(05-23-2018, 09:51 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(05-23-2018, 09:45 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: My sister is a special ed teacher and over the years, has had several students with this problem, but by learning about the kids, instead of ridiculing them, she found out they couldn't help it. In some cases, the parents were drug addicts and many times didn't pay the water bill. The kids were lucky to even get fed, much less take showers or buy deodorant. Some kids wore the same clothes over and over, because their parents were too poor or too lazy to wash their clothes or even buy clothes that fit. When I was a kid myself, I was blind to a lot of this stuff. I had good parents, who although we were far from rich, they always got me the stuff I needed and made sure I was clean and had nice clothes for school. Not everyone is so lucky. Some kids are born to parents who either just don't care, are sadistic piles of trash or are too poor to buy them the daily essentials. It's not the fault of the kids, yet they have to go through the degradation and humiliation of being bullied every day for being unclean.

And there was a time when that was how the wheat was separated from chaff.

I'm sorry that so many democrats people have children they can't afford and demand free money from the government to keep them up to date with their drug dealers.

Those people should have exercised their right to choose rather than expect the rest of us to help.

That's pretty harsh, right? Sorry - I pay my bills and keep my kids fed and clothed. Caring is great - if you're rich. I don't have that luxury. But if I had millions of dollars, I'd be doing my best to help.

(05-23-2018, 10:30 AM)B2hibry Wrote:

(05-23-2018, 09:45 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: My sister is a special ed teacher and over the years, has had several students with this problem, but by learning about the kids, instead of ridiculing them, she found out they couldn't help it. In some cases, the parents were drug addicts and many times didn't pay the water bill. The kids were lucky to even get fed, much less take showers or buy deodorant. Some kids wore the same clothes over and over, because their parents were too poor or too lazy to wash their clothes or even buy clothes that fit. When I was a kid myself, I was blind to a lot of this stuff. I had good parents, who although we were far from rich, they always got me the stuff I needed and made sure I was clean and had nice clothes for school. Not everyone is so lucky. Some kids are born to parents who either just don't care, are sadistic piles of trash or are too poor to buy them the daily essentials. It's not the fault of the kids, yet they have to go through the degradation and humiliation of being bullied every day for being unclean.

In my early military days I had two individuals that somehow made it through the recruitment process and under my leadership that had severe hygiene issues. One male and one female. I had many a “session” to remedy the issues. As it turned out, the male had a medical issue that caused severe body odor. The female had been neglected and never learned how to take care of herself. The fact that these two individuals slipped through the cracks for so long is what is wrong. Not one person showed them the necessary attention so that they could thrive and progress in society. The “it’s not my problem” mentality is what reinforces the mental issues we’re seeing. We have the ability to identify, correct, and encourage. Instead, we’d rather cry about the consequences later on and pretend like we had no idea something was wrong. Humanity can fix alot of what we are seeing but it will take folks getting outside of their selfish bubbles.