Via WISH TV 8…

Word of the pregnancy pact comes from the principal of Gloucester High School. Joseph Sullivan tells Time magazine in a story published this week that the girls confessed to making the pact after the school began investigating. Seventeen girls there are pregnant, and Sullivan says nearly half were involved in the pact — none more than 16 years old.

This truly bothers me on so many levels.

First, say the “pact” is true, why in the world would you think that’s a good idea?  Teenagers girls seem to have more, how to phrase it, emotional/self-esteem issues than most teenage boys do (from what you can “see”).  But come on, this is just ludicrous and I hope that it is untrue.

Second, and just as disturbing, is the mere fact of so many pregnancies in one high school.  That is just baffling.  I went to an “inner-city” (a.k.a. “urban”) high school with a few thousand students and there were only a handful each year (which is still too many IMO).

Anyway, I’m floored and am just scratching my head as this is outright crazy.  I thought that normal kids these days rebelled by piercing something, dying their hair and wearing certain clothing.  I thought that we as adults (parents, relatives, etc) were educating the younger generations about the dangers of sex, drugs, tobacco and alcohol.  But maybe I’m wrong?  I just pray that I do a half-way decent job parenting my children so that they know that dear old dad isn’t being mean or trying to thwart their fun, but to instead protect them.

OK, apparently it is going around…

An Indianapolis woman has been charged with neglect for leaving her 4-year-old child unattended in a car near Greenwood Park Mall.  The incident occurred on Nov. 23 as shoppers converged on shopping malls for after-Thanksgiving sales.  (The) child was left unattended for over an hour in (the) car.

Seriously, was that “bargin” really worth a possible 6 months to 3 years in prison?  People, please use some common sense here and think about the safety of your children.  These people are just killing me.

I swear, some people just don’t deserve to have children.  When I read this story this morning it just angered me at the lack of common sense.  Never mind the fact that is was bitterly cold last night and you left a two-year-old in a cold minivan for 40 minutes.  What about the possibility of someone kidnapping your child?

And their excuse?  “Their child was sound asleep and they didn’t want to wake him before going into the store.”  Having three little ones myself my thought process would be to either wake the child up OR if you want to let him sleep, one of you can stay in the van while it’s running and the other can take your four-year-old into the store to go shopping with you.  Leaving them unattended in a cold van would never have even crossed my mind as an option.