http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/first-the-bad-news/?ref=opinion
The article Bad Times Stories is an op-ed piece written by Judith Warner from the New York Times paper. This op-ed piece is about her life as mother and her parenting skills. After tragic times such as 9/11, the Holocaust, and most recent the tragedy in America the death of a Wal-Mart employee on Black Friday due to aggressive shoppers are all topics her 8-year-old Emilie daughter has questions about. Warner is struggling about how she needs to approach these issues with her daughter because Emilie is traumatized by these events. She's scared and is always thinking about these horrible times inside of thinking about all the happy and positive times ahead of her. She wants her mother to share more of her knowledge about his topics but Warner can't do that because the truth of these events is too much for an eight-year-old to handle.
"It is the thing that runs through her mind as we drive in the car and she considers the landscape around her. ‘What does Wal-Mart look like?' she asked me on Wednesday, searching for clues in the storefronts of Northwest Washington.’ A great big store, with groceries and clothing and auto supplies, and electronics,' I said. 'So it’s like Best Buy,' she said, as we drove past Best Buy. 'Not quite like Best Buy. ''Is it near here? ''There’s no Wal-Mart near here,' I said. 'That store was on Long Island.' 'Oh!' she gave a great sigh of relief. 'That’s really far away.'""I would never have expected the Wal-Mart incident to lodge itself so deeply in Emilie’s mind." Warner tries to keep the world away from Emilie such as the paper with grotesque pictures or the news on television because she is so young. "This is why I fought getting cable TV for eight years. This is why I leave the newspapers folded up, photos down." Warner feels like this is the right solution, but she knows her plan of keeping these things from Emilie can easily be revealed in school to her.
My reaction to this article was initially “Wow” this young girl is her own worst enemy. She is in the middle of a stage of too young to get away with things but not old enough to know everything. It's hard to protect young children from these event that have happened in the United States but all parents have to face these issues because if they don't hear about it at home there going to hear it at school, and at school the parent can't help the child know right or wrong or just not to be scared. I think Warner is doing the right thing by hiding pictures from the paper because images like that could stay in her daughter mind forever. But I think Warner needs to step up and tell her daughter about these issues a little more in depth, because the real truth is, if the parent doesn't tell them someone else will.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Gay Marriage Is Ruled Legal in Connecticut
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/nyregion/11marriage.html?pagewanted=1&sq=CT%20allows%20gay%20marriage&st=cse&scp=2
Definition of Marriage: the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc (Take from www.dictionary.com)
I think alot of dictionary's, websites, books, ect. will have to change their definition or view on marriage, because on October 28 there is no turning back from legalizing gay marriages. Marriage will have a whole new meaning then just the tradition wedding of a man and women. What will dictionary's come out with? ... to live as husband and husband, wife and wife, husband and wife?
In this article from the New York Times written by Robert D. McFadden it is about how only 3 states out of 50 states have legalized gay marriages (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and California). If this law is passed it will take effect on October 28, 2008. But this law is not easily going to be passed, already this law has encounter problems and angry citizens. People already are saying "ban gay marriages". Connecticut's own Govern Jodi Rell has openly said she disagrees, even though she says she will "uphold it" she has flat out said she disagrees with it. I'm not sure if that was a good thing for her to say or not as a Govern.
I feel that McFadden makes a good a point in this article when he says is this something these people can "control" or are they "powerless". That is a question no one will ever know, but if gay marriages make people happy, what is so wrong with that?
"Garret Stack, 59, introduced his partner, John Anderson, 63, and said: “For 28 years we have been engaged. We can now register at Home Depot and prepare for marriage.”
After reading this quote my heart in a way went out to these people. For 28 years they have been together but couldn't have an official marriage, its going to be a hard law to pass and a hard law not to pass.
Definition of Marriage: the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc (Take from www.dictionary.com)
I think alot of dictionary's, websites, books, ect. will have to change their definition or view on marriage, because on October 28 there is no turning back from legalizing gay marriages. Marriage will have a whole new meaning then just the tradition wedding of a man and women. What will dictionary's come out with? ... to live as husband and husband, wife and wife, husband and wife?
In this article from the New York Times written by Robert D. McFadden it is about how only 3 states out of 50 states have legalized gay marriages (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and California). If this law is passed it will take effect on October 28, 2008. But this law is not easily going to be passed, already this law has encounter problems and angry citizens. People already are saying "ban gay marriages". Connecticut's own Govern Jodi Rell has openly said she disagrees, even though she says she will "uphold it" she has flat out said she disagrees with it. I'm not sure if that was a good thing for her to say or not as a Govern.
I feel that McFadden makes a good a point in this article when he says is this something these people can "control" or are they "powerless". That is a question no one will ever know, but if gay marriages make people happy, what is so wrong with that?
"Garret Stack, 59, introduced his partner, John Anderson, 63, and said: “For 28 years we have been engaged. We can now register at Home Depot and prepare for marriage.”
After reading this quote my heart in a way went out to these people. For 28 years they have been together but couldn't have an official marriage, its going to be a hard law to pass and a hard law not to pass.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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