TheMainKatie

Single mom of a Teen, 2 cats, and a hyper pup. I drive a Prius. I have naturally curly hair. I am infatuated with food and saving money. I workout some too. I am blessed to have family nearby and believe family is important. You'll notice all types of topics get my attention. I am very random. If you have a suggestion for a post, message me and let me know. Checkout my Amazon storefront: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/home/account/tag/manage?tracking_id=themainkatie-20

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Re: Police arrest 6-year-old girl

I am appalled to see this as a petition on change.org. This forum recently, in my opinion, has became a place to help incite media and the public in the direction on issues that encourages people to blame racism, encourages lack of individual responsibility, and incites blind anger in your followers.

Good for the school and the police! We don't allow the school to handle an out of control child so I applaud them for having the police to detain the child and teach her that this is absolutely not going to be tolerated! She assaulted two students and the principal and trashed the class... Sounds like she is passed due to be taught how to behave towards others and with other people's property.

And mom has the nerve to chalk up the little girl's behavior to, "She has mood swings some days, which all of us had mood swings some days," Johnson's mother Constance Ruff told WMAZ. "I guess that was just one of her bad days." WTF!!!!

If you know your child acts like this and you don't do something to change or control it then shame on you!!! Good parents don't make excuses for behavior like this. They apologize, promise it won't happen again, and then they spank, they take away privileges, they make the child apologize to the class and the school staff, and the punish with chores. Yes, a 6-year old can do certain small chores.

If they can't or won't take action to prevent their child from acting like this then they should pay out of their pocket either for private tutoring or a special school. There are other children that go to school to learn that behave. It's more important to keep the other children safe and to make sure they get the education they are there for then for the teachers and the principal to have to waste more than 2 minutes on a child that acts like this!

The mom and dad of this child should pay for the damage to the property and for the medical expenses of the children and the principal assaulted. They also need to stop publicly trying to get sympathy and instead take this raving brat to the back room and tear her ass up!

My son was recently assaulted on the bus by an 8-year old and the school has yet to figure out how to handle this hoodlum. So you can preach your liberal belief on child rearing elsewhere.

Spanking is not child abuse and doesn't damage a child. There is a HUGE difference between discipline and abuse and I'm beyond pissed at seeing kids throwing tantrums in restaurants, being knocked into by some brat running around senseless in a store while I'm trying to shop, and hearing elementary-aged children talking like they think they are grown! Just because you are okay with your child being a brat doesn't mean the rest of us should be forced to suffer with your lack of parenting.

On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:07 PM, "William Winters, Change.org" <mail@change.org> wrote:

Police in Georgia arrested a 6-year-old girl for a temper tantrum. Ask the school to stop using police on elementary students.

Sign Constance's Petition

KATIE -

Salecia Johnson is six years old. On April 13, her teachers say she had a temper tantrum in class -- but instead of putting her in time-out, the school called the police.

Salecia was handcuffed, charged with battery, and kept in police custody for an hour before her parents found out what was going on. Though all charges have been dropped, Salecia -- a 6-year-old -- now has an arrest record.

Salecia's mom, Constance, says that "Salecia has been traumatized by this experience. She's afraid to return to school and recently woke up in the middle of the night saying 'they are coming to get me.'" Constance wants to make sure that this incident won't affect Salecia's future, and she wants answers about why police officers were involved in the first place.

So Constance started a petition on Change.org demanding that Salecia's arrest be removed from her record and that Creekside Elementary pledge to stop involving police in school discipline.

Click here to add your name.

Constance believes that what happened to Salecia is part of a larger problem. Schools across America are adopting "zero-tolerance" policies that are making police involvement in school disciplinary matters more and more common, according to the Advancement Project, a group working with Constance's family.

If thousands of people sign Constance's petition, the police and the officials at Creekside Elementary will see that they can't arrest and handcuff a six-year-old girl without facing public consequences. Schools around the country will take notice -- and Constance hopes there won't be another child that faces what Salecia did.

Click here to sign Constance's petition demanding that Salecia's arrest be removed from her record and that Creekside Elementary pledge to stop involving police in school discipline.

Thanks for being a change-maker,

- William and the Change.org team

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Local Offender... How do you get such short time for kidnapping???

Thank you for using the North Carolina Offender and Public Protection Registry (NC Offender Registry).
An offender has moved into your subscribed alert area.
Please see details below for more information.

Offender's Full Name : MCKOY,KERRY
New Address : 1013 BLACK RD
New City : CAMERON
New State : NC
New Zip Code : 28326

You can find out more information by following this link to the NC Offender Registry.

To modify your subscription account please visit the NC Offender Alert Subscription website. (http://signup.ncdoj.gov/).

If you have questions regarding this specific offender please contact the Office of Lee County Sheriff Tracy L. Carter. Contact information for the Lee County Sheriff's Office is as follows:
Sheriff: Tracy L. Carter
County: Lee
Sheriff Phone: 919-718-4560
Sheriff Email: Click Here
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If you or a member of your family has been the victim of a crime and you need assistance, please contact North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's Victim and Citizen Services Office at 919-716-6780.

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Victims and their families may be eligible to be compensated for financial losses that are not covered by insurance, worker's compensation funds, Medicare, or restitution payments. For additional information, please contact Victims Compensation Services toll-free at 800-826-6200 / 919-733-7974 or visit their website at www.nccrimecontrol.org/VJS.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Food Stamps Shouldn't Buy Candy and Chips

Just my opinion but if you can afford to have your hair and nails (toes too!) done, can afford to drive a new supercab Ford truck (and the gas for it), you don't look like you should need food stamps but you and your obese children should have a block on junk food( ie, all that candy, chips, cakes, and soda you just loaded up on)! I'm betting one of your babies' daddies is in the home and you failed to include that on your food stamp application.

Yes, I'm venting. Seeing crap like that really pisses me off. If you can afford to get your hair and nails done you don't need government cheese!

I will always believe food stamps should be only used for nutritious purchases. For those who have to budget and make every dollar count junk food is a luxury. Actually, no matter what anyone wants to say or think, candy, chips, soda, cookies, etc are exactly that. Junk food is a luxury not a necessity. And I will always stand behind the fact that food stamps should be for necessities! You want junk food then you should buy it with your hard earn money, not the hard-earned money of the US taxpayer.

Also, a lot of women living with their children's father and he makes good money but she gets government assistance. It's wrong. I'm just sick of so much government waste but they want to cut benefits to veterans. Or maybe I'm too conservative for some people. But welfare should come with drug testing and in-home investigations. If a woman is going to saying her and her children live alone then there should be no problem with a social worker verifying that (preferably in an unannounced visit).

And you should never get something for nothing. You want government assistance then you are inviting government scrutiny into your life. The application asks certain questions and I stand behind that a social worker should do a home check to verify the information the applicant filled out and signed certifying that they have given truthful information and they know know that if its found to not be truthful or they abuse their responsibilities they the penalties and agree to that. I've seen the liars. People who "play" system because they have this delusion that they deserve it or whatever their mediocre reason is for draining a drained system. If the government cracked down on those milking the system that would be one step to cleaning up a deficit.

Just because I'm conservative doesn't mean I would not support a way to cut down and limit government waste through home checks. Being conservative means I support with reducing government programs like this as much as possible. Limit how long a person can use government assistance I would support. Someone being on it for infinite time because they make minimum wage, I don't support. Maybe food stamps should be more like WIC; give out checks that cover up for a certain amount for so much meat, so much vegetables, fruit, and milk. I would support that. Did I mention that if someone can afford to smoke, I also think they could afford food.

And if you want to point out someone would choose to smoke over food for their kids, when the kid shows up for school malnourished or obese (from cheap junk), the teacher should refer a social worker to the family. How is an obese child any different from a malnourished child when it comes to child abuse?

My final point, if you are hungry and truly need the help, take what you are given. If you want options, get a job (or a 2nd job) and shut up.