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Don't Leave a Kid Alone
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Don't Leave a Kid Alone |
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crosscountry83 Member
since 2009-07-30
Posts 345 |
Don't leave a kid alone, you have to be there, always. When they're a toddler they'll chew on something, maybe your work papers when they're a little older they'll write their name, in big letters on the wall when they're in classes, they'll forget to do homework, and fall behind, unsur when in middle school, they'll start hanging out, maybe with the wrong people and as a teenager, they might kill themselves, and leave you there, confused. so don't leave a kid alone. be there, even when you're gone, or you might be left wondering. [This message has been edited by crosscountry83 (06-06-2010 06:33 PM).] |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Good advice, Rileigh! Well done. |
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Boshii2 Member
since 2009-02-01
Posts 146 |
same as me old mother never leave 'er alone...she's blind and 90 she might light the filter of the ciggy she doesnt notice the flies falling in...her coffee mistakes the pantry for the loo clothes all inside out and just like you we may miss one minute of our blessings lots of love from Boshii2 |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Be there, even when you're gone. That's the ticket here as I read it, hopefully for good, as in good moral instruction, although unfortunately sometimes, for some kids, for ill, as in memories of dire mistreatment. One shouldn't always smother older kids, though. Gotta let 'em discover some things for themselves, have some semblance of a vision quest. Another good read from your musing pen, thanks. |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Rileigh, This is so thought-provoking - though I did smile at the image of a toddler chewing on a parent's work papers. I am sure it happens... drool all over them there papers! It's always good to read your thoughts. A |
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Earl Brinkman Senior Member
since 2010-03-03
Posts 1183Osaka, Japan |
Yes I agree with your poem for the most part but kids do need a little freedom BUT NOT TOO MUCH! As parents and adults we have to protect them from danger. That said children do need to make mistakes on their own because it is part of the growing up process. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
yep, good advice |
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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt Senior Member
since 2003-10-26
Posts 1105Watertown, NY |
be there, even when you're gone, I think the most dangerous place anyone can be is between parents and their child(ren), but not all parents realize this. Well written.  -Trina. |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Very true, on so many levels. I've got two teenagers and a classroom of 35 4th graders. I'm there for every last one of them. Sometimes I hear my father in me more than I like, but I'm glad he's there. "We'll chase them like rats across the tundra." |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Try your best to instill good things in your child. Work hard at it, but you can never be in a position to not leave them alone. Impossible. But if you've installed good things you are there, inside them, even when you're not. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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