Comments on: Our Lost Children

By: lyn

lyn — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:13:49 +0000

As useful as the Ten Commandments are they are of no help in these situations. A return to God is impossible for those that have never known Him to begin with. Most child molesters report being molested by the most pious of molesters using God to frighten the child further. I can only tell you that from my observation nothing can stop most of what is happening and all we can do is treat it when it does. I know it sounds almost hopeless but that is a direct observation from someone in those trenches

By: lyn

lyn — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:11:40 +0000

I, too, work in a psychiatric facility but am an RN. I have worked in the psychiatric field for some time now with adults and I can agree with the writer above on one count.Many young adults come to us addicts of Meth which is relatively new to long term drug use and we cannot yet predict the long term effect on the addicts brain . they go into a different kind of psychosis than a biopsychosis such as bi-polar or schtizophrenia. This illness completely eliminates impulse control and the person is in such a fixed manic phase it is nearly impossible to remove.They are all very violent and they strike without provocation even frightening their own kind.I can tell you one other thing yes they all have a history of abuse in the family that lead to their drug use.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:24:17 +0000

Greetings, all

As was mentioned above, the removal of God from schools is clearly one of the main sources of this abominable situation. But it seem clear that there are other factors like the parents, the media, the peers, etc.

I also concur entirely with “Nancy”, as I believe this is a far larger problem than most are aware of.

Ms. Cruzan may have committed a “crime”, but what about the “mitigating circumstances?” If I’m on that jury, she doesn’t do one day in jail, because I rate pimps just above child molesters, and this fellow allegedly was both. Let’s not just have a death sentence for these monsters, but let all appeals be fast tracked – as in, all done within one year or less.

May Ms. Kruzan be given another chance by the very same powers that put her in prison in the first place. Seems “just” to me …

By: Don Blair

Don Blair — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:39:33 +0000

Diane, Whats wrong with our kids? When the F word becomes a vital part of their conversation…just about every film on the big screen or somewhere on cable and violence is also a vital part of everything they go to see….what do you expect? I can’t look at a young girl…anywhere from 11 on up….with a nice or emerging figure without wondering what her moral compass looks like. What do they do to please the boys? What do the boys expect? A teacher has sex with a 14 year old? Didn’t have any teachers like that back in the 40s and 50s did they? Take away the F word and Kathy Griffin is mute…no act. And, of course, her fans thinks she is hilarious. I think she is pure garbage…as is Springer and Povich…the slime, scumbags of TV. The kids watch. What do you expect them to do? Act out what they see…what is pounded into them. Springer lives nearby in Sarasota. I’m ashamed to admit it.
Even the great Jeff Dunham has hit little stuffed friends going with the cuss words now and then. He has thrown in the towel too. Just imagine if they were stupid enough to remake Gone With The Wind…what Rhett would say now to Scarlett at the end. He doesn’t give a what? But I do give a damn, dammit. Don Blair, NBC News, retired.

By: DianeDimond

DianeDimond — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:40:31 +0000

Nancy,
I am so grateful that you wrote. You said it better than I ever could. We have to start tending to our children better than we do. ~DD