Messages By: clarkee

Re: Teachers carrying guns - I think this is a horrible idea! If they're going to spend money on anything it should be gun control and/or security guards. You know when you watch the news and  hear about a child that shot themself or their sibling because they found a gun at home? Well put that in a class of 30 students, I think it's unsafe.

 

Re: Lowering the drinking limit - I'm canadian and our limit is 19, every weekend there are hundreds of students that cross the Detroit/Windsor border and go to bars and drink, and I can guarantee that if they're not crossing the border they're drinking at house parties. Frankly when young adults start college the chances are they're drinking anyway. I'm shocked at the stats about drunk driving fatalities, that is however a point that needs to be addressed.

I think first of all parents that make false allegations should absolutely be prosecuted, that being said I believe parental alienation exists, not saying in all cases and yes I believe it can be used as an excuse at times but it DOES exist.

 

And honneslty Liz, the Family Law person drove me NUTS. I was so happy when the daughter of the man who kidnapped his children put her in her place....I wanted to do that through the whole show. Couldn't believe she questioned Dr Phil as to why parents would actually  use their kids as a pawn, I've seen it time and time again - they're mad at eachother and the divorce becomes a competition to try and hurt the other party more...including the children digs deeper, therefore gaining more ground.

 

People should put their kids first, not just say they do but actually put them first. And the more you keep the kids out of the divorce the better off their are. Bottom line being a "bad" spouse has nothing to do with being a bad parent, the are in my mind completely separate issues.

THANK-YOU!!! I thought the same thing, she was so ignorant as she sat there acting like it doesn't happen. She drove me nuts every time she spoke, Dr Phil was asking her a question and she answered with another question...I was cheering when the daughter stood up to her at the end!!!

I'm glad you did this show! When he said it didn't cost him anything to play, that's not completely true either. You have to pay either a monthly fee or pay for pre-paid minutes to play....the game he is playing is World of Warcraft and my husband played for about a year and a half.

 

Actuallt when I saw the preview for this show last week I actually thought to myself "I wonder if they're talking about WOW" and sure enough that's the game he was playing. World of Warcraft is horrible. I know a family that was just like this and maybe even worse. I understand that gaming in general isn't really that bad but the thing about WOW and some of the other games is that people feel the need to play hours on end to actually get great gain, it's part of this competetive nature of the online community, and when they enter raids and big battles you are usually playing at least 3 hours just to complete a main task, and they can do these every night. There would have to be en emergency to be able to just get up and walk away from the computer...

 

I personally think that games like these should have a component that the characters need so many hours of rest and if they do not get it, they take more damage and are less productive so that people have to take a night off every 3-4 nights. I think it would help. Also the fact that WOW actually has a button you can order food with so you don't HAVE to get up and order a pizza is ridiculous.