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1. My response to Dude

   First off thank you for considering my opinion to be simple minded. First off are you there with these parents 24-7? Not every parent is perfect but let me tell you one thing not all parents are lax on what their children do. Many of them teach their children right from wrong and sometimes those same children go off into left field. It happens and you also mention the violence of video games, television, and movies. Well its like this not every child does what a video game, television show, song, or movie does at all. Some kids to follow that and its a sad situation. This particular story was on my local news as I live in the same region as this terrible crime happened. They said that these children had developmental disabilities. Meaning it could be a number of things from social to communication to many other issues that they face daily. Is that the fault of the parent? No the child was born that way. Should they treat the child any differently because of it? No we are all equal in our own right.The point is that they probably do not understand what is going on. Even those without these issues are not always going to follow what their parents teach them. The teacher was having an issue with a particular student, talk to the parents. That is what we are missing is communication between the parents and the schools. If they all work together then maybe things like this wouldn't happen so often. So before I congratulate you on your ignorance, I am going to give you some advice; don't point your finger until you know ALL the facts. Have a great evening:-)

   4 months, 2 weeks ago In response to Attack of the 3rd-Graders?

2. Why blame the parents?

   First off, as parents of a child with developmental delays (autistic) we realize many of us give our children the proper love and care that they need. Many of us, depending on what the child has been diagnosed with, go through a lot of stress on our own paying for such things as therapy (psychological, physical, occupational, and behavioral) because our insurance companies do not cover it. So most of us are working hundreds of hours a year just go be able to cover those expenses. I thought that special education classes in schools were one teacher per 4-5 students and a therapist or a helper for these children. At least it is like that where I live. The problem is that the schools and parents do not work together and most teachers do not care about the well being of their student or whether they learn anything. At least that was my experience growing up with a brother who had ADHD and his teachers were worthless. Even when parents show attention and love to their children developmentally delayed or not, some children still go way off into left field. For those who blamed the parents: do any of you have a child who has developmental disabilities? If so, then you know how difficult it can be sometimes to raise them - especially in my case where my son cannot even communicate with me or his father the way that he should. Also, none of you have met the parents of these children so how would you know if they did or didn't do what they needed to do in order to make sure that their children behaved? How do you think they feel about the incident that has happened? You all have to look at that before you start saying that the parents are to blame.

   4 months, 2 weeks ago In response to Attack of the 3rd-Graders?

Define what responsibility means to you.