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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:00 PM Original message |
I am so frikin pissed I don't know what to do. A child is in the hospital and I am some of why |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ah, the real world... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good God, I feel SO sorry for that kid, and for you as well. And I share your anger at the mother. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. how can someone stand by and let an asshole beat your kid |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I'd kill him twice, if I could figure out how. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. and how do you know he doesn't beat on her as well? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. No, you DO judge the mother |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-13-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
94. You are ABSOLUTELY right. You protect your child. No matter what. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. SHE is supposed to be a responsible adult |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. If that was the case, the mother should have removed herself and her |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Parents are supposed to be willing to die to protect their children, yes. Your anger is justified. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-13-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
92. detached from the reality, afraid so long it makes you mute. I've |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I feel so sorry for everyone hurt by this man. How are you doing? |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Chances are he hits her, too |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. because to protect your child you do whatever's necessary |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. It's not an excuse, but I won't jump to judgment on the mental state of an abused woman n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Deleted message |
greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. In this family's case, the Mom works |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I wasn't addressing only your case, greenbriar. |
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raptor_rider (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. I was abused, |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. You're a heroine |
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raptor_rider (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Thank you |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Her Mom |
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raptor_rider (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. I truely appreciate your |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. You are not really part of the why. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. You aren't the reason why, my goodness |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's not your fault. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. OMG - I can't imagine how upset you must be. |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Oh my god |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's not your fault at all. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Heartbreaking situation. |
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LastConservativeDem (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. I would be pissed as well |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-13-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
91. Beating a child for any reason is UNCALLED for. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Please, don't blame yourself. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. seriously makes me rethink my grading policy...it is just middle school |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It's not your fault. A good parent wants to know how their child is doing |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Don't get into a codependent trap. Don't. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Very, very, VERY good advice. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. But look at it this way: because of what you did |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. Motherfuckers fuck their mothers... |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. Or blow off the call home. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Not an option |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. i don't know how |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. I saw this far too many times |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
66. you and the nurses are heroes |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #66 |
87. People watch |
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GentryDixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. She is being abused as well. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Yep. n/t |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. At least it is coming to light. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. also: |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I don't know...I am not an admin so was not privy to that info |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. look him up. google you county jail. there is a good chance they have an internet list of people |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. If you're going to insist on taking blame, then take credit as well |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. No shit. If it wasn't this, it'd be something else- if not now, in a week, or a month. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. true |
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skeewee08 (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. I am sure this is not the first time, so you must hold the mother responsible |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. middle school |
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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. You are not at all responsible for this |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. Oh that poor kid |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. I am not a violent person but I sure would like about 10 minutes in a room privately with step-dad |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. just got off the phone with my principal...I was not the only D he got |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. ... |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. Do they have any open spots at Abu Ghraib? |
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cpamomfromtexas (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. Oh my heart hurts for you and the child. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. i`m in a situation right now with an abusive female relative |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Why in the world would you post such a thing? |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
47. kick |
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raptor_rider (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. I was abused by my daughter's bio father |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
74. that's heartbreaking. :( |
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raptor_rider (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. She has grown to be |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
54. Oh greenbriar |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
58. Aw fuck. :(((( You couldn't have known, though. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. I had a father kind of like that. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. I called a parent one night and the next day the kid came in with a huge patch on his eye |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. thank you |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. Poor children. And poor parents as well. They're all in pain. |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
62. I am so sorry. What an asshole principal! It's not your fault. I know that doesn't make it easier. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
63. You are none of why this happened, greenbriar. |
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raptor_rider (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
64. You are the teacher |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. if it hadn't been that D, it would have been something else eventually |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. I cancelled my yearbook students after school and bawled all the way home |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. It's not your fault |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
72. It's not your fault. But maybe the new principle should reconsider |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
73. Aw geez Green......... |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
76. Do we know Mom was home? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I am assuming Mom knows as the kids were pretty good at protecting her |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
78. Good God. And it's no wonder he is getting D's |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
79. I know this isn't the gist of the post but let me address the school principal: |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. 178 students thanks... |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
81. I sincerely hope you reported it |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. the other two kids were removed today |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-12-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
86. Hopefully the man was arrested and the kids were all taken from the home |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-13-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
89. I had a mom call once at 6:30am over her daughter's grade in my class. |
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ehrnst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-13-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
90. Yes the mom fell down on the job, however... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-13-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
93. This is why the bootstrap mantra sucks.. the woman may be with the man |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-13-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
95. Just try every day to be the best person you yourself can be... |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-13-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
96. Any update on the condition of the child? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-14-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. he is not in the hospital any longer but he is not home either |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-14-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
98. terrible! Glad they were removed from the home. hope the stepdad is in jail. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-14-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
99. again, thank you all |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-14-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. I'm glad you're feeling a little better - you really should, you've helped him escape that nightmare |
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