Horrible Mothers

Horrible mothers are appearing more and more in our society. Recently very disturbing stories of what these mothers do to their children have been appearing n the media. As I was watching CNN and Nancy Grace, about two days ago, they were discussing a very alarming story about a five year old girl who goes by the name Shaniya Davis. Shaniya was found dead in North Carolina due to the decisions of her mother. Her mother begged her father to allow Shaniya to live with her mom. The mother then sold Shaniya to other men for sex. This story disturbed me and my family, and I’m sure many others, so much that I had to make blog discussing bad mothers particularly this one. How could a mother, of all people, sell her own daughter for sex at such a young age? How horrible and heartless of a mother would you have to be to bear a child for nine months only to sell her for child prostitution? I never thought I would ever hear of a mother doing this, but it did. Sadly, this is not the only story of a mother mistreating their child, but it is the most disturbing case. Many stories are out there of mothers abandoning their children at early ages, as early as pre-birth abortion. A case like Shaniya’s has not occurred, and the worst is that it was planned. I think a mother is the most important person to someone, as mine is to me, and I believe a mother should be in their child’s life as that’s all they have in the world. I am glad I have a loving mother and we have such a great bond, I don’t know what I would do without her. Mothers need to be in their children’s life and I don’t understand why they wouldn’t want to be, do you?

Fighting at Partys

As a teen or young adult, attending parties is a regular event. Young men and women love to go out dance, listen to music and associate with others in an entertaining atmosphere. As a teen or young adult, we love to meet new people and get “wasted”; parties with friends are a great place for this, until someone ruins the fun. I never understood why every enjoyable is ruined by a hot head for ignorant reasons. Reasons such as stepping on shoes or brushing people have caused fights at a party that everyone is enjoying. Why do these people, boys and girls, engage in a fight with another person for these reasons? I always thought if you didn’t want someone to step on your shoe or brush you, why attend a place in your best shoes where there is a cluster of people constantly moving. Fighting at parties is ridiculous and it is occurring more often; I don’t understand why people do it. Why pay money to go into a party and have a good time if you’re going to fight for a little reason? I just attended an excellent house party on Saturday and it got “locked off” at 11:30, it only started at 9:30! It was “locked off” because a couple of teen boys decided to fight because some idiot tried to push everyone down the stairs. The fighting escalated and quickly turned into a brawl, which lead to a swat team evacuating the house. A party that hundreds of people paid for and had plenty of girls ended due to these fools. With co- ed parties, why even bother fighting? Why not just talk to someone of the opposite sex, dance and have fun, especially if you’re paying to get in. If you know other reasons why people fight at parties please inform me as I need to know. Too many good parties have been ruined for me, and I still have about 10 years more of partying.

Girl Friends

As I continue to search for new videos on the infamous site “YouTube” I repeatedly see videos on what men’s girlfriends do to them after they have cheated or betrayed them in some way. As a man, these videos are an eye opener to what a girlfriend can do if she feels betrayed. For example, in 1993 a woman named Lorena Bobbit t severed her husband’s penis off with a knife after he was caught being unfaithful. Another video captured on YouTube was a story about how jealousy over a woman whose boyfriend had a baby with another woman caused her to take the child’s life. While both these examples are extreme and exaggerated cases of “fatal attraction,” it is true that Hell hath no fury, greater than the wrath of woman’s scorned. My own girlfriend has fought three girls at once because she thought they all liked me. She has threatened other girls for me and there have been many other minor incidents.
This just goes to show that women can become crazy and even unreasonable when it comes to their men. A woman at my father’s workplace ended up with seven stitches to the forehead after being caught in the crossfire of a “cat fight” over a guy at a club. As someone who, admittedly, cheats, these stories have done more than just inform and (also admittedly) entertain me; it makes me think twice about being unfaithful. Penis’ being chopped off and ex-girlfriend’s killing babies are not everyday occurrences but they do happen. Those guys never saw it coming but it happened to them anyway. No one plans doing these terrible things when things are going well in a relationship. What about when things aren’t going so well and the unreasonable and irrational mindset takes over? Watching these videos made me change my mind about double-crossing someone – especially a woman in love. Do you know anyone that crazy? Have you been caught in your own tryst? Let’s hear how it was handled. I want to find out what the collateral damage was. Please post your comments below.

Athletes

Wouldn’t you love to be an athlete? I definitely would. Professional athletes make millions of dollars each year to do what they love. Teachers and doctors who help people and save lives get about one fifth to a tenth of what some professional athletes make for entertaining others. Someone who plays football or hockey gets paid about 5 million dollars to get the ball/puck from one end to another to score while teachers , doctors, policemen, firefighters and others help people every day by saving lives and risking their own – and they top out at about $200,000 a year. Ridiculous! Athletes are also role- models for many individuals. You would think this would be the reverse. Policemen, doctors and teachers should be our role models because they are doing something good for in our communities. Athletes are getting too much recognition for what they do and I believe media has completely corrupted society with this athlete mania. Please know that there are many of us who see you “regular” folk as heroes. If you do, too, send me your comments. If not, let’s know why.

Disappointment

Have you ever been disappointed? I am almost certain that everyone has been disappointed at least one time in their life -- even Jesus was. Disappointment can be very hurtful and negative. I personally have been disappointed many times throughout my life in my marks, efforts, friends sometimes my parents and teachers but I have overcome them and become a stronger individual. The worst type of disappointment occurs from the people who you love but these ones only build up your character and get you ready for the real world. Many others have been disappointment but react wrongly by allowing it to bring down their self esteem. This can even lead to suicide attempts. Disappointment is helpful in life because it teaches people life lessons that we wouldn’t learn without them. But being disappointed by a loved one can really hurt; for example, when your parents tell you they will do something for you and they don’t, or when your friends promise to have your back or not snitch, or when you hear things they have said about you, you feel heartbroken and wonder to yourself why you bother trying to care. Disappointment by loved ones forces you to seek someone who you can trust, breaks your trust towards others and leaves people feeling paranoid. Imagine not being able to trust your own mother or father. Even though disappointment teaches you these life lessons and can make you strong no one wants to be disappointed. It is not what God intended. Wouldn’t you like to live a life without disappointment? Do you know what I’m talking about? Let’s hear your stories. Post your comments below.

Focusing

Have you ever found it very hard to focus on something that you don’t want to do? Or something that you are forced to do? Well for me, I find it very hard to focus on things. Seeing that I am a teenager that was on the Honour Roll for the 2008-2009 school year, I find it extremely hard to focus on anything that I do now a days. For me to focus I need a motivation -- which I never used to need when I was younger, but this doesn’t just seem to be happening to me but a lot of other teens in my age group. We have all noticed that as we continue to get older we struggle to focus on things that used to be important and we seem to be more tired. I am normally more energetic then others but I am noticing that I am struggling to even focus on video games. This is something I used to play for up to six hours. Now I can barely play for two hours. Focusing is becoming a harder task for me and my peers and I am wondering if it has to do with the fact were getting older and going through our prime in puberty or if it’s just that we all have attention deficit disorder or if it’s technology overload (cell phones, Video game, tv). I also did not realize how important it is to focus until now. Now that I’m older, the ability to focus is primary to be successful as I am seeing that my marks and everything else in my life is slowly degrading all because I do not focus as much as I used to. The ability to focus is more significant as I get older and people who have this ability have a major advantage over others. Please let me know what you think by posting your comments below.

Halloween

Halloween, in this city, has changed quite drastically over the past couple of years. I think it has to do with either the demographics of Brampton or the media influence. Halloween is now seen, by many, as a day to rob and fight in the eyes of teenagers. The kids who go out early to get candy are parading around in costumes that are physically inappropriate. Little girls, as young as five or six, look more like little strippers and young boys are seen wearing ‘Jason’ masks (Friday the 13th) when its an “R” rated movie that they’ve probably never seen.

When I was younger, which wasn’t that long ago, I do not remember Halloween being dangerous to the point where police had to patrol each street in every neighbourhood to check on the children. Nor do I remember wearing, or seeing, kids that were my age, wearing such mature costumes. The media has been a major influence and no one is realizing what life has become because of the desensitization. Personally, I’ve never even seen the point to Halloween and could never understand why people wanted to give out candy for free. Maybe it’s because I was never told the reason behind the so-called celebration or tradition. I just went along with it like all the other kids. Now, as a teenager, I have to admit that I’m frightened to step outside on this day, terrified at the thought of getting robbed and/or beat up for FREE candy and anything else that I might possess on me at that time. Halloween seems pointless and again think it’s just another money scam so stores can sell costumes, over-priced candy, pumpkins and every other thing else that is associated with this event.

This tradition, as far as I’m concerned, is only wide-spread in North America. We’ve allowed ourselves to become swept away by lies that retailers tell us so they can make more money. We need to know that. What do you know about this tradition? What say you? Please post your comments below.