Ouija for 11-Year olds? - Page 4

Juniper · 12-12-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

And this is how your kids can learn that some people are stupid and crazy.

Yeah, no kidding. That's exactly what my daughter thought. "Wow, they're weird."

Didn't bother her much. She's got friends to spare without worrying about people who would reject her for that sort of thing. Especially when these girls do things that are much worse.

Got a letter A on me now, huh? Well, I told you I was an A student.

Pico and ME · 12-12-2008, 12:27 PM

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LabRat · 12-12-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I'm not going to be disrespectful, but I'm also not going to avoid difficult subjects just because one group of people has marked them off-limits. Honesty is respectful.

Please don't think I was calling you disrespectful, I was not at all.

It would drive us all insane if we worried about whether or not every little freaking thing we did might offend someone...for FSM's sake, that's what's gotten us into this freaking PC crazy world we are in right now.

My daughter is going to a sleepover party for a friend that she met through school, and is in our Daisy troop. I will ask what they plan on doing for the night when we drop her off. If there is anything I wish my daughter didn't participate in, I'll let them know, as well as tell my daughter WHY I don't want her to do it.

Should she come home and tell me they ended up doing whatever it was I didn't agree with, lets say, watched a horror movie (they are 6) and ate candy all night, so that she comes home exhausted and terrified to go to sleep that night, I would be pissed, (mostly because i have to spend the next 48 hours with a brat) but depending on the actual damage done I'm not sure how I would handle the situation. Ask me Monday

Edited to add, I really am pretty easy going, and I really doubt that there is anything that would happen that would bother me to the point of me not letting her go, or not letting her play with said friend after the fact. It's my responsibilty to explain to my daughter why I don't agree, why I don't want her to do whatever, and her responsibility to respect my wishes, or suffer the punishment if she chooses not to...

Sundae · 12-12-2008, 12:45 PM

Party at my house!
Cocaine and knives!

LabRat's daughter's in - anyone else?

[kidding]

LabRat · 12-12-2008, 12:45 PM

classicman · 12-12-2008, 01:06 PM

LOL @ SG. Very good!

Oh and I just PM'd you - lil lookout is in too, but don't tell his dad

Shawnee123 · 12-12-2008, 01:24 PM

What time should I drop off the nieces?

lumberjim · 12-12-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Shoulda logged in as ghost for that one.

oh, you gotta highlight that text for it to be accurate.

Pie · 12-12-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

And this is how your kids can learn that some people are stupid and crazy.

Y'know, as a darkie, I expected that at some point in my life I would be subject to racism. I am 33, and I have yet to experience any such behavior of note. (Score one for race-relations in America!)

What I have experienced, from the time I was 5 till the present day, is religious bigotry. Ostracism, being dumped, being questioned on my right to:

exist
be a citizen
claim to be a "good person"
be successful
et cetera

I'm with Flint. I had to learn that lesson a long time ago; it was painful (my best friend never spoke to me again when she found out I was an Athiest) but a very necessary introduction to reality.

We elected a black man to the presidency; we will never elect an unbeliever.

Juniper · 12-12-2008, 03:28 PM

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We elected a black man to the presidency; we will never elect an unbeliever.

Um...there are some that argue that he IS an unbeliever. Or that he believes in something other than what he purports to believe in.

I dunno, myself. I'm just sayin'.

But I am really glad to hear you've never dealt personally with racism. Very glad.

Pie · 12-12-2008, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

Um...there are some that argue that he IS an unbeliever. Or that he believes in something other than what he purports to believe in.

But that's exactly it. I realize that many "believers" out there may just be paying lip-service to the conventions. But they don't stand up for their lack of belief, and that's just as bad. D'you really think Blaggie over in Chicago is a good, upstanding member of the Serbian Orthodox church? And yet his purported Christianity was important to getting elected.

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But I am really glad to hear you've never dealt personally with racism. Very glad.

Me too!

Shawnee123 · 12-12-2008, 03:41 PM

Oh no you di'int say darkie. You crack me up Pie.

I think I alluded to that same general thing once: believing because you're supposed to believe or "just in case" isn't really believing anything at all.

HungLikeJesus · 12-12-2008, 04:07 PM

I thought this thread was about Ojai, California

Aliantha · 12-12-2008, 05:32 PM

I wouldn't want my kids playing with a Ouija board. They're not really in the general circulation of kids games here though, so I think it's probably different.

I just think about the first time Aden got one of those scarey 'pass this on or you'll die in 13 hours' emails and the consequences of it. (that was a year or more ago now though so I suppose things have changed, but he did recall it just a couple of days ago and say how scared he was when he got it)

So I don't know about it really, but right now if someone suggested it, I'd be wary, but I wouldn't stop the kids if they wanted to play.

dar512 · 12-12-2008, 06:53 PM

I think you only need to worry if one of the girls' heads starts spinning around. I've heard that's a bad sign.

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12-12-2008, 12:45 PM	#50
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12-12-2008, 01:06 PM	#51
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12-12-2008, 01:24 PM	#52
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	What time should I drop off the nieces? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-12-2008, 03:41 PM	#57
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh no you di'int say darkie. You crack me up Pie. I think I alluded to that same general thing once: believing because you're supposed to believe or "just in case" isn't really believing anything at all. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-12-2008, 12:45 PM	#49
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Party at my house! Cocaine and knives! LabRat's daughter's in - anyone else? [kidding]

12-12-2008, 04:07 PM	#58
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I thought this thread was about Ojai, California __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-12-2008, 05:32 PM	#59
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I wouldn't want my kids playing with a Ouija board. They're not really in the general circulation of kids games here though, so I think it's probably different. I just think about the first time Aden got one of those scarey 'pass this on or you'll die in 13 hours' emails and the consequences of it. (that was a year or more ago now though so I suppose things have changed, but he did recall it just a couple of days ago and say how scared he was when he got it) So I don't know about it really, but right now if someone suggested it, I'd be wary, but I wouldn't stop the kids if they wanted to play. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-12-2008, 06:53 PM	#60
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I think you only need to worry if one of the girls' heads starts spinning around. I've heard that's a bad sign. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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