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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:44 PM Original message |
Today my 14 y/o daughter came home crying hysterically |
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datadiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree with you |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Harsh presentation about a harsh reality |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Or Iraq. |
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Reciprocity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
79. Let me restate ... my 14 y/o daughter who has yet to vote .... |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #79 |
91. Don't let it squelch any hope she has for the future |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:28 AM Response to Reply #91 |
98. When it is 'mom' vs teacher ... mom rarely comes out |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #79 |
125. You'd know best... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #79 |
162. Reality is always age appropriate during and after adolescence |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. I would think if she's in an honors class that she'd be mature enough to handle that, but |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. She could not understand how people could be so evil/cruel |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Imagine the pain the people who perished |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Her pain in no way lessened their's. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. A little sensitivity to the OP and her daughter is in order |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
124. You must not be a parent |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #124 |
148. I am a parent. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. Then why did you post such a mean thing? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Probably not a good idea to let her watch the evening news, then. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
68. Always a comforting word... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #68 |
116. Deleted message |
HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
67. The realization that people CAN be so cruel was the hardest awakening |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
126. That's how she'll come through it. You were there almost immediately... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
150. I wrote my Senior Thesis in college about the Nazi's implementation |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
158. I had this same experience at 8 years old |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. Hi Darlschneider, just some experience that I have with my own |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Intelligence and emotional maturity are two different things. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
94. Getting into Honors/AP classes has nothing to do with maturity. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think they should have informed the parents if it was going to be graphic... |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
76. In my daughter's school, parents have to give written |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Middle school teacher here, and I agree. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Better not to teach it until they're adults, than to teach it in a whitewashed and silly fashion.... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Thank you. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. We got educated on it when I was in high school... |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. great, how about the millions who drop out of high school? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #57 |
118. True. We can thank the Repukes for turning this country into a sewer that way. nt |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
167. I have to disagree |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sounds like child abuse to me. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well, TV stations subject kids to some pretty horrific things.... |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
72. I don't allow toy guns, video game guns, or any other |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #72 |
117. I wish everyone were like you. :( Unfortunately, most people are brainwashed and seduced.... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. There were children who lived these horrors |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
163. Which means we are a nation of child abusers |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1,000,000 Iraqis are dead because of our insensitivity to the value of human life. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Would you subject a child to the images of 1,000,000 dead Iraqis? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I'm not interested in arguing with you. 14 is old enough. nt |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I think it depends on the child |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. That's how old Anne Frank was when she died. n/t |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
131. I disagree. In fact if enough of them saw it as kids maybe when they grow up to be adults they'll be |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have a 14 year old daughter, also honors. |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
60. My daughter was raised to care ... doing vol work since she |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. She's a sensitive kid, a compassionate and empathetic kid |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Good reply, thank you for posting what I was going to write. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. When he was 14, my grandfather in US by himself |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. 14 years old should be mature enough |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
65. Maybe I've just raised them to be too sensitive |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm sure you will get plenty |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. I agree. That's a bit much. Hell, when I was in High School, I cried for days after seeing the |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. But that's probably one of the main reasons you're a good progressive Democrat! |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's difficult to even imagine |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's not a bad thing she cried. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. My mother was seven when Hitler marched into Austria |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. When does the teaching of historical fact devolve into snuff porn? I don't know. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I think that unless you see things like films and photos |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That's absurd. I'm 58 years old. I read books. I never needed visuals to know that the Holocaust |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
164. Intellectuallizing is a way to keep one's distance and avoid engagement |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. I wasn't allowed to see "Roots" as a child |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
73. "Amistad" was cleaned up, actually. |
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phillysuse (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Diary of Anne Frank is usually taught in |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Four days of very graphic material in 8th grade English class? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
78. "The Diary of Anne Frank" was heavily censored . . . wasn't it? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. What do parents of 14 year olds do in Baghdad? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. What's happening in Iraq is wrong and none of those children |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Not mine -- opted out. They plan on joining the Peace Corp. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
161. They may see some pretty difficult things in the Peace Corps, too. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. it's rough but it's real but she knows, her crying imo is a natural reaction to |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. My boys used to get teary during these things |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. She's growing up and I'm not sure if it's advisable to protect her from these realities at her age. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Reading a book about it would have been better than a graphic film. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
87. In the case of the inexperienced, I respectfully disagree. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #87 |
95. Is the focus only on hitting them over the head human tragedy and violence? Books lay the pathway... |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #95 |
100. A fourteen year old child is but three years and some change from being expected to die |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:47 AM Response to Reply #100 |
105. You're eyes are turning brown |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. the maturity and strength of your response speaks for itself n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #106 |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #109 |
129. seems that a combination of the two might have been the best approach |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #95 |
134. 14 is not emotionally pre-teenage. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. good suggestion |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. I can remember being 14 and spending the night with a friend. |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. perhaps you should home school...then when they become shia muslim no facts will stand in their way! |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
75. Perhaps you could empathize instead of spewing meaningless drivel...? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'd call the teacher. Maybe the teacher isn't 'tuned in' |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. 14 is when the critical thinking begins. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. Saw it in school at about the same age. Didn't cry, but never forgot. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. At 10 years old I read everything I could about the Holocaust |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
56. what about other kids and her while at school? |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
58. Well, I'm not a parent, but here's my perspective. |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Trust me, I'm not naive when it comes to what children CAN take in childhood ... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:57 AM Response to Reply #63 |
107. Really? Then why the OP question? Clearly you don't know what decision to make. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
138. Oh, that's an excellent poitn. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
59. I have trouble with it - and I'm 54! - nope - now 55! as of New Year's Eve... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. Kids from survivors got this and then some younger than that |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
62. Then it's time for her to read Viktor Frankl "Man's Search For Meaning" |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
64. Of course I don't know your daughter but |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #64 |
81. At 41 she'll probably react the same way ... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
165. She'd be 41 and 27 more years of atrocities would have happened |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
69. War is hell is more than true but to those not exposed to it it's afairytale. Education is im0portan |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
70. War is hell is more than true but to those not exposed to it it's afairytale. Education is important |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
71. I agree that this seems like a lot for 14-year-olds to digest in just a few days. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
74. My 13 year old daughter has handled a very similar |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
77. I agree --- |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. You write like my daughter thinks ... now |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. You're citing one of the most important ways of thinking --- |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #80 |
108. Then YOU sit down and teach her that! |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
83. Your not over protective thats nuts |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
84. There were a lot of 14 year olds at Auschwitz who couldn't look away |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #84 |
92. I believe what you say is true, to some extent ... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #84 |
140. I have a family friend who was seven when he was brought to that |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
85. I had to leave the room when I was in college because I couldn't watch |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
86. I haven't read the other responses, so I don't know |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
88. At that age, Idon't think they need graphic images or details. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. They recruit kids before they hit college. /nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
89. 14 is too young? Are you crazy? They start recruiting at 17. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Could you please explain your comments a little more? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
93. give her a hug from me |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #93 |
111. My parents took me to Dachau |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
97. You should follow your instincts. A mothers instincts are always right! |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #97 |
137. Untrue. n/t |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
99. Youngsters, the next generation, need to know the truth about the world they live in. |
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Laurier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
101. You've "discussed these events and other genocides" with your children |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 04:36 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. I think it's rather the length and intensity of the class discussion |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #101 |
152. It was the bombardment of graphic/audio images |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
103. I grew up in germany. We were fed that stuff from day one. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
104. actually, at 14, i think it's one of the better times to do it. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
110. It was probably too much too fast... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
112. We try to incrementally impart the idea of evil in the world to our daughter |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
113. to be honest,I have shown these images to my children. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
114. Absolutely Should Not Be Showing This |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
115. Yes! It is time to start facing reality when you are in your teens. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
119. 14 is old enough. It happened the way it happened. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
120. You say you don't want your daughter to lose hope, |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
121. That assignment is usually reserved for high school. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Yes, my older kids covered this when they were about sixteen or seventeen |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #122 |
149. As a former high school English teacher, I know I'd be mad if she stole my assignment. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
123. Oh, I agree |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
127. without reading the whole thread... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #127 |
147. when i asked myself if 8 year old should see the ugliest of iraqi war |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
128. FWIW, my father introduced me to the Holocaust when I was in 8th grade. He took me to the library, |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
130. I'd have to disagree with you. When I was about that same age I witnessed a presentation about... |
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watercolors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
132. I grew up seeing these sights on the movie screen |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
133. I would think an honors class should be able to handle that. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
135. Sounds like genocide overload |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
136. I'm sorry. I can totally empathize. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
139. An english class doesn't require this level of graphic violence |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #139 |
143. You hit the nail on the head! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
141. I agree. It's too much for fourteen year olds to handle. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
142. Here's a link with suggestions for teaching about the Holocaust. note #11 |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #142 |
157. That's the whole argument in a nutshell. |
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BeachBaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
144. Let me get this straight..... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
145. My 13 y.o. son asked me about Hitler last summer. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
146. hugs to your daughter, she will be fine. i like it. i like they did this. i like it is so |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
151. Thank you for raising a decent human being. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
154. Nobody knows your daughter like you do. I wouldn't ask advice from people who can only guess |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
155. I think you're right |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
156. Honors English or not, I think that's too much for a 14 y/o to handle. |
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IamyourTVandIownyou (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
159. They should be using Iraq as an example instead. |
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IamyourTVandIownyou (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
160. They should be using Iraq as an example instead. |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
166. I understand your angst at seeing your daughter in pain but |
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