I think this is in China... could just as easily be Dallas, Texas.
Parents. Whether you’re employed or not – you have a JOB.
I worked with kids in a ‘respite’ program when I was attending the university for my counseling psychology graduate program. Over the period of a couple years five out of seven days a week I’d pick up an eight year old boy, Michael, from the projects in Tampa, Florida and take him to do something fun away from his dysfunctional home.
Michael had been sexually and physically abused by his prostitute mother’s boyfriend from age 3-6 yrs. But, that’s another story. While I was there in the poor housing projects I watched kids as young as three years old wandering around without any adult or older child guardian. I’d see them riding their BigWheels, tricycles, or wandering around naked through the filth, broken glass, used condoms…
One time I had just picked Michael up, we were driving toward the bridge that separated the projects from the city of Tampa. I saw a policeman had a woman pulled over for not having her child in a proper car seat in the car. Michael told me to pull over, apparently it was his aunt (mom’s sister), also a prostitute. I pulled over and got out to talk to them. His aunt “Jen” was almost hysterical that the cop could give her a ticket for what she saw as such a silly thing! She wanted me to argue with the police officer FOR her. Needless to say I loaded Michael in the car and drove off wondering why the fark Michael, a really great boy, had to grow up in such a dysfunctional environment.
What a life… and there were thousands of kids growing up like him. In the world – how many are there?
How many parents aren’t giving their kids the right attention – protection?
How many parents aren’t doing their jobs?
Here in Thailand almost daily I watch 20 month year old boy run down the alley in front of our rented duplex without his mother, father or anyone watching. He just sneaks right out of the house. There are 7 people living in that tiny apartment, 3 of them whores, and not one of them cares enough to know where that boy is at all times.
That’s unacceptable.
More than fifteen times me or my girlfriend has run outside to coax him back away from the main street where a couple thousand cars pass at 60 mph plus everyday. The boy’s dimwit father works around the corner – and the boy is going to see his dad at work.
There’s about a 10% chance he’s going to be hit by a car before he’s old enough to know any better. There isn’t any application to fill out before having a child. Pimps, prostitutes, crack whores and pedophiles can have children as legally as they can buy beer at 21.
WTF kind of system IS that?
Am I for applications for having kids? Hell yes. Completely for it. If someone would implement it we’d have a hell of a lot more parents that care more for their kids. You’ve gotta have your own shit together before you’re able to GIVE to a child. A child requires so much… are you giving everything you can? Is there ANY chance your child is riding his tricycle through traffic when you’re not looking?
Everyone now, at the same time, repeat after me…
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