and not been questioned at all- and the baby would have been safe. BUT she chose to do it the illegal way. There are consequences to your actions.

   3 months, 1 week ago In response to Gone Baby Gone

3. okay....

   Okay, so no one agrees on who is actually at fault here...and we can debate about that all day long - BUT something needs to be said about the fact that our government has nothing in place to punish kids who act out like this- other than kicking them out of school and giving them community service. Why not? I would have thought after Columbine we would have some kind of "juvenile" system set up. I realize this is the first time this has happened with children this young, but we are a foolish nation if just slapped on the wrists and this happens to us again- I don't see it getting any better. It just seems as though our youth are acting out violently younger and younger. So what in the world can they do about it? What kind of punishment seems fair? I mean at least some kind of boot camp or confinement away for a time. Yes, they are children, but they certainly are not acting like it. Disabilities or not, they have to own up to their own mistakes. They have to know how to function in society and learn what is acceptable or not. Better teach them now while there is still hope!

   4 months, 1 week ago In response to Attack of the 3rd-Graders?

Define what responsibility means to you.