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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 30416" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>"Dreamer -</p><p></p><p>I have not been on this board for very long, and I certainly do not want to make waves - however, your post really offended me. I passiontely and unequiovably feel that my role in this world should always be an advocate for the child.......not the adult. The children in this world are the ones who have the potential to be victimized, abused, and taken advantage of. It is my assumption, and society's assumption, that adults can and should safely not only take care of themselves, but also those of the children they are responsible for. I do not care what is true or not true in the story of the little girl dying - the parents are still responsible. They are the ones who were given the responsibility of caring for their daughter, they are the ones that were given responsibility for administering the medications, ensuring she was healthy, giving her attention, therapy, and love. "Anyone that dies from a Clonidine OD, dies a long horrible death" - and the parents of a 4 year old toddler are responsible for noticing that their baby was dying a long horrible death!!!"</p><p></p><p>Seems many people think I deliberately set out to offend and atack some of you. I am sorry you feel that way. </p><p>I am also sorry you feel I was being less than compassionate.</p><p></p><p>If you sequoia would like to discuss advocacy (or victims) with me in private, please feel free to email me. </p><p></p><p> If my posts to this thread had even just one person double check and research on behalf of their child, I am happy. </p><p>Maybe no changes at all needed tobe made for anyone here......or maybe they did. I sure do not know. I am not in your house watching any of you, I cannot confirm that anything you say here is 100% valid, true, non biased, any more than I know if Rebecca Rileys parents are telling true. </p><p></p><p>I suppose some of you missed that I DID type if the parents are responsible I hope they fry. </p><p>It is easy for us to be armchair quarterbacks or back seat drivers and hindsight is always clearer than foresight. </p><p></p><p>Rather than take the simple way, the same way the media seems to want to go, I would much prefer this case leads to something positive, and not simple blame the parents lock them up. Provide support for people, listen to the parents complaints, provide education to parents, docs, others who work with these families. </p><p></p><p>I read here people say this little girl died a miserable death. OK her uncle said she could not breathe. The mom defends saying she thought the little girl had a cold. Please then, tell me you absolutely 100% would take every one of your children straight to ER immediately for any complaint of any kind of difficulty breathing? SJS is a rash that can turn fatal. Please tell me, since many medications can cause SJS, that every time any child of yours is on any medication, you take them straight to ER at first sign of any rash? </p><p>A little classmate of my sons last school year stumbled on playground and bumped her head, school nurse dismissed the little girl back to class, an hour later the little girl was in ICU in a trauma hospital helicoptered there. DO you take your child for a CT scan after every bump on head? </p><p></p><p>How many bedtime ploys can a difficult child come up with to avoid going to bed? Hmmmmmmmm I always had major difficulty with the "I'M thirsty mom!" why? becuz when my difficult child was on Lithium, I feared dehydration and in a child dehydration can come relatively quick and it will not always show super obvious symptoms. ALas, that meant I always caved in for "I'm thirsty mom" Do you? </p><p></p><p>I am wondering, sequoia? If you feel so strongly "Again, there are too many children abused and dying every day for me to have an enormous amount of sympathy for adults who are victimized. I have been judged, excluded, and ostracized because of my son - but my axe to grind is for my son who has been judged, excluded and ostracized. My axe to grind is because 1 in 3 little girls are sexually abused - that children die every day " arent the posts here about kids abusing their parents hard for you to read? </p><p></p><p>I am sorry so many have misunderstood my words in this thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 30416, member: 1697"] "Dreamer - I have not been on this board for very long, and I certainly do not want to make waves - however, your post really offended me. I passiontely and unequiovably feel that my role in this world should always be an advocate for the child.......not the adult. The children in this world are the ones who have the potential to be victimized, abused, and taken advantage of. It is my assumption, and society's assumption, that adults can and should safely not only take care of themselves, but also those of the children they are responsible for. I do not care what is true or not true in the story of the little girl dying - the parents are still responsible. They are the ones who were given the responsibility of caring for their daughter, they are the ones that were given responsibility for administering the medications, ensuring she was healthy, giving her attention, therapy, and love. "Anyone that dies from a Clonidine OD, dies a long horrible death" - and the parents of a 4 year old toddler are responsible for noticing that their baby was dying a long horrible death!!!" Seems many people think I deliberately set out to offend and atack some of you. I am sorry you feel that way. I am also sorry you feel I was being less than compassionate. If you sequoia would like to discuss advocacy (or victims) with me in private, please feel free to email me. If my posts to this thread had even just one person double check and research on behalf of their child, I am happy. Maybe no changes at all needed tobe made for anyone here......or maybe they did. I sure do not know. I am not in your house watching any of you, I cannot confirm that anything you say here is 100% valid, true, non biased, any more than I know if Rebecca Rileys parents are telling true. I suppose some of you missed that I DID type if the parents are responsible I hope they fry. It is easy for us to be armchair quarterbacks or back seat drivers and hindsight is always clearer than foresight. Rather than take the simple way, the same way the media seems to want to go, I would much prefer this case leads to something positive, and not simple blame the parents lock them up. Provide support for people, listen to the parents complaints, provide education to parents, docs, others who work with these families. I read here people say this little girl died a miserable death. OK her uncle said she could not breathe. The mom defends saying she thought the little girl had a cold. Please then, tell me you absolutely 100% would take every one of your children straight to ER immediately for any complaint of any kind of difficulty breathing? SJS is a rash that can turn fatal. Please tell me, since many medications can cause SJS, that every time any child of yours is on any medication, you take them straight to ER at first sign of any rash? A little classmate of my sons last school year stumbled on playground and bumped her head, school nurse dismissed the little girl back to class, an hour later the little girl was in ICU in a trauma hospital helicoptered there. DO you take your child for a CT scan after every bump on head? How many bedtime ploys can a difficult child come up with to avoid going to bed? Hmmmmmmmm I always had major difficulty with the "I'M thirsty mom!" why? becuz when my difficult child was on Lithium, I feared dehydration and in a child dehydration can come relatively quick and it will not always show super obvious symptoms. ALas, that meant I always caved in for "I'm thirsty mom" Do you? I am wondering, sequoia? If you feel so strongly "Again, there are too many children abused and dying every day for me to have an enormous amount of sympathy for adults who are victimized. I have been judged, excluded, and ostracized because of my son - but my axe to grind is for my son who has been judged, excluded and ostracized. My axe to grind is because 1 in 3 little girls are sexually abused - that children die every day " arent the posts here about kids abusing their parents hard for you to read? I am sorry so many have misunderstood my words in this thread. [/QUOTE]
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