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You never forget and it hurts everytime you think about loss of your child. -
I was interested in this kid's story so I did some searching, found an article about the original murder:
Seems he was into drugs and crime, gang member."Kevin arrived only about a month ago, via Community Health for Asian Americans, a partner program in the building that provides mental health and substance abuse counseling among its diverse services for local youth. Kevin needed services; already he was no stranger to Richmond police.""When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser TytlerComment
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Makes me wonder how much other...stuff...has been caught on Google Maps.
And not to bash on the kid, but in typical media fashion, the story link has the 12 year old innocent shotOriginally posted by CJ View Post
"Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul HarveyComment
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how does a 14 year old get that bad into drugs and gangs. boggles my mindComment
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no way...not at that age. He's had all the wrong influences around him for a while to fall into that kind of trouble that early.Originally posted by Denny View Post
As parents, my job is to know when my kid is hanging around the wrong crowd and be able to do something about it. Sometimes they get one-up on us and get away with something...but for the most part it's a parents job to intervene and apply what ever measures necessary to make sure they don't get sucked in.
This intervention starts as early as 4th grade, hell, 1st grade for that matter. We've already identified some kids, the same age as ours, that are working their way down the wrong path. And this is due to their parents not doing what they should be doing. So we've cut those kids out of our kids' circle.
I don't know if that makes sense, but I basically won't allow my kids to hang around certain kids that don't meet my standards. As they get older, it's more difficult but by that time, I've instilled my standards and expectations in their head to the point that I hope they can differentiate the right path from the wrong path. It worked with my oldest...some of the ultimatums I gave her were risky, but it worked.
The kids' parents in the OP just gave up, were not around to begin with, or were POS parents.Comment
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I've seen good people give up everything and devote their lives to try and keep their kids on the straight and narrow, only to end up with shit for kidsComment
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Richmond Ca is a bad place for kids IMO, they call it the iron triangle.DedComment
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well, yeah, I guess there's always the possibility of that Denny. Sometimes the outside world wins.Comment
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No kidding. My mom did it all. Punishment. Ass whoopins. Therapy sessions . Boot camp. Calling cops. Even hitting the streets to find my sister when she ran off. She refused to do right.Originally posted by GeorgeG. View Post
Now she's living on her friends couch drunk and high on welfare with her 16 year old living with a friend and the other three kids ( 10 , 12 , 13 ) living with me.
Some people thrive on misery.
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Gene pool thing mostly. But environment does play a part.Originally posted by Taylor View PostComment
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Yup, some people you just cant reach, no matter what type of environment they are brought up in. I believe some people are just pre-determined to be fuck-ups their entire life.Originally posted by petyweestraw View PostOriginally posted by SilverbackComment
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Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.Originally posted by Rick Modena View PostComment
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