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A Needed Response to Steubenville

This needs to be shared. This video was created by students in Oregon as a response to Steubenville, about how a drunk or passed out person should be treated. I didn’t create the video, I don’t own the copyright. This should be common sense.  I have had this discussion with my kids.  Have you? Related articles Oregon student’s PSA after Steubenville goes viral (kens5.com) UO student’s PSA after Steubenville goes viral (kgw.com) Steubenville Rape Victim Asks for Donations to Battered Women’s Shelter (jezebel.com) Henry Rollins Reminds Everyone That Outrage Won’t Be Enough to Prevent Another Steubenville (jezebel.com) Video: To the Steubenville rapists, and all rapists, this is how to treat a drunk girl (freakoutnation.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

Your son doesn’t have an attachment to your family.

Today we had family therapy. The therapist asked if she could bring in David’s equine therapist during the last half hour.  I responded with, I have no problems with that.  The equine therapist wanted to talk to me about something that she wasn’t comfortable addressing in front of the whole team at the CRC meeting.  The CRC meeting is where we staff David’s case each month. It is the opinion of the equine therapist that David has no attachments to anyone in the family.  To the point where he sometimes can’t remember names of the other kids.  While on one hand this is very sad, it isn’t something that we didn’t anticipate. We know David has attachment issues.  We know this because we have spent over 11 years with the young man and are aware of his blessings.  That said, it is nice that someone outside of the family is

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A fathers thoughts about Steubenville.

It is easy for someone to make armchair assumptions about a situation. Steubenville has been in the headlines lately because of incidents that occurred their which involved the football team, some cheerleaders and a party.  To say that a lack of social responsibility occurred is an understatement.  What possessed this reportedly bright stars of their community to do such a thing? I can wax poetic about the failure of society.  I can wax poetic about the failure of the parents.  We as a society can vilify the entertainment world that makes events such as this fodder for main stream entertainment.  In the end, the fault lies with the participants.  The willing participants.  Those people who made a conscious decision to participate in the events that occurred that night. Henry Rollins said it best.  “One story has captivated our staff and nation…”   I don’t listen to a lot of what

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