Outrageous In America!! More Teen Violence In Chicago

The video was horrifying to watch.  A teenage girl was viciously and mercilessly attacked by 5 teenage girls in Chicago.  The attackers beat her, cut off her hair in what looked like a televised scalping, and burned her with a car cigarette lighter!  They committed this horrific act while their punk friend video taped the savage beating.  Sick!  Sick! Sick!  That's all that can be said about this barbarous act.

The punishment?  Two of the girls ages 15 and 16, the two who cut off her hair and burned her, were charged with a misdemeanor!!!  OUTRAGEOUS IN AMERICA!!!!!!  The laws have got to be changed in the state of Illinois!!!!!  And they must be changed in any other state that allows such despicable behavior to go unpunished!!!!!!  I don't care how old they are!!!!!!  They premeditated this attack to have a red, hot poker to brand their victim with and a pair of scissors to scalp her with.  Disgusting!!!!!!

David Letterman Is A Bully Of The Worst Kind

As a mom, as a woman, as a parent, I am outraged by the lewd comments made by David Letterman regarding 14 year old Willow Palin.  I don't care if he made a mistake and intended to publicly harass and humiliate 18 year old Bristol Palin.  Shame on you David!  Regardless, both girls are mere children.  Shame on you!!!!

Boy Murdered At The Hands Of Bullies

Yet another young child has died at the hands of bullies.  This time, the bullies went too far and the young twelve year old boy died in the hospital from the injuries he sustained on the very street where he lived.  Chris Jones, the son of a police officer, died just days ago.  The bullies who murdered him are reportedly wannabe gang members.  Disgusting.

There's No Way To Be A Perfect Mother...

"There's no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a great one."  I heard these brilliant words one day while watching one of the morning talk shows.  

What an amazing revelation!  There are so many parents out there with out of control kids who shrug and ask, "What do you want me to do?"  #@()%#$@##!!!  Are you kidding me???!!!  Parent your kids!!!!!  Increasingly, I find myself, while in conversation with parents, having to correct their children's bad behavior because they aren't.  

In fact, those parents completely ignore the bad, and might I add sometimes DANGEROUS, behavior.  One incident happened in my own home.  A mom dropped off my girl scout cookies and her two girls had a continuous kicking fight during our 10 minute conversation right under her nose.  I told her children to knock it off 4 or 5 times and the mom didn't flinch!

If you are one of those moms or dads who want to be your kid's best friend, forget it!  You are their parent, so start parenting.  Lay down the rules and be CONSISTENT!

Oprah Calls For National Debate On School Violence

Recently, a friend emailed me to say that Oprah was going to be doing a show on bullying.  Oprah is automatically recorded on my TIVO, thank Goodness for TIVO!  The show featured the moms of the two eleven year old boys who were sexually harassed at school to the extent that they took their own lives to stop the pain and humiliation.  I don't think there was a dry eye in the house.

Something struck me by the show.  Oprah pointed out that the words that the bullies used to taunt these innocent boys, "gay", "fag", etc. amounted to SEXUAL HARASSMENT.  Wow!  That really gets me even now.  School aged bullies are now "sexually harassing" their victims.  Many of these children don't even realize what they are saying nor do they understand the implication of those words and how the victims carry those labels through their life times.  Or do they?

Bullies bully for power.  They bully to intentionally humiliate their victims.  They are very effective and 99.99% of the time, they get away with it.  So, maybe these children do not realize the long term affects of these sexual slurs, but they know how to use them to cut like a knife.

School Aged Children Sexually Harassing Classmates

I blame movie ratings being shifted down for our school aged children being overexposed to sexual language and innuendo by the PG13 movies their parents allow them to see without supervision, thinking they are okay.

I have watched some PG13 movies with my kids and I am shocked at the loose use of language and constant verbal description on sexual images.  Our children are exposed to adult material right under our noses.  They are picking up language that they really do not understand and they take it to school where they think it is cool to unleash it on their targets.

Words like "gay", "fag", "whore", "dyke", "virgin" are being hurled around primary and middle schools on a daily basis.  Are parents and teachers listening?   When these words are overheard by adults in the school hallways and classroom, are they ignoring it?  Are they calling the kids out on it?  Sometimes these words are shouted out when adults are present to get a reaction. What is our reaction?

We had better start reacting.  These cruel and hurtful labels are destroying innocent young lives, some of whom no longer able to deal with the pain they cause, commit suicide to stop the bullying.  This should not be happening America.

School Administrators Hide Behind