Posted by
Shogrensus on Friday, April 18, 2008 9:19:24 PM
April 11, 2008
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Some mom in New York put her 9 year old on the subway and now is surprised that people question her judgment. EH isn’t sure it’s a bad idea.
Is she serious? 9 years old? I wouldn’t let my 15 year old ride the bus in Minneapolis-let alone in NYC. Giuliani may have cut crime but it only takes one person to ruin a child’s life…
And then EH continues: It’s almost less safe to go online if you are 8 or 9 years old in this city. You know, I mean, or in this world. You go online you don’t know where they are going. If they have a destination and you can control it might be the safest thing.
First, I really doubt either of her kids will be riding the subway alone at the age of 9. Next, does she not understand that while the internet is potentially dangerous for kids, it is much more dangerous if parents allow their young children to gallivant around the city? Then they can have a rendezvous with the person they met on the internet? Using the internet does not necessarily lead to some pedophile walking through your front door. If a child can’t leave the house unsupervised, then the Internet is not nearly as dangerous as the risks entailed in being alone on a subway.
SS then comments that when she was little she and her sister rode the bus to get groceries but no way would she let her kid today.
Joy asserts the crime rate is lower today than when she was young.
Shepherd seems to be the only one thinking- times have changed. While there might have been mob violence when Joy was young, children were not targeted by the mafia. Murders may be down in the last decade but to think that putting a vulnerable child on a subway, alone, where any pedophile could sit down next to them, or follow them or simply just stare at them- NO WAY!!!
Whoopi then asks why Shepherd wouldn’t trust her child to do what she taught him and, thankfully SS is ready and explains it’s not about trusting the child- it’s about all of the crazy people who could be on the subway.
EXACTLY!!!! I live in the Heartland and there is NO WAY!!! Parents: don’t put your kids on the Subway unless you are getting on with them…