Category Archives: hospital stay

have i failed as a father?

I feel like a failure. My youngest son has hacked into his brother’s facebook account and threatened to kill someone. And then he lied about doing it, even when confronted by the evidence. How do I learn about this? The victim’s parents called the Sherrif. I don’t blame them. I blame myself. I blame my son. So tonight I am admitting my son to the mental health unit at the hospital. I don’t know what else to do. How do I protect him while protecting the rest of the family? Or protecting others in our community? I posted a note to the account, letting people know that it had been hacked. Mental illness is not an excuse for this kind of behavior. Tonight I had the opportunity to participate in a committee for our school district’s anti-bullying policy. And we talked about cyberbullying. I would be a hipocrite to not

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Toddlers, Tiaras and $exualization

So, in reality television there is a program called Toddlers and Tiaras.  I can’t say that I have ever seen it.  The premise is apparently mom’s who enter their daughters in beauty pageants.  The girls are painted up, dressed in what would be considered provocative clothing for an adult. Nw if that isn’t bad enough, one mom took it a step further and scheduled a time when reporters could see an exhibition put on by her daughter at a restaurant in New York City.  Now this mother is suing various media outlets for sexualizing her daughter. What happened to personal accountability?  What is she doing to her daughter by entering her in these pageants?  Who is really to blame for the “sexualization” of her daughter? Or is it something like greed that is driving mom? It seems to me that being a kid is hard enough in this society with

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>it’s been a while…

>It has been over a month since I posted an update.  So much has happened. David continues to do well in his placement.  There have been a few incidents of violence, but nothing so major that law enforcement had to get involved.  Started with family therapy sessions as well.  The big thing that happened is that I spent 6 days in the hospital. I had been sick off and on since Christmas 2010. First I had the heart event, then I had the TIA’s.  well after the Fourth of July, I was feeling really run down.  My wife took me to the hospital for a check up.  During the drive down, my chest lit up with a pain I can’t describe.  It went down my left arm and ended in my fingers.  I never again want to feel that kind of pain.  What was it?  No idea.  Seriously.  According to

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