Comments on: Blame the Mom http://teenymanolo.com/2008/06/05/blame-the-mom/ Celebrating the Joys of Parenting and Childhood Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:28:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Eilish http://teenymanolo.com/2008/06/05/blame-the-mom/#comment-14559 Eilish Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:02:06 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/?p=1767#comment-14559 OK, I never use this phrase, but WTF?!? Obviously, this level of disrespect does not develop overnight, so she has been letting this go for a long time. On that level, she is to blame. Some kids are far more difficult than others and some kids cope with having a single parent better than others, she has no control over that aspect of it. As a single mother, it seems like she needed to reach out for help. My brothers were a handful and as great as my mom is, I can't imagine her handling them without my dad. OK, I never use this phrase, but WTF?!?

Obviously, this level of disrespect does not develop overnight, so she has been letting this go for a long time. On that level, she is to blame. Some kids are far more difficult than others and some kids cope with having a single parent better than others, she has no control over that aspect of it. As a single mother, it seems like she needed to reach out for help. My brothers were a handful and as great as my mom is, I can’t imagine her handling them without my dad.

]]> By: me http://teenymanolo.com/2008/06/05/blame-the-mom/#comment-14448 me Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:41:54 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/?p=1767#comment-14448 I work in a highly competitive school and I KNOW that a lot of my students' psychoses and assholery stem from their upbringings. HOWEVER, there is a limit and kids who hit their parents have serious issues. I agree with Annalucia; if that kid was really abused, he wouldn't even be talking to her. I work in a highly competitive school and I KNOW that a lot of my students’ psychoses and assholery stem from their upbringings. HOWEVER, there is a limit and kids who hit their parents have serious issues. I agree with Annalucia; if that kid was really abused, he wouldn’t even be talking to her.

]]> By: Phyllis http://teenymanolo.com/2008/06/05/blame-the-mom/#comment-14389 Phyllis Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:44:37 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/?p=1767#comment-14389 He's a sociopath if you ask me. I'm rally glad he's not in my kid's shcool He’s a sociopath if you ask me. I’m rally glad he’s not in my kid’s shcool

]]> By: Annalucia http://teenymanolo.com/2008/06/05/blame-the-mom/#comment-14359 Annalucia Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:29:27 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/?p=1767#comment-14359 No abused child would speak to his mother that way; he would be huddled in a corner, keeping his distance (lest SHE strike HIM), and most likely not even looking her in the eye. No abused child would speak to his mother that way; he would be huddled in a corner, keeping his distance (lest SHE strike HIM), and most likely not even looking her in the eye.

]]> By: Jennie http://teenymanolo.com/2008/06/05/blame-the-mom/#comment-14358 Jennie Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:39:24 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/?p=1767#comment-14358 I don't know whether to berate her or admire her restraint for not knocking the little s*** to the floor. I remember my mother putting up with a lot of teenage crap from us (she had 4 kids in 5 years-talk about hell on earth!) But one day, my brother called her a f##king bit#h. She was cooking at the time. I swear I didn't see that frying pan leave her hand but there was my brother, laid out on the floor with a bleeding head wound. She calmly told him to get up and took him to the emergency room. She said the next time he wouldn't be that lucky. For the most part, not one of us was disrespectful to mom again. Was it child abuse? Probably. Was it justified? Probably. What disturbed me about this film blip is the mom reacted like this had happened before. There was no shock when junior hit mom. She kept trying to reason with the little bully. When he gets just a little older, she is going to be in serious danger. I don’t know whether to berate her or admire her restraint for not knocking the little s*** to the floor. I remember my mother putting up with a lot of teenage crap from us (she had 4 kids in 5 years-talk about hell on earth!) But one day, my brother called her a f##king bit#h. She was cooking at the time. I swear I didn’t see that frying pan leave her hand but there was my brother, laid out on the floor with a bleeding head wound. She calmly told him to get up and took him to the emergency room. She said the next time he wouldn’t be that lucky. For the most part, not one of us was disrespectful to mom again. Was it child abuse? Probably. Was it justified? Probably. What disturbed me about this film blip is the mom reacted like this had happened before. There was no shock when junior hit mom. She kept trying to reason with the little bully. When he gets just a little older, she is going to be in serious danger.

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