Comments on: Tough Parenting In The Hood

By: Tamara

Tamara — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:34:40 +0000

This mother did exactly what she should have. You guys don’t think he deserves to be punished for stealing? Thats stupid. At least she didn’t beat him. I’m white and I would have done the exact same thing to my kid. She shouldn’t be shunned, the kid fucked up, not her.

By: Broken

Broken — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:02:23 +0000

as for how I would feel if it was a middle class white mom that did it,

the same.
who cares what color the kid is…YOU’RE the one making this a racial issue. It wouldn’t be if you didn’t turn it into that.

By: Broken

Broken — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:01:22 +0000

You know what? I grew up in a home so horrifying, nobody’s believed it on the rare occasion that I’ve decided to talk about it.

I was a horrible child as a result. It wasn’t until I dealt with the ugly consequences that assaulted the pride I’d built up to try to keep myself safe..that the cycle of my stupid was broken.

I didn’t become a productive adult until every single pretense I’d built around myself was shattered. That’s what it takes. This mom is right on.

By: jack

jack — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:57:28 +0000

This would of never happened if she got with a white man. We stick around to raise our kids and make sure they dont end up like this.

By: myviobot

myviobot — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:37:38 +0000

I wonder if some of you would say it was good parenting if it were a middle class white mother and her white son in suburbia. I think it is interesting how the objects of the picture are socially accepted as a norm for black neighborhoods.