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  3. They do grow up.

They do grow up.

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  • MikM Offline
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    I was just observing my neighbors' son, now 16 or so, and his SMOKING hot date for prom. They were taking pictures.

    This kid was born with some learning disabilities, particularly in speech. Until he was three all he'd do was screech like an eagle. God bless my neighbors, they got him the help he needed and through all their dedicated parenting they got this kid mainstreamed and doing well. He's in marching band and other activities. Had he lesser parents he probably would have been in special ed programs.

    โ€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.โ€ ~Winston S. Churchill

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      Nice to hear stories like this

      Theyโ€™ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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        Excellent. Kudos to the 'rents.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          Yup, parent involvement makes a huge huge difference in how a child grows up. Most (but not all) of the problem children, it is easy to see that there was very little parents involvement.

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          • MikM Mik

            I was just observing my neighbors' son, now 16 or so, and his SMOKING hot date for prom. They were taking pictures.

            This kid was born with some learning disabilities, particularly in speech. Until he was three all he'd do was screech like an eagle. God bless my neighbors, they got him the help he needed and through all their dedicated parenting they got this kid mainstreamed and doing well. He's in marching band and other activities. Had he lesser parents he probably would have been in special ed programs.

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            @Mik said in They do grow up.:

            I was just observing my neighbors' son, now 16 or so, and his SMOKING hot date for prom. They were taking pictures.

            His date is a they/them? Still TTIWWP. Or is it TTIWWOP, @George-K

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              Get real, 89th. ๐Ÿ˜†

              Do you think Iโ€™d refer to a they as smoking hot?

              โ€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.โ€ ~Winston S. Churchill

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