Posted on 10/09/2022 10:18:59 PM PDT by Morgana
Part if being a parent is protecting a child from making terrible decisions that literally cut them off from being involved in humanity.
Reminds me of that epic episode of "Better Call Saul" wherein Saul Goodman defends a trio of teenagers who had broken into a mortuary at midnight and videotaped themselves "skull-f*cking" a "client."
He used the "boys will be boys" argument.
The prosecuting attorney, in turn, wordlessly turned on the videotape machine and played the video to the jurors.
Guess who won the case!
Regards,
Back in 1964 when Tennessee went for LBJ, Nashville went for Goldwater like the deep South did. The 1968 graduating class of West End High School had all clean-cut students and they still had a rod and gun club in that public school.
Nowadays, Nashville is one of the liberal parts of Tennessee. Vanderbilt has been a lost cause for decades. The University was ahead of the curve in getting rid of Confederate names and erasing history. Back when Dr. Barney Brooks ran things at Vanderbilt Hospital, they worked on serious and necessary surgeries. Their first neurosurgeon was Cobb Pilcher who was a friend of the famous sports writers Fred Russell and Grantland Rice. Rice, a Vanderbilt alumnus, penned the words, “... For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, he writes not that you won or lost but how you played the game.” The problem today at Vanderbilt is that few believe in the “One Great Scorer”. Instead, they believe what the trendy set believe.
If they truly believed the crap they spout, they would also agree that teens can smoke and drink, since teens make bad choices..Here are 2 more...They would never, ever advocate for smoking an drinking...at least not publicly....
If people think young people (under the age of 16) are wise to make life decisions, then maybe the endorsement should occur with allowing 10-year old kids to have a driver’s license, buy smokes or booze, sign up with the Army, or marry.
It’s one thing to let them make bad decisions that are valuable in teaching life’s lessons that will not cause permanent harm.
This is a totally different level and it IS part of a parent’s job to protect their children from making foolish, life altering/damaging decisions that they are not mature enough to make on their own.
They are teens, for crying out loud. That almost qualifies them for being mentally ill. Something about all those hormones interferes with rational thought.
Oh hell just go shoot up heroin then
Child mutilation is evil, and those sanctioning it should be tried and imprisoned.
Author of op-ed supporting Vanderbilt transgender clinic fails to disclose her role as university spokeswoman Argues that ‘part of being a teen’ is being allowed to make bad decisions, even if that includes cutting off healthy body parts.
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WRONG moron
‘part of being an ADULT’ is being allowed to make bad decisions.
‘part of being a parent’ is to make sure you children are punished for making bad decisions so they learn accountability and critical thinking.
Exactly! THIS is why responsible parents carefully the activities that are appropriate for children.
My kids were not allowed to date until after 16, were not allowed to get a tattoo, smoke, drink alcohol (other than the occasional sip of wine or beer), curse, etc. etc.
Behaviors (decisions) have consequences. Good parents protect their offspring from the consequences of bad ones; and they certainly don’t encourage them.
“Primum Non Nocere”
Sure sounds like the musings of another lunatic liberal white woman.
Looks like that rag that doesn’t believe in full disclosure is owned by a property company there in Nashville...
My, what a can of worms this could open.
“Primum Non Nocere”
Only applies to Deep State.
The rest of us are just more of Fauci’s beagles.
After the Mid-Terms, Vandy can go back to the status quo. Tennessee might be solid red, but the governor and legislature are solid RINO.
I fondly remember my teen years when I cut off my penis, wore dresses, and went by Tina…
Even a tattoo (one of the dumbest teen decisions) can be removed. A sex-change in most cases cannot be undone. Certainly not a cutadikfrome.
A large part of being a parent is setting boundaries and saying NO!
Can kids now get their ears pierced without parental permission yet?
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