By T

July 7, 2009 8:11 PM | Link to this

Ms. Swan: Thanks for your journalitic courage to wade in on difficult subjects. I enjoy agreeing and disagreeing but I most admire your willingness to discuss and engage in the tough issues of race, parental responsibility, worthless fathers and sorry education. Keep it interesting.

By Vger

July 3, 2009 10:17 AM | Link to this

Thank you for saying what I’ve been ranting about for many years.

I could not imagine allowing my child to sleep over at someone’s house without knowing the child, the parents, the address, the phone number, and without making at least one visit to their home.

I made a habit out of knowing all of my son’s friends and their parents throughout his childhood. If I did not approve, he didn’t go there.

I’m afraid that too many parents operate under the “out of sight; out of mind” rule. The more their children are out of sight, the less they care and the happier the parents seem to be.

It’s a horrible shame. And, at the very least, bad parenting.