Please explain

[bbro]

He got drunk and ate a cheeseburger while he had custody of his children. One is 16 and the other is 14. Would you feel comfortable leaving your children with someone that drunk?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by bbro

Would you feel comfortable leaving your children with someone that drunk?

Nope.

But it's not like he was assaulting anyone or driving drunk. He broke no law.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by bbro

He got drunk and ate a cheeseburger while he had custody of his children. One is 16 and the other is 14. Would you feel comfortable leaving your children with someone that drunk?

But a 14 and 16 year old can go hang out at the mall for half a day or longer? He wasn't putting them in any danger, only himself.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But a 14 and 16 year old can go hang out at the mall for half a day or longer? He wasn't putting them in any danger, only himself.

There's a big difference between hanging out at the mall, in a controlled environment where there are friends and security staff and police to call if things go wrong and being in the one place where you are supposed to be safe and protected and a CHILD.

I haven't seen the clips. I'm therefore unable to make a comment on his specific behaviour.

But friends I knew who weren't able to rely on their parents were definitely affected by it. In fact some of the issues in my family come from the way my maternal Great Grandfather behaved towards my Grandmother - along with other things she looked after him on many a drunken occasion. Nan's parenting skills (and the knock on effect to my Mum's) made a lot more sense once I learned some family history.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

There's a big difference between hanging out at the mall, in a controlled environment where there are friends and security staff and police to call if things go wrong and being in the one place where you are supposed to be safe and protected and a CHILD.

I haven't seen the clips. I'm therefore unable to make a comment on his specific behaviour.

But friends I knew who weren't able to rely on their parents were definitely affected by it. In fact some of the issues in my family come from the way my maternal Great Grandfather behaved towards my Grandmother - along with other things she looked after him on many a drunken occasion. Nan's parenting skills (and the knock on effect to my Mum's) made a lot more sense once I learned some family history.

So by this statement you would say that 14 and 16 year olds are children?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

There's a big difference between hanging out at the mall, in a controlled environment where there are friends and security staff and police to call if things go wrong and being in the one place where you are supposed to be safe and protected and a CHILD.

Malls must be different over there. Most people wouldn't let younger children hang at the mall, here, for fear of kidnappers, perverts and father rapers.

But by the time they are 14, most don't need a baby sitter in their home, except possibly over night. They are often permitted to hang at the mall, too.

This film clip was to help convince him he shouldn't be drinking, not because he put the kids in danger.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Malls must be different over there. Most people wouldn't let younger children hang at the mall, here, for fear of kidnappers, perverts and father rapers.

But by the time they are 14, most don't need a baby sitter in their home, except possibly over night. They are often permitted to hang at the mall, too.

This film clip was to help convince him he shouldn't be drinking, not because he put the kids in danger.

Our Malls do not let kids 16 and under "hang out" without an adult.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Not a bad idea.