What do you think about DC Police Chief Robert Contee's views on parents' role in preventing crime?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think we have white collar criminals who cost our nation $300 billion a year because they had bad parents?

If they are 13, then their parents need to try something else.

[Anonymous]

I think parents have enormous influence on their kids, but Contee's remarks ignore that fact that so much of the poor parenting we see in the world is the result of generational trauma, and that's a hard cycle to break. I am a cycle breaker in my own family, and it's lonely and difficult. It's worth it, but there are things that can be done to support families in making better choices with their own kids than their parents made with them.

One thing I'd like to see considered is Robert White's proposal to provide free tuition to people willing to get a Masters in Social Work from UDC (there is more to his proposal, but I know this is a part of it). The goal is to create more resources for mental health support in the city. I'd also like to see programs developed explicitly to help adult survivors of childhood abuse and trauma in order to help break the cycles of generational trauma that continue to hurt kids today.

It is not enough to say "parents, do better." Most parents who are struggling know they need to do better. But I know from experience that they may not know where to begin. I think the city could do more to help them down that path.

Also, making people more aware of generational trauma and the impacts on children at a young age could help. I waiting until I was much older to have kids in part because I was aware of the damage of my own history and the risks of repeating those cycles. Perhaps if more young people were aware that the abuse and trauma they experienced could make it harder for them to parent, more of them would seek help before having kids of their own. I know for me, that has been essential to breaking the cycle. Knowledge is power.

[Anonymous]

Kids see their mothers disrespected in every context in the community--this translates into disrespect in the home. Until women are treated with respect in this society, there will be no change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids see their mothers disrespected in every context in the community--this translates into disrespect in the home. Until women are treated with respect in this society, there will be no change.

I think it's the other way around, TBH. Are there respected, respectful men in these kids' lives?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think we have white collar criminals who cost our nation $300 billion a year because they had bad parents?

If they are 13, then their parents need to try something else.

Chief Contee is remarking dealing with people's lives being taken, each one worth a lot more than $300 billion. Parents need to know where their children are at 4am.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids see their mothers disrespected in every context in the community--this translates into disrespect in the home. Until women are treated with respect in this society, there will be no change.

I think it's the other way around, TBH. Are there respected, respectful men in these kids' lives?

My son doesn't have a father or father figure in his life. That isn't an impediment to raising a respectful son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think we have white collar criminals who cost our nation $300 billion a year because they had bad parents?

I think it’s pretty clear that DJT and SBF had bad parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids see their mothers disrespected in every context in the community--this translates into disrespect in the home. Until women are treated with respect in this society, there will be no change.

What about their fathers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think we have white collar criminals who cost our nation $300 billion a year because they had bad parents?

Definitely. Trump is Exhibit A of someone whose father taught him all the wrong things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think we have white collar criminals who cost our nation $300 billion a year because they had bad parents?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids see their mothers disrespected in every context in the community--this translates into disrespect in the home. Until women are treated with respect in this society, there will be no change.

I think it's the other way around, TBH. Are there respected, respectful men in these kids' lives?

My son doesn't have a father or father figure in his life. That isn't an impediment to raising a respectful son.

I was thinking of Karon.

[Anonymous]

We need gun control and can make it happen, even if morons say we can’t.

No defeatist attitude.

Otherwise we’d still have slavery.

We’d still be English.

We’ve surmounted so many immense obstacles to create and change our nation. Gun control is NOT a bridge too far!

[Anonymous]

Whatever punishment the kids get, the parents should get double.

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Anonymous wrote:12:27 again.

Anyway, all this is smoke and mirrors. The REAL issue is gun control. This is what differentiates the US from all other wealthy and educated nations. They all have issues with their mentally ill, their disrespectful teens, their drugs and gangs. But no guns on the street is what makes the difference in mortality.

If there was no immediate legislation for gun control after Sandy Hook, Uvalde then just stop with your broken record of Gun Control. There is not going to be gun control legislation prohibiting purchasing or ownership of guns. So it only makes sense that, YOU, the parent are responsible for absolutely everything your child does as long as they live under your roof and you need to watch them like hawks and finally assume and exercise your responsibility.

+1. There will never be gun control in this country. Get it into your skull!!

We thought they’d never overturn Roe, yet here we are. There is always hope.

[Anonymous]

That is a dumb take. The kids who are acting like criminals do not have parents who can help them. These parents themselves are lost cases.