Re: Boot Camp for 6 yr old
Posted by:
RESton Peace
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Date: January 08, 2009 02:00AM
Seriously, it does seem like an odd coincidence that this got asked the same day that 6 y/o kid went on his joyride, BUT, mom is in jail right now to my understanding, and the kid really didn't mean any harm. I don't believe on the surface of the story that the poor kid was doing anything but trying to get to school. He sounds like a good kid to me, with parents who should be drawn and quartered.
Supposedly one of his mission parameters for school was getting breakfast. I doubt his mother, who is not supposed to take care of him by herself, feeds him on a regular basis, so he probably needed that meal badly. I can imagine a starving six year old can rationalize a lot of things.
And then there's the Grand Theft Auto thing. Any parent who would let a six year old play that game.... is intentionally trying to fuck the kid up, as far as I am concerned. I like the game but I know it would have made me even more delinquent if I had played it in grade school.
I mean, look what "Leisure Suit Larry" did to me... I am a total pervert now and that game made a big contribution during my most impressionable years. It's not to say the games should be banned or anything, but parents who let kids play them are pretty weak.