Because Babies Grow Up…
Every time I think I am ready to take the plunge into parenthood, I read an article about some older child doing something horrendously embarrassing, dangerous, or expensive, and it sends a cold shiver down my spine. Maybe I am not as ready as I think and I can be okay with aunt-hood for a while longer. Today, it’s an story about a 13 year old in Texas who stole his father’s credit card and charged up $30k. As much as I’d want to kill him if I were his father, I have to give the kid some credit, he was creative and obviously pretty convincing to get away with as much as he did. But getting back to the wanting to kill him if her were mine….I am being metaphoric, of course, but in all seriousness, how do you punish a kid for something like this? It’s like the kid who accidentally set off the massive wildfire that burned 38,000 acres. I am sure the kid is remorseful, but I don’t think that’s adequate punishment.
One thing is for sure, if I ever do have kids, I anticipate lots of nanny cams and baby monitors and quite possibly a baby harness. I don’t want to be totally Orwellian, but I don’t think anyone wants their kids getting into trouble like that 13 year old.
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