Category Archives: violence

What Would You Do?

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Laura

I’m glad that it’s left the headlines, but a couple of weeks ago, all the “news people” were obsessed with the whole Mel Gibson sideshow.  One radio host that I had the displeasure of hearing was blaming the woman for … Continue reading →

Posted in adulthood, adults, alcohol, celebrities, dangers, disrespect, drinking, life, life lessons, movie stars, opinions, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

The Creeping Terror

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Laura

A school in New Jersey has narrowly avoided disaster.  Unbeknownst to the administrators, terror lurked in the hallways, stalked the children as they went about their daily duties.  Slowly, quietly, it crept, moving from the playground in the morning, to … Continue reading →

Posted in adults, children, choices, control, dangers, discipline, dumb, education, embarassing, kids, life lessons, overbearing, parenting, people, politics, responsibility, rules, safety, school, stupid people, teachers, violence | Tagged , , , , , , | 22 Comments

Bullfighting…help me understand this

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Joy

Anyone who knows me knows that my heart is really big when it comes to animals.  I have a huge spot in my heart for them. It doesn’t really matter what kind of animal, I love all of them.  Snakes … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, behavior, bullfighting, choices, cultures, dangerous, dangers, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, games, getting hurt, opinions, people, sadness, sports, things, violence | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 31 Comments

How movies have changed

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Joy

  I can remember it was in 1970, I was 13 years old.  I was an avid reader and if a book I’d read was ever made into a movie, my mom and I would go see it.  I had read … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, choices, Father's, feelings, kids, mom, movies, parent's, people, reading, teenagers, thoughts, today's times, tv, violence | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Punishing kids publicly

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Joy

I saw this on the morning news this morning and can’t really understand why people do things like this.  Then they called it “bullying.”  He stole something is what he did.  I don’t call that bullying, I call it stealing … Continue reading →

Posted in anger, bullying, childhood, children, choices, emotions, fairness, family, fears, feelings, humiliation, hurt feelings, judging, kids, life, mom, parent's, people, respect, rules, sad, thoughts, today's times, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

How movies have changed

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Joy

I can remember it was in 1970, I was 13 years old.  I was an avid reader and if a book I’d read was ever made into a movie, my mom and I would go see it.  I had read Love … Continue reading →

Posted in childhood, choices, Father's, feelings, kids, mom, movies, parent's, people, reading, teenagers, thoughts, today's times, tv, violence | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Autistic boy banned from church

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Joy

You know, I wasn’t even going to blog about this because I don’t know what I think.  I know what I think but I don’t know how I feel is my problem.  It was on The View earlier this week which is the … Continue reading →

Posted in accidents, anger, children, emotions, fairness, family, fears, feelings, hurt, hurt feelings, kids, parent's, people, relationships, responsibility, thoughts, Uncategorized, violence, worry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Single murder or double murder??

Posted on May 14, 2008 by lisamike

This is going on again in our local news.  Again!!  There was a woman shot through her front door, she was 8 months pregnant.  They are only looking at charging the guy for a single murder even though the baby didn’t survive.  … Continue reading →

Posted in fears, feelings, parent's, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments