Probably to keep an eye on the babysitter. You know, so the owners can figure out 1.) Why the babysitter is mauled 2.)Why the cat is injured 3.)Why there's broken glass all over...rather than just taking the babysitter's word.

>> ^videosiftbannedme:

Ugh...only made it to 1:16. I'll be completely honest; I don't think the police would have been called before I got a hold of her (had it been my kid).


Ya, the father actually says that at the end. I have no words for how this makes me feel.

>> ^kymbos:

Why would I want to watch a video with a title like that?


Well I'd not want to trick people into watching something by putting anything less than an obvious title to it

>> ^Stormsinger:
I've fucking answered twice, are you blind? Or just delusional?
Teach him to knock on a door, and ask them to call the police, without going inside.
How much simpler can I make it? Five is absolutely capable of handling that, unless he's mentally retarded as well, and nothing was said about that.
Shit happens. Regardless of whether or not he was -supposed- to be left on the street alone, it happens...in any number of ways. Teaching the kid to cower in fear from everybody, just because some tiny percentage of people are nuts, isn't helping a damned thing when something -real- goes wrong.


I'm not blind, I even quoted your "training" in my last two posts. I'll quote what I JUST said
"You started off by blaming the parents for not teaching their child what to do, yet provide no examples
except "Approach a strangers house."

Which no kid in the world is going to want to do. Especially one that is.. FIVE! Honestly, have you no grasp on children? This isn't a fucking teen we're talking about. When you're 5, the only time you've EVER been out of the house is when A) You've been dropped off by a parent to a babysitter, or preschool B) You've been accompanied by an adult somewhere or C) You've been dropped off by a parent or someone you know to a friends house.

The world is a big fucking place for a kid that age. They've had NO exposure to being alone, and yet your "Answer" to all of this, is to have a kid who has probably never NOT been under some form of parental supervision, approach a random strangers house. It's NOT going to happen. You sound like you're blaming the kid for crying that he was alone for the first time, and in a strange place.

You don't seem to grasp this. I can't understand how oblivious you are, maybe you don't have kids, or were an only child, but you don't seem to have any memory or reference to what it's like to be that young. Your "Training" is invalid. Honestly, if the person whose house you're going up to is some sicko, you think the kid's going to be able to stay on the porch? Seriously?

Should they be tempted into the house by something, or should they just be forced in (Again, we're talking 3 feet high 60+ lbs children) it can happen. However unlikely, how'd it feel if it was your kid that got abducted after telling them "Go to the house, but just stay on the porch.

Again, I'm not blind, your training plan is just ludicrous.

I totally listened to White Cross when I was a kid, and my babysitter was mad that I was playing heavy metal music in her house, because she thought it was White Snake.

im lame. there was a healthcare town hall here last night. my town and the ones surrounding it are enormously filled with the religious right, teabagger nuttery. however, the district is so large that my congressman is a democrat.it was pretty much guaranteed to be pure greatness. another sifter and i were going to go with hilarious protest signs. but we both got too busy this weekend for him to drive up from houston for the weekend. then i lost a babysitter so i just went to spin class instead of going by myself.
i lose. it really probably wasnt a place for my kids though. but this is the sign i wanted to attach to my my 6 year who almost got aborted when she showed up in my 19 year old womb.

"my mommy almost aborted me. you yelled at her and said she couldnt. were all glad she didnt. now we just lost our health insurance and cant afford my brothers asthma medication. the waiting list for chips is taking too long. shes trying to make sure this can never happen to us again. now youre yelling and saying she cant. you cant scream people into submission, intimidate them into having babies they cant afford and then try to deny them access to food, medicine and health care they need to take care of those babies.youre an asshole."

my 4 year old was gonna wear this one:
"my mommy is 26 and has an endocrine system full of tumors. we just lost our health insurance and now her tumors are a preexisting condition. are you going to protest being taxed to pay for the foster system and government entitlements ill get when she dies?"

bwwhahahahaahahahahah. it would have been hilariously inappropriate if i wasnt such a coward. and really its not as much fun to get yelled at by yourself.

maybe i shouldve gone with simple signs attatched to my daughter like "im easily manipulated by corporate propaganda" and dressed her up like one of these disney channel sluts like miley cyrus or brittany spears or a brats doll or something.

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
I just read this today. Please PLEASE PLEASE do this!

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
thinker 247 and i have epic plans to crash teabagging parties... my sign will read "i refuse to pay to educate your kids, but i will enthusiastically pay to send your kids to war or prison!"

>> ^peggedbea:
mycroftholmes - i can respect that
pprt - i demand you give examples. and that the examples not be cases of mentally ill women neglecting and endangering their families.
i would never say my role is not different than any mans role. but my role is also different from my friends that are married mothers. or my friends that are married without kids. or my friends that are single and plan to stay that way. we ALL fill different roles. and at different times in our lives.


Sorry, I indeed misspoke. What I meant is that feminism is largely responsible for enabling mothers to neglect their roles.

It's indisputable that there's a sizable portion of the female population that considers their professional career as important as their family. While this statement seems benign and commonplace, I take issue with the comparative.

Even if career women publicly maintain that their family is their priority, the way they spend their time indicates otherwise. I'd sooner respect and admire a woman that says her family is the most important aspect of her life and dedicated herself accordingly.

While it's easy to say that the cost of living has risen that that a single revenue can't adequately provide for a family, it's just an excuse.. a justification.. all but an acknowledgement that women (read mothers) today are all but forced to enter the marketplace and find employ.

Meanwhile, children still in diapers are frequently dumped in the hands of poorly educated, minimum-age earning babysitters. This is a tragic start-of-life event for a child. While Northeners admire the "strong family values" of Hispanics, Asiatics, Dravidians et al., we seem to ignore that those mothers are traditionally totally involved in their children's lives from birth until they leave home. This creates a bond not usually found in European-based societies.

While, as you say, single women without children are certainly free to pursue whatever endeavor (it'd be medieval otherwise). I find sympathy in the concept that when a woman becomes a mother, her role in society changes. Then again, people are entitled to do anything they like with their lives.

I am standing by the observation, however, that feminism has ruptured the core of the traditional family. Not to mention other social turbulence.

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14 year old has siblings, I guess that explains the babysitter.

I dont think adults doing kids is ever acceptable, however much the kid wants it (ridiculous even typing that), he might be totally into getting it on, but I don't for a second think he is ready to have a 28 year old professing her love for him. Lots of 28 year old guys arent ready for that!

C4 in the U.K. did a documentary about this topic, boys who were "initiated" by older women, moms friends or whatever, and as grown ups they all said it messed them up for years.

I dont buy the sexual peak theory anymore either, I've heard lots of docs and sex therapists rubbishing the idea in the last couple of years. Apparently it stems from the Kinsey report which was measuring orgasm frequency, and teenage boys do like beating that meat and they tied in a sexist angle that it wasnt acceptable for women to orgasm outside of a marriage. Or something.

That applies to so much more than just voicing your opinions on camera. Too bad more people don't follow that advice.

I'd upvote that comment 5 times if I could.

In reply to this comment by chilaxe:
If all you have is a "gut instinct," that means stop the cameras and figure out how to express yourself coherently.

>> ^Januari:
Why?... i suspect it's because in your mind they arn't emotionally, mentally, or even physically prepared for what it is they 'want'.


To be honest I couldn't care less about their mental, emotional or physical preparedness to have sex. Post pubescent teens are physically able to procreate, their mental and emotional development has little to do with their physical readiness. Mental and emotional maturity occur at different rates for different people, so it's entirely possible that given the right up bringing a 14 year old could easily be completely prepared to engage in a sexual relationship with anyone of their choosing, just as it is as likely for a 28 year old to have had their mental and emotional upbringing stunted so that they are better able to connect with a juvenile than with other adults. This is why age of consent laws are ridiculous, every argument against an adult/teen relationship can be shifted to a mature adult/immature adult relationship, negative relationships are harmful and damaging, while positive relationships are beneficial, regardless of the ages of the parties involved.

My objection to teens having sex is because at that age they're not yet responsible for their own lives. Their parents are. It's out of respect for their parents that I don't think they should be having sex. You're a teen, you have sex with another teen, a pregnancy occurs, who's going to be taking care of that baby? Grandma and Grampa, that's who or worse your neighbors taxes. My view is that until you're fully capable of taking care of yourself and a child with no assistance from family or the state, you shouldn't be breeding. That goes for adults as well.

>> ^EDD:

Religion provides social connection for communities that might not connect with each other otherwise. Even individually, people get social interaction from religious activities. For recovering alcoholics, I've heard that nothing compares to the 12-step system which involves theistic belief. Regarding the "babysitter" function of religion, religion might help people avoid clinical depression following a traumatic incident such as the death of a loved one.

I'm not saying nothing could replace these things, but atheism and science in their present form don't offer replacements.

>> ^Lodurr:
I haven't been involved in religion whatsoever for 15 years, but I've seen it do some good in people's lives, so I see opposing religion as a fruitless endeavor, potentially even with negative effects. There are things religion does that atheism and science cannot do, for some people.


Of course. Personally, I know a lot of folks who embrace their religion and it 'helps' them a lot throughout their daily lives. But it's a sort of a grand "white lie", isn't it - religion mostly helps them by substituting for a babysitter/moral compass for their kids, allowing to tell dying people they'll be going to heaven just to make them feel better, having a "benevolent" god which "moves in mysterious ways" so that they can pin failures/accidents/toddler deaths on, etc. I am dead certain that if everyone were educated and possessed a level of scientific awareness that of the average scientist, these folks wouldn't need a "god" in their lives at all.

I like: "but I am baby in brain"

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
Best quote from that excerpt: "give me all romance as a baby needs."

Genius. You should let him know that if he has to ask the internet whether or not his behavior is normal, then he should probably just assume it most certainly is not.

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
This is an excerpt (I'm assuming real) from a site called isitnormal.com, wherein a user posts a question about themselves and people vote on whether it's normal or not.

"I am male from Pakistan. My age is 25. but i am baby in my brain. i drink baby bottle every week since last 9 years. I want to have a mommy or babysitter who can give me baby bottle and give me all romance as a baby needs. i saw many times in my dream that an unknown lady carry up me like a baby and give me baby bottle. My family members, office collegue or friends never know these feelings or dreams. i drink baby bottle in alone.
Tell me about my story. Is it normal. Give me suggestions."

Best quote from that excerpt: "give me all romance as a baby needs."

Genius. You should let him know that if he has to ask the internet whether or not his behavior is normal, then he should probably just assume it most certainly is not.

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
This is an excerpt (I'm assuming real) from a site called isitnormal.com, wherein a user posts a question about themselves and people vote on whether it's normal or not.

"I am male from Pakistan. My age is 25. but i am baby in my brain. i drink baby bottle every week since last 9 years. I want to have a mommy or babysitter who can give me baby bottle and give me all romance as a baby needs. i saw many times in my dream that an unknown lady carry up me like a baby and give me baby bottle. My family members, office collegue or friends never know these feelings or dreams. i drink baby bottle in alone.
Tell me about my story. Is it normal. Give me suggestions."