by, giving him the right to choose to get hit or not, and "sadly" watch as he gets mowed down by a 2 ton vehicle. What other loving parents feel the same amount of LOVE for their children as I do?
2006-12-05 17:10:26 · 15 answers · asked by chicalinda 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hello people! Isn't this what God does??? All of you people saying,"OH MY GOD, WHAT KIND OF PARENT ARE YOU??" Apply the logic to your blood crazed christian god who "warns" his children that he will allow them to burn in all eternity if they choose the wrong road.
2006-12-05 17:22:01 · update #1
Children do not have the ability to make decisions for themselves until they are about 16. It is your responsibility to do this for them.
2006-12-05 17:12:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey, stop and think what you just said! What kind of mother would not protect her child? Loving a child does not mean letting him/her get hurt! This would be suicide for the child and if a child is sad enough to want walk out in the street and get run over and die he/ she desperately needs help, not a parent saying it's ok. You must not love your child that much if you would choose to let him commit suicide and bury him rather than get the help he needs for this kind of behaviour. By the way, why would you be having this kind of conversation with a child?
2006-12-06 01:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by Dakota Lynn Takes Gun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jezuss, I'm glad I'm not your kid. I sure hope you're kidding.
If this was some sort of reverse-psychology stunt to get your kid to hang onto your hand, it really, REALLY sucks. Children need to know that their parents are there for them, no matter what. For a young child to think that a parent would stand by and do nothing while he got hurt (in ANY way), whether it was his fault or not, is enough to make most children feel very vulnerable; it won't do a heck of a lot for an older kid, for that matter. I hope, if you really said this to your young child, that you're prepared for nightmares, thumb-sucking, nail-biting, and bed-wetting.
If it's just a stupid question that you decided to post on Yahoo answers, then I think it shows that your IQ is somewhere around room temperature, or your shoe size, whichever is lower. You'd make a turnip look intelligent.
2006-12-06 01:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel the same way totally. I know where you're coming from. But does your child understand this? I don't doubt he/she does, for I know children are completely receptive and trusting and understanding. I just wonder how your child took it. What was his/her reaction?
However, because children are innocent in the sense that they haven't experienced certain situations that can bring pain, they may not measure danger. In other words, because he/she has never been hit by anything huge, he/she doesn't know the physical danger it poses. So, I'd be close by to react just in case the child doesn't measure the circumstances well. Even though we have more receptors than just our body and can percieve danger with our intuition, some children ignore it because they are so enthralled with the excitement of life.
The child may understand what you said and practice it. But when we are children we are so free spirited that we do not pay full attention always to our surroundings. Even adults don't pay attention fully to their surroundings. Even adults get run over.
I still think it's great to be truthful to your child like you are being. I know children understand and do as we say. That's why your child wouldn't run into the street like a mad person. That's why it's crucial to be precise with everything we do and say. I think it's criminal to lead children to believe in Santa Claus and lies like that. It makes people stupid and unaware.
2006-12-06 01:20:25 · answer #4 · answered by vipanesq 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you're doing the right thing. Almost.
You're forgetting one of the most important things that God does for us. It's true, He DOES give us free will, but He also, in certain times, saves our sorry arses when we cry out to him. Surely you've heard of "guardian angels," and maybe you believe in them (as I do). Guardian angels save us, by the command of God, when we're about to really mess up or get hurt (not always by our own accord).
If I were you, I'd let my child do as they please, but be prepared to haul butt in the middle of the street should a car come to claim my child's life.
2006-12-06 01:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if your child is 16, then yes you may let him cross the road by himself. If he is an actual child, I think you should go to parenting school.....or jail!
2006-12-06 01:13:44 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Suki 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully not very many. Very disturbing. YOU are the one who is supposed to make the choice to protect your child. That's what a mother is for.
2006-12-06 01:13:19 · answer #7 · answered by WonderWoman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parents have many more responsibilities than the only one you remembered!
2006-12-06 01:13:28 · answer #8 · answered by A fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what the hell? you would let your kid get hit by a Mack truck just to let him make his own decisions? Thats Mental!
2006-12-06 01:13:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None.
This is exactly the kind of love that god extends to us.
Now, if only you'll promise to torture your son forever and ever if he is displeasing to you, then the god-like persona will be complete.
2006-12-06 01:12:28 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋