tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post112047796277040942..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: GO KIDSGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38237884128352999372008-05-14T23:04:00.000-05:002008-05-14T23:04:00.000-05:00I have developed a coloring book to assist childre...I have developed a coloring book to assist children of the incarcerated. There just aren't that many resources out there to help these kids. Find it at www.4theloveofkids.com4theloveofkidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333684988858630116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1120569063269624312005-07-05T08:11:00.000-05:002005-07-05T08:11:00.000-05:00JD, you're always welcome to comment, and I didn't...JD, you're always welcome to comment, and I didn't realize I'd slammed you. I did think your earlier comments were a little glib.<BR/><BR/>No kid chooses to have their parent go to prison or to be dyslexic, and nobody said you're responsible, either. The question is, if teaching kids to read when they're young or helping them get healthcare, visitation access and counseling when Mom is incarcerated would keep them from robbing your house in a few years, shouldn't we do it? If not, your taxes will pay for 100% of their upkeep down the line, which I'm sure you'll also resent. Certainly some people will just be irresponsible and commit crimes no matter what. But the reasons children of prisoners are more likely to be incarcerated has nothing to do with genetics, in my experience, and everything to do with the situation in which they grew up. That's what I find ironic here: Your callous attitude actually invites more crime instead of deterring it. <BR/><BR/>Stop by anytime.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1120566913602171522005-07-05T07:35:00.000-05:002005-07-05T07:35:00.000-05:00I now see one reason for your strong, quick reacti...I now see one reason for your strong, quick reaction to my opinion comment on instruction of prisoners. [I owe you an apology, too, for assuming that you were a lawyer.] As for this post – in the same vein – criminality seems to have almost a genetic tendency, doesn’t it? I feel that I can speak to this, as serial prisoners run in my family.<BR/><BR/>All things were open to those of my relatives who became repeatedly incarcerated, yet they found it inconvenient to expend the time and effort required to get an education, or the waiting and saving required to buy something they wanted, or to NOT have that one more drink. I could go on and on with examples.<BR/><BR/>I don’t know what makes some people so irresponsible – but I must have some of it, too, because I don’t feel responsible for their actions. You can only bleed so much for your family. At some point in their lives, they are going to have to pay their own way and suffer the consequences of their actions. Eventually, you must either despair or go down with them. In real life, Frodo most likely wouldn’t have made it out of the Shire, but that’s what made it a great story.<BR/><BR/>And – yes, I vote in all elections. I find candidates not in one of our two major parties and vote for them in vain hope of some sort of change – almost any sort would do. I enjoy your writing, and sometimes agree with what you post, but why would I respond just to agree? Are you doing one of those blogs where only similar opinions are accepted? Because I don’t HAVE to comment. I thought that if comments are open, a dialog is invited. I am prepared to be slammed, now.jdallenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890848008073355783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1120495874302148662005-07-04T11:51:00.000-05:002005-07-04T11:51:00.000-05:00really hit home for me.thank you for calling atten...really hit home for me.<BR/>thank you for calling attention.<BR/><BR/>CCatonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388517503945911587noreply@blogger.com