"Mom, your thinking is becoming too conservative!"

[gabosaurus]

According to my 14-year-old daughter, I have become a conservative.
I conform to societal norms and reject modern thinking in making my parental decisions.

It's those damn liberal public schools! They are warping our children!

[Perianne]

According to my 14-year-old daughter, I have become a conservative.
I conform to societal norms and reject modern thinking in making my parental decisions.

It's those damn liberal public schools! They are warping our children!

It is normal for a child to see the world through rose-colored glasses. Grownups, however, should be wiser and see things the way I see them.

Try to imagine a world where my viewpoints dominate!

[Abbey Marie]

According to my 14-year-old daughter, I have become a conservative.
I conform to societal norms and reject modern thinking in making my parental decisions.

It's those damn liberal public schools! They are warping our children!

Actually, it IS those damn liberal public schools!

[gabosaurus]

As if anyone here can envision someone to the left of myself.

Meet my daughter, the budding radical environmentalist. She was so upset about the oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast, she wrote (on her own) to the California attorney general wanting to see the head of the offending company jailed. Or at least the entire company hierarchy forced to clean up the beaches.
Basically, anything that harms wildlife or wildlife habitats is verboten. And we need to get rid of those darn fossil fuels. Which needs to happen anyway. Coal is so 19th century anyway.

Fortunately, she is not a vegetarian. It's OK to have a conscience. But people gotta eat.

[hjmick]

As if anyone here can envision someone to the left of myself.

Meet my daughter, the budding radical environmentalist. She was so upset about the oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast, she wrote (on her own) to the California attorney general wanting to see the head of the offending company jailed. Or at least the entire company hierarchy forced to clean up the beaches.
Basically, anything that harms wildlife or wildlife habitats is verboten. And we need to get rid of those darn fossil fuels. Which needs to happen anyway. Coal is so 19th century anyway.

Fortunately, she is not a vegetarian. It's OK to have a conscience. But people gotta eat.

Oh hell, there are a whole lot of people to the left of you...

[Abbey Marie]

As if anyone here can envision someone to the left of myself.

Meet my daughter, the budding radical environmentalist. She was so upset about the oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast, she wrote (on her own) to the California attorney general wanting to see the head of the offending company jailed. Or at least the entire company hierarchy forced to clean up the beaches.
Basically, anything that harms wildlife or wildlife habitats is verboten. And we need to get rid of those darn fossil fuels. Which needs to happen anyway. Coal is so 19th century anyway.

Fortunately, she is not a vegetarian. It's OK to have a conscience. But people gotta eat.

I find that so funny, but it's true. I think I was more to the left than you when I was younger, for example.

[Jeff]

According to my 14-year-old daughter, I have become a conservative.
I conform to societal norms and reject modern thinking in making my parental decisions.

It's those damn liberal public schools! They are warping our children!

See Gabs like I said in another thread, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[Drummond]

As if anyone here can envision someone to the left of myself.

Oh, nonsense !! Of course I can !! Stalin comes immediately to mind ......

How about Fidel Castro ? Arguably ... Hugo Chavez ?

... Pol Pot ?

You see, Gabby, really, it's quite easy ...

Meet my daughter, the budding radical environmentalist. She was so upset about the oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast, she wrote (on her own) to the California attorney general wanting to see the head of the offending company jailed. Or at least the entire company hierarchy forced to clean up the beaches.

Does she imagine that the Company involved does such things deliberately ?

Has she ever made a mess, and thought she should be jailed for it ? Funnily enough, I suspect ... not ....

Basically, anything that harms wildlife or wildlife habitats is verboten. And we need to get rid of those darn fossil fuels. Which needs to happen anyway. Coal is so 19th century anyway.

A certain British Leftie (... and yes, he, too, may be more Left wing than you) would DEFINITELY disagree with you on that last one. To him, dependence on coal is/was a way of dispensing with democratically elected Governments he happened not to approve of at the time. His name .. Arthur Scargill. Do some research .. I'm sure your family will be impressed.

Fortunately, she is not a vegetarian. It's OK to have a conscience. But people gotta eat.

Get her to stroke a pig sometime, just to confuse her a little. If that doesn't confuse, try convincing her that Obama is good for America (you can't fail with that one !) Just so long as she doesn't start objecting to bacon sandwiches on religious grounds ....

[tailfins]

According to my 14-year-old daughter, I have become a conservative.
I conform to societal norms and reject modern thinking in making my parental decisions.

It's those damn liberal public schools! They are warping our children!

My youngest son wanted to tell off that useless nigger kid on the last day of school. He said, why not send that kid to jail already? He never tries and just holds up the rest of the class. They started the school year off in McKinney ISD. Both my sons want us to move back to McKinney even if the houses are not quite as nice.

[Kathianne]

As if anyone here can envision someone to the left of myself.

Meet my daughter, the budding radical environmentalist. She was so upset about the oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast, she wrote (on her own) to the California attorney general wanting to see the head of the offending company jailed. Or at least the entire company hierarchy forced to clean up the beaches.
Basically, anything that harms wildlife or wildlife habitats is verboten. And we need to get rid of those darn fossil fuels. Which needs to happen anyway. Coal is so 19th century anyway.

Fortunately, she is not a vegetarian. It's OK to have a conscience. But people gotta eat.

I was no different at her age. The writings of Paul Ehrlich and Rachel Carson had me in tears at times. I wrote to the governor and Congressional representatives repeatedly. I was very involved in early environmental movement. Then those things didn't happen, at least not how envisioned. I learned that some temperance was necessary in evaluating what I read and what was 'taught.' Didn't happen overnight.

I'm still very concerned about the environment, just have a healthy amount of skepticism for what is purported to be 'facts.'

[jimnyc]

My youngest son wanted to tell off that useless nigger kid on the last day of school. He said, why not send that kid to jail already? He never tries and just holds up the rest of the class. They started the school year off in McKinney ISD. Both my sons want us to move back to McKinney even if the houses are not quite as nice.

Yikes, I hope your youngest didn't quite use those words.

[gabosaurus]

My youngest son wanted to tell off that useless nigger kid on the last day of school. He said, why not send that kid to jail already? He never tries and just holds up the rest of the class. They started the school year off in McKinney ISD. Both my sons want us to move back to McKinney even if the houses are not quite as nice.

Referring to someone as a "useless n--- kid" is a good way to get stabbed or otherwise assaulted.

Tailfins, I thought your kids were homeschooled? Surely I can't imagine your kids going to public schools. Especially in a place like McKinney. And yes, I know about the area. One of my best friends went to HS in Grapevine.

Currently I am dealing with my daughter's quick temper and total lack of a filter. The result of which have led to more than a few problems with school administrators and a few helicopter parents.

[tailfins]

Referring to someone as a "useless n--- kid" is a good way to get stabbed or otherwise assaulted.

Tailfins, I thought your kids were homeschooled? Surely I can't imagine your kids going to public schools. Especially in a place like McKinney. And yes, I know about the area. One of my best friends went to HS in Grapevine.

Currently I am dealing with my daughter's quick temper and total lack of a filter. The result of which have led to more than a few problems with school administrators and a few helicopter parents.

That's what my son said to *me*. I told him that would get him more trouble than he bargained for. He decided to ditch the last day of school instead. He rarely gets in trouble at school. He is an accomplished sneak.

[Perianne]

Yikes, I hope your youngest didn't quite use those words.

Which words?

[tailfins]

Which words?

Do you get a thrill out of seeing the phrase "useless nigger" in print? If so, I hope I was of service. Like I told my youngest, feel free to use the phrase around me, but it will likely get you into trouble elsewhere.