Messages By: blondebeauty

you obviously are not dealing with a child submersed in this!  My son started at 11 he has been in rehab twice until I lost my insurance, we have talked, yelled, cried, couselled, called the police, nothing has worked, I cannot understand the mindset of these children, my community is consumed with them.  I am sorry to the person who said "i'm sorry no price is too high"  The decent facilities are extremely expensive it was 12,000 mo for residential treatment, thank heavens for insurance, but now I don't have it.  Are you saying put the rest of the family ourt on the street to pay for one member?  There has to be another solution.  My son steals everything from us he lies ALL the time, he know how to say what you want to hear , he destroys my home, he is bigger than all of us and if he is confronted will beat his brother or father.  He brings his friends in my home while I am working and they eat all our groceries and use drugs all day!  I am terrified that someone is going to die in my home.  Am I to quit my job?  We are barely making it and what little we have he steals it, with all of the stress my entire family is depressed.  The using child gets all the focus all the time, there is no time for anyone else.  You love them, but it feels like they love the drugs above all else and he will even tell you he does.  This is HELL on earth!  Courts do not help, they put my son on probation for 6mo he violated 3 times before his first court appearance, they put him in Juvenile for a weekend, charged me for it and then on his next visit to his PO, they released him!!!!!!!????? He did none of the requirements? That is why they keep it up - NO CONSEQUENCES!  I blame myself, I did him wrong somehow?  But my 20 year old is a productive, honest ,good, responsible, non-using person....I do not have the answer, but beating up the  parents for doing ANYTHING is wrong, there are so many that do nothing!  If it comes to my child being harmed or harming someone else...by GOD then I AM calling the police!

I agree with you about people pushing by you without saying "excuse me" and more often than not people don't say "thank you 'for a simple gesture like holding a door open.  i find that woman and children are like this just as often as men.  People seem to have a sense of entitlement-that it is their right to have a door held open for them and that they don't need to show any gratitude.  Add to the list the people who shout into their cell phones at restaurants, people who block aisles and doorways in the stores, rudeness from customer service people on the phone.  The list goes on and on.

I teach young children, and I can see where the rudeness starts.  Many parents don't teach basic consideration and manners to their kids. Rare is the child that says "please' and " thank you".  I do try to teach the kids in my class to say "please' and "thank you", but unless it is reinforced by parents it won't stick.  Kids are also very spoiled and self-centered. There is such a prevailing "me me me" attitude even with very young children. Materialism starts real young.  Girls with Coach bags are getting younger and younger, and they put others down who don't have these things.  Parents, do any of you see yourselves here? If I got even one person to think about teaching their kids some manners, then today was a good day!

I believe Tara was on Dr Phil to help launch her acting career. Lord knows we don't need another Paris Hilton.

This cheating husband is creepy. How can he do that to his wife and kids? He needs to grow up and be responsible for his actions.