Topic : 12/27 Extreme Parenting

  Nathan is really out of hand. My ex was a marine and he did worse things to my children. He would yell at them tell them they were worthless and call my daughter a whore. He would get them out of bed in the middle of the night to have them clean their room or he would have them scrub the floor with a toothbrush. At times they had to write i am sorry 1000 times. And the children always had to say yes sir no sir. He ended getting physical not only with them but with me. He would say 

you have to learn. Well sorry to say but my three children have no contact with him and I am divorcing him. But at least that behavior has not spilled over to my childrens lives. Julie should not go back but should run as fast as she can, because he will not change his ways. Good luck to Julie and her daughter. I hope they get counseling and learn that this is not acceptable behavior. 

After watching the show today on extreme parenting I was so upset.  So often military men, espically Marines, come off as being some cold, heartless, uncaring, born killers and that is not true at all.  My husband is the Marine Corp, I  live on a Marine base surrounded by military families.....I just wanted to make it very clear to those of you who don't know a lot about military families, that this, for lack of a better word, crazy man is not the norm.  Marines go through the training  that they do to be productive in a war time envoriment, not to treat people, much less children like a recruit at bootcamp.   This man is holding on to the Marine Corp, which was probably the highlight of his life, and living his dream of being this tough Marine through his step daughter.  In closing I want to point out the most Marine husbands and fathers, are very caring, loving men that cherish the times they do get to spend with their families because they are gone so much defending our freedoms.   

SEMPER FI  

That young man should not drive without a parent in the car with him, if he drives at all.  If he were my child and he was driving over a hundred miles an hour and didn't understand the danger, I would have his keys.  He seemed pretty amused about his reckless driving.  Pictures of wrecked cars aren't going to wake him up.  He needs to see the real thing, the car, the accident scene and the bodies.  Let him walk until he is mature enough to be responsible.  He has a lot of nerve being upset with his father.  I have seen too many accidents that were the result of drivers just like him.  They don't always die in the crashes that result from their attitude.  Often, others die.  Sometimes people are left to live a life not worth living because they were so severely injured.