This is a rather . . . unorthodox method

[pegkerr]

Parents strike to protest messy kids.

I have to think that it would have been easier for them if they had pushed the issue more when the kids were younger.

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[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

What does a parent do, then? I have seen well-behaved kids out there, but I don't know how their parents accomplished the feat.

Interesting what you said about child protective services: We've got a real problem with it in Texas. They are desperately short of caseworkers. The woman who cut her daughter's arms off? Had been investigated by CPS for neglect. Obviously they found nothing wrong. Then there were two cases just a few months ago, with children being beaten to death. One parent had been investigated by CPS five times prior to the child's death; the other six times. What's sad about Texas is that calling CPS is an empty threat.

As to the woman in the parking lot? Sounds like she's never been a parent.

[amandageist.livejournal.com]

Interesting what you said about child protective services: We've got a real problem with it in Texas. ... What's sad about Texas is that calling CPS is an empty threat.

We live just south of San Antonio. I didn't consider it an empty threat; despite the sad situation of CPS here, my husband has co-workers whose children call and report abuse in retaliation against their parents' attempts to control them.

There is no system that will catch everything, alas. And it always seems that when the searchlights of any government entity turn in my direction, I never manage to be one of the ones that fall through the cracks.

~Amanda "one of the lucky 45,000 people nationwide selected for a random IRS audit in 2003" Geist

[amandageist.livejournal.com]

What does a parent do, then?

I usually tell them I'll sell them on eBay.

~A