Letters to the Editor
sfsclark
Published Letters: 15
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Well said Heather!
[Read the article: This little piggy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I loved this reponse as it exactly mirrored my own although the only audience I had was my husband and my friend Abby. My initial response when I heard the phone message was that the kid likely had it coming and here was a father who had simply reached his boiling point. (Who knows what the kid had put him through - maybe he showed tremendous restraint.) Like Heather my own upbringing was a bit fast and loose with the swift slap on the ass and the occassional "you're a spoiled jerk." I have four children (14-2) and periodically I find myself indulging in a little name calling or the occassional outrageous threat. And believe me by the time I blow, they sooooo have it coming.
Why is temper so out of fashion? Why are the occassional displays of it nowadays considered the same as hording child porn? So Alec Baldwin has a bad temper and periodically blows. So what? Maybe he would be fun no fun to live with but he is hardly a serial killer.
Here's to raising kids in an authentic environment. Life is messy and unpleasant sometimes, occassionally mom or dad loses it or is even a bit mean. Get over it.
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Newsflash: Harry potter is for kids...
[Read the article: "40 Reasons Not to Have Children"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For Anonymous who was upset that she had to wait 20 minutes for the movie theater to be cleaned because the kids trashed the theater:
Newsflash: Harry Potter is written for children. It was concieved as a series for children and young readers. It is great that adults love it (I love it to), but remember when you go to see Harry Potter you are attending a movie for children.
And when you tie on your rollerblades? That was for kids too...
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Difficult decision
[Read the article: The baby I turned away]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You made the choice you needed to make based on your recognition of your own limitations. You made the right choice.
Should you feel a bit guilty? Absolutely. That's how life works. You had a chance to save a life and you didn't take it. Mind you I might well have made the same decision that you did but I would have accepted the fact that I would be haunted by a child in desperate need who I chose not to help. You seem to want to be let off the hook and for people to tell you it is okay. It isn't. Not really.
And as far as her being scooped up and adopted by another family? I wouldn't find too much comfort in that. It's just as likely she will languish where she is.
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DULL!
[Read the article: The best-laid plans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Actually, to the letter writers who said that it was well written, in fact it is not. It is extremly dull - I skimmed it after the fist couple of paragraphs with an eye toward crafting a letter saying that it was dull - which is the worst thing you csan say about this kind of essay.
Essays abouy sex have to be terribly clever or interesting or insightful or hilarious or in the best circumstances all three. (Think Christopher Hitchens on the subject of blow jobs Think Client # 9 and the Mayflower Hotel.
This was simply a bore. And you know what, having a night stand is a breeze!