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Self blame is self pity?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 718926" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I'd say the judge was out of line, but judges are just people too. That's what the "lucky" parents think. They think if your kid is behaving badly, it's because you are a bad parent...ignoring them, or mistreating them, or setting a bad example. I was reading a news story about some kid who did something; stealing, drugs, I don't recall what, and the comment was made that the kid didn't come up with this stuff on his own, that he got it from home. Well BS. We are hard working, sober, honest people. We certainly don't lie and steal and get drunk or high and we've always made that very clear. We set a good example. We couldn't force him to follow it. What were we to do? Chain him in his room? Quit our jobs to watch him every second? Beat him? </p><p></p><p>A parent can only do so much. But people with "good kids", who are good parents, think if you have a "bad kid" it's because you must be a bad parent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 718926, member: 17309"] I'd say the judge was out of line, but judges are just people too. That's what the "lucky" parents think. They think if your kid is behaving badly, it's because you are a bad parent...ignoring them, or mistreating them, or setting a bad example. I was reading a news story about some kid who did something; stealing, drugs, I don't recall what, and the comment was made that the kid didn't come up with this stuff on his own, that he got it from home. Well BS. We are hard working, sober, honest people. We certainly don't lie and steal and get drunk or high and we've always made that very clear. We set a good example. We couldn't force him to follow it. What were we to do? Chain him in his room? Quit our jobs to watch him every second? Beat him? A parent can only do so much. But people with "good kids", who are good parents, think if you have a "bad kid" it's because you must be a bad parent. [/QUOTE]
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