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Posted on 05-01-11 06:48:30 PM Link | Quote
Why on EARTH did this fucking mother DO THIS? She makes my mom look perfectly reasonable in her crazy-ass sheltering methods! The only difference is that I didn't really give a fuck about acne, because it ends up being worse whenever I try washing.

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Posted on 05-01-11 06:59:46 PM Link | Quote
I must say, she failed as a mother.

Denying access to even the most basic things a child needs just because it "makes her life harder" is something no reasonable mother would do to her daughter.

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Posted on 05-01-11 07:00:01 PM Link | Quote




I... what? ...

I'm sorta speechless about this... I mean, if you don't plan on raising a child, why get one? D:

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Posted on 05-01-11 07:12:17 PM Link | Quote
Can someone just put a bullet in the mother's head and end it?

My God, some people are just so fucking worthless.

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Posted on 05-01-11 08:51:28 PM (last edited by CB at 05-01-11 05:51 PM) Link | Quote


What is wrong with people these days? It sounds as though that girl was raised in a home during the dark ages. Some parents should have their right to children removed.

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Posted on 05-02-11 01:16:30 AM Link | Quote

That's not just sheltering, IMO. That's downright abusive.

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Posted on 05-02-11 01:43:54 AM (last edited by MajesticLight at 05-01-11 10:45 PM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by Auxiliatrix
That's not just sheltering, IMO. That's downright abusive.

Agreed. Denying a child basic needs such as clothing, access to hygiene, friends, activities... I'm surprised the mom let her go to college.

At least she's free now. Probably scarred for life and whatnot, but free to be her own person. At least, I hope so.

Edit: Also, why didn't anyone see the signs? I thought they taught teachers how to recognize symptoms of abuse, and then to contact appropriate authorities to rescue the child...

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Posted on 05-02-11 03:04:49 AM Link | Quote
And I thought I was sheltered until I read this (not being able to leave the yard alone until 13 and all). My childhood didn't even come close to this.

Some people, like the mother of the girl who posted that, just should not have been parents.



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Posted on 05-02-11 04:14:05 AM Link | Quote
Being a parent is the most difficult job you can have, yet it's the one with the fewest requirements: all you need is two opposite sets of working genitals. If only there could be a test...

There never will be, though. Ethics and whatnot. Denying certain people the right to reproduce, no matter how unqualified they are, will undoubtedly start a shitstorm. Not to mention the actual logistics of the test: what's on it, what's not on it, how it's to be administered, etc.

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Posted on 05-02-11 06:22:15 AM Link | Quote
I actually know someone who knows a mother like this. I keep telling her to report her, as her children have no clothes, but no dice. And I don't think I legally can, since I do not know the woman's name, nor her address, not even if she really exists.

But this... I do not know how that harpy ever got pregnant!
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Posted on 05-02-11 11:27:22 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by MajesticLight
Being a parent is the most difficult job you can have, yet it's the one with the fewest requirements: all you need is two opposite sets of working genitals. If only there could be a test...

Uh, can't same-sex couples go for adoption? I don't know if that works, but...

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Posted on 05-02-11 12:11:08 PM Link | Quote
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Being a parent is the most difficult job you can have, yet it's the one with the fewest requirements: all you need is two opposite sets of working genitals. If only there could be a test...

Uh, can't same-sex couples go for adoption? I don't know if that works, but...

Yeah, but the requirements for adopting a child are quite plentiful compared to becoming a parent in the traditional sense, so "two opposite sets of working genitals" is as few requirements as you can get.
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Posted on 05-03-11 01:50:41 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Auxiliatrix
That's not just sheltering, IMO. That's downright abusive.

Yeah, I thought something much tamer when I read sheltered. Even with EXTREME EDITION as the subtitle. This is basically abuse.

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It is terrible what parents do to their children. Things like that are why I cannot really believe people who claim that it is terrible to lose one's childhood. To the contrary, good riddance! No more parents pushing their ideas, especially their flawed ones, onto their children.

Children must be taught responsibility, sanity and the laws, but sheltering them just makes them more likely to feel like going completely nuts once they're free since they haven't experienced life in the slightest beforehand.

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Posted on 05-03-11 03:17:55 AM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Metal_Man88
It is terrible what parents do to their children. Things like that are why I cannot really believe people who claim that it is terrible to lose one's childhood. To the contrary, good riddance! No more parents pushing their ideas, especially their flawed ones, onto their children.

Children must be taught responsibility, sanity and the laws, but sheltering them just makes them more likely to feel like going completely nuts once they're free since they haven't experienced life in the slightest beforehand.

One must keep in mind, though, that this was not a typical parent.

I, for example, had a wonderful childhood.

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Posted on 05-03-11 06:45:29 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Metal_Man88
It is terrible what parents do to their children. Things like that are why I cannot really believe people who claim that it is terrible to lose one's childhood. To the contrary, good riddance! No more parents pushing their ideas, especially their flawed ones, onto their children.


This is assuming people always have idiot parents who force beliefs. It's common, but it's not all-encompassing.

My mother's dumb in some ways, but when it comes to most things this may encompass (religion, sexuality, what to do in life, etc.), my mother is actually quite open, and I miss not being an adult and high school like hell. I think around 19 or 20, I just... generally started always feeling like crap.

I'm still trying to break through that. It's tough.

As for the parent in the article... wha... I'm amazed the teachers mocked her instead of tried to figure things out.


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Posted on 05-03-11 07:04:21 AM Link | Quote
If this person does not cut her mother out of her life permanently, she is insane.

Although, considering her mother, it's a wonder she isn't already.

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Posted on 05-03-11 12:43:46 PM Link | Quote



Anyone else wondering what happened to the father?

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Originally posted by vinnyboiler
Anyone else wondering what happened to the father?

Wouldn't be surprised if he just left her (for obvious reasons).

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Posted on 05-05-11 01:36:59 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by MajesticLight
Originally posted by vinnyboiler
Anyone else wondering what happened to the father?

Wouldn't be surprised if he just left her (for obvious reasons).


Or he could have died early on in the woman's life and/or this was some kind of crazy one night stand (but I doubt it considering the mother is apeshit bananas)

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