JanieP wrote:
> "Vox" <Vectra3456@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:47fa2580$0$17340$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>Ruby Vee wrote:
>>
>>>Michael is on the sofa, playing with a violent video game, and when
Carly
>>>interrupts him, telling him "You of all people should know the
>>>consequences of playing with guns," his response is "You KNOW it was an
>>>accident!" His biggest concern seemed to be that his mother was still
>>>mad at him after he explained that he didn't shoot Kate intentionally.
>>>That would have been an excellent time to explain to him that it was an
>>>accident he shouldn't have had, since he shouldn't have had a gun in
the
>>>first place. And that he DID intentionally leave her lying bleeding in
>>>the dirt instead of calling for help.
>>>
>>>Yet even Kate seems as if she's going to let it pass.
>>>
>>>Michael could learn a bit about owning up to your accidents and taking
>>>responsibility for your mistakes from his paternal grandmother. (No,
not
>>>Adella, who seems to have entirely missed the boat when it comes to
>>>protecting your children from absent or abusive fathers and step
>>>fathers.) Monica took responsibility for her actions, apologized to
the
>>>person she hurt and took her consequences like a woman.
>>>
>>>As far as Michael apologizing to Kate -- why hasn't it happened
already?
>>>Anyone of the three parents in his life should have hauled him to her
>>>home and stood there while he apologized.
>>>
>>>Ruby
>>>
>>
>>
>>Oh come on...they wanted to protect his feeeeeeeeeeelings.
>>
>>I'd have hauled the kid in there and made him not only apologize, but
I'd
>>make him do some kind of community service that I conjured up....like
for
>>a decade.
>>
>>Vox
>
>
> Exactly. He should be groveling and regretful, instead of annoyed and
> resentful when he's reminded that his sneaking around and getting the
gun,
> then running off and hiding when he saw that the accidental discharge of
his
> gun injured Kate. He should never have left her side. He's old enough to
> know better.
>
> Being grounded and not playing his video games is a lame punishment.
This
> should never have been hidden from the authorities AND he should make
> restitution like cleaning Kate's bathrooms and Koi ponds until he's 18.
>
> JanieP
>
>
At the very least!!! LOL at the Koi ponds. And yes, he needs to take a
toothbrush to the grout around her toilet DAILY!!!
Vox
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