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surprised
March 26, 2007, 1:08 pm PDT

So THAT'S what I heard here in SW VA earlier!

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she was responsible for getting the child some help, I think I'd have screamed loud enough for Robin and Dr. Phil to have heard, across country. Sheesh. Okay already.
Well, she mentioned it again-I think I heard you scream.
 
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giddy
March 26, 2007, 1:20 pm PDT

Sensibility-delicate sensitivity to.

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Say what????  I have no idea what you are talking about.  
I was trying to be sarcastic. You know how some people make a big deal about age difference? I'm thinking some people have a delicate sensitivity to seeing 2 people together who are separated by a lot of age difference.My intended sarcasm has failed miserably.
 
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hopeful
March 27, 2007, 5:42 am PDT

This nine year old is "something else"!

You know,it would be wonderful to get the 9 year old's energy channeled into something more positive. Seems to me he has a lot of mis-directed goals.I'm so thankful that something terrible hasn't happened to him throughout all of his misadventures. Because he's so young I almost feel a chuckle coming on(ALMOST) He certainly needs a nudge in the right direction. I hope the 16 year old girl can get some counseling and get straightened out. (NO CHUCKLE HERE) When they're so young and we know there is potentially a lot of good positives things ahead of them, it makes me hope all the more that they can get on the right path.
 
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surprised
March 29, 2007, 5:13 am PDT

I actually thought I had become desensitized.

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I wish I could say this show shocked or even surprised me, but it didn't.  Reality television is a true plague in this country.  It combines the lust for fame with the desire for money and the desire of the public to reach consistently new lows in "entertainment".  Someone made a reference to the movie "The Running Man".  That is a frighteningly appropriate comparison to where our "entertainment" is going.  But, before we criticize the people who appear on these shows or the ones who create and produce them, we'd better look at the audience.  If the public was not so consumed by these shows, there would be no money in putting them on the air.  It is OUR desire for the sexier. the more frightening,  the more morbid and the more degenerate that is the driving force behind these money making hit shows. 
I have often said to my husband through the years that "nothing shocks me anymore". I can remember when Sat.NightLive first came on t.v. I would watch it and say"I can't believe they're sayin' that! Now I'm not blaming SNL,but in the years since, so many things have changed that I have become used to it.(or thought I had) SNL seems tame now. It just seems like there would have to be something wrong with a person's thinking process to be willing to do pretty much anything to be "famous."
 
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chillin'
March 29, 2007, 6:02 am PDT

Really since the beginning of time

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sexy wemen have been getting famous by useing the casting couch for years,aint nothing new.
Remember Adam and Eve and the apple. Not a casting couch,but Eve talked him into eating the apple.Would have made reality t.v. in today's world.
 
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chillin'
March 30, 2007, 2:34 pm PDT

I respect your right to your opinion.

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I signed up for the message board after viewing this particular show, I have something to say.

 

Dr. Phil gazed into this girl's eyes with a look of seeming admiration and respect, and told her she wasn't a bad kid and that she was "a precious child"...  I'm sorry but a girl that's going on 15 years old and is willingly prostituting herself, knows exactly what she is doing; She is not a child, she is a young adult or at the very least, an adolescent that needs to start learning what  intellectual and moral accountability are. 

 

That girl needed a firm reality check and a wake-up call but what she got was the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and a pat on the head.  As much as I can appreciate Dr. Phil's intent to be gentle with younger people, I think he's putting just a tad too much sugar coating on his approach with anyone who isn't of age.

 

I've noticed that older guests on the show receive very little if any compassion from Dr. Phil.  It is a fact that in my opinion, Dr. Phil seems to have virtually zero tolerance for bad behavior in adults, I've seen him be downright disrespectful and just plain nasty toward guests who were on the show expecting help (not a verbal beatdown).  But adolescents usually always always tend to get the sugar-coated, "kiss on the cheek" treatment regardless.  I don't approve.

 

  

But I don't agree with you. I think a 15 year old is not mature enough to make responsible adult decisions. She is coming from a troubled background and is getting the help and guidance she so desperately needs. I think that DrPhil gave her a firm reality check and a wake-up call. He also provided a place for her to go and get help.Out of curiousity what would you suggest should have been done? This is a young girl with the potential to go on and live a fruitful life. Have you watched the previous shows?
 
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chillin'
March 31, 2007, 5:28 am PDT

And I still disagree with you.

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I stand by what I said and have nothing further to add.

I accept that we all have the right to our opinions. But your thinking on this subject is archaic. From my mother's and grandmother's time. We have to be pro-kids. Yes at 15 they are kids. What good would it have done to have told Alex that she knew what she was doing and should have known better? We would be going backward instead of forward. And we would be letting those pedophiles who were taking advantage of her, off the hook. No way!
 
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upset
March 31, 2007, 5:41 am PDT

Not only cheap but worse,controlling.

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If the man is that cheap, I would not marry him.  Who better to be generous with than your lifetime partner and the mother of your children?
Richard was trying to defend himself but I couldn't figure out what he was trying to say. I would be afraid the controlling issue would extend into their married life.
 
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chillin'
March 31, 2007, 5:59 am PDT

Richard I'm glad that you went to counseling.

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We are still happy together we have finished our counseling and I (Richard) have learned alot through this experience. We did the show 6 months ago and a day has not gone by that I have not continued working to make our relationship better. It is alot better now compared to then. I cant help how they portrayed me this mean, awful, controlling monster that is to cheap for my own good. We do have a wonderful time together I just needed a wake up call to reality that a relationship takes work alot of work. For every bad thing they portrayed theres many other things that I do right and with love. People please stop comparing me to your men in your life because I don't see them telling the world they were wrong and want the chance to make it right. I value our relationship and have made big strides in making us happy as a couple. A relationship takes work more work and then more work and I am working hard on my relationship are you?
Even if you were perfect in every way except for the control issue,( and by the way I KNOW that no one is perfect) I believe that the issue with having to control would cancel out anything else. I DO hope that you can overcome that particuliar problem. We don't know you, but just that ONE thing raised a lot of red flags. You DO realize it wasn't about the wedding planning itself? It was the fact that YOU made most of the decisions. Look, my husband of almost 33 years,and I, got married on an island in blue jeans. It didn't cost us anything.(My husband's sister is married to a minister) We did that because it's what we BOTH wanted.(not to save money) We work together in our marriage,neither one controlling the other.Believe me it wouldn't have lasted this long any other way. And we have 2 grown children. You don't want to raise your children that way either.Best wishes to the both of you!
 
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March 31, 2007, 3:03 pm PDT

I remember this show.

I really believe that "familiarity breeds contempt." Maybe not in all cases. I felt that Patti was too involved in their affairs. I can't understand why Brian couldn't have just had a talk with her and set some boundaries.I hope Cathy was able to get some kind of help. It did seem like she had something going on that needed some attention. My daughter is 25,my son 20. We don't try to butt into their personal lives. When they were growing up of course I was in their business. But as the years have gone by and they have grown up and matured, we have gradually let go and backed off. They both have significant others . They both know that we are here if they need us. Personally now that they are grown, I don't have the desire to be as involved as when they were children. I can't live their lives for them.(nor do I want to) It's not about how much we love them or how much they love us. It's not that we don't worry about them sometimes. My FIL is deceased.My poor MIL is in the throes of Alziemer's. We pretty much always got along with them. We didn't involve them in our problems. My parents are both deceased. They always got along with my husband. I never ran to them with my problems. Life is just too short too live the way Brian,Keri and Patti are living it.
 
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