tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1534103999413116325..comments2024-03-18T23:08:20.960-05:00Comments on Althouse: The male daycare center worker who is not allowed to change diapers and "has been asked to leave the classroom when diapering was happening."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7591620507774288582016-10-21T04:05:35.703-05:002016-10-21T04:05:35.703-05:00nice blog
day care centers near menice blog <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="www.nillowpages.com/category/daycarecenter/" rel="nofollow">day care centers near me</a><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605720694501526140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75465307096375843592011-01-14T12:39:31.953-06:002011-01-14T12:39:31.953-06:00I was once (in 1985) specifically told a day care ...I was once (in 1985) specifically told a day care center would not hire me because I was a male. Even though I had been working my last year of college at a center, and the day I came in for a trial run a couple of staff expressed amazement that one little girl who never <i>ever</i> wanted anything to do with new people was grabbing my hand for outside playtime.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973774692416760687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71814036278653136952011-01-14T10:10:28.945-06:002011-01-14T10:10:28.945-06:00As for Boy Scouts, consider this: the reason the e...As for Boy Scouts, consider this: the reason the expression is "Didn't your mother teach you to come in out of the rain?" is that father's don't teach coming in out of the rain. They teach lots of important stuff, but that isn't one of them. Boys need to be in the company of men to learn how to be men. Now the Catholic Church has been nailed for the priest abuse cases. Shuffling abusive priests around like that was horribly wrong. But, in Wisconsin the statute of limitations for prosecuting such cases is much longer for priests than for teachers. (I realize that some of what the Church is guilty of is fraud, and the statute of limitations on fraud starts when it is discovered, not when it happened.)<br /><br />The suburbs of Milwaukee had a male swim teacher charged with having sex with boys. Most of the cases weren't prosecuted because of the statute of limitations. One victim described the sex act, and how <i>he had voluntarily returned to the coach's home to do it 10 or 11 more times. </i> granted, the first time was rape. But if the victim returned to the coach's home 10 or 11 more times? Still rape, because of the age difference. Why didn't other adults notice the adult swim coach showering with the boys when he had a coaches locker room? Why didn't that victim have somebody to turn to after the first incident? Society failed that victim, and many other victims. And should have noticed something was amiss years ago and stopped that swim coach. <br /><br />The Boy Scouts can not be proud of their history on adults abusing boys. But somehow the Catholic Church is so much more of popular target.Milwaukeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830345164697669429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32333411380125239882011-01-14T10:00:46.770-06:002011-01-14T10:00:46.770-06:00Spot on, Jeff with one "f":
This is a di...Spot on, Jeff with one "f":<br /><i>This is a direct result of the feminist demonization of men. The ideal of having men share equally in child care is being undermined by the "all men are rapists and that's all they are" sect of feminists.</i><br /><br />What sort of sick mind thinks that anybody would be sexually aroused by changing a dirty diaper? That is sick. As a parent, I changed by childrens' dirty diapers whenever I could: children bond with their primary care givers. <br /><br />Yet a young woman is much more likely to be violated by her mother's boy friend or second husband, than by her biological father, and women keep getting custody of the children. To collect the child support, I'm sure. <br /><br />As a high school teacher I never worked with a student in my room with the door anything but unlocked and open. I might have touched the back of a hand, but nothing more. How sad the world we live in. Truly the media exaggerates the problem.Milwaukeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830345164697669429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76091940789658940422011-01-13T19:39:36.413-06:002011-01-13T19:39:36.413-06:00We have created a system where honesty, concern, c...We have created a system where honesty, concern, compassion and even responsible behavior are possibly criminal, liable or both. I blame lawyers. Now, please fix the mess you made.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5842372850394943012011-01-13T18:58:20.945-06:002011-01-13T18:58:20.945-06:00Oh by the way, both of those anecdotes are from 10...Oh by the way, both of those anecdotes are from 10 years ago. Can't imaging how much worse things have gotten since.Fred Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619653106362906811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29170350071384921012011-01-13T18:54:33.436-06:002011-01-13T18:54:33.436-06:00Two anecdotes -
I volunteered as an informal teac...Two anecdotes - <br />I volunteered as an informal teaching assistant in a second/third grade class, where my daughter was. Did mostly reading evaluations. No problems, and I was never alone with any kid. Following year I was told I needed to agree to a background check. After a bit of thought I told the district that I would agree provided they sent me a copy of their 1) data privacy policy, and 2) data retention policy. Never heard from them again...but, I found out later that 1) checks were only mandated for volunteers who were expected to be alone with kids, and 2) the files were kept in an open file in the district office. So much for that.<br /><br />Second: one of my kids (2nd grade, private school) had a minor 'attention' problem. During some discussions with the school's psychologist, I described my procedure for getting said kid's attention, which culminated with a light two-finger tap/slap to the cheek. Turns out the Psychologist was a 'mandatory reporter', which I found out a week later after an interesting conversation with a person at county child protective services. The Psych had reported me as a possible abuser.<br /><br />Learned my lesson, I did.<br /><br />The male paranoia about this issue is fully justified, in my opinion. The loss to society I leave as an exercise to the astute reader.Fred Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619653106362906811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54764687348689044982011-01-13T18:48:28.535-06:002011-01-13T18:48:28.535-06:00WHy does this conversation remind me of the song C...WHy does this conversation remind me of the song Claire by Gilbert O'Sullivan which could be an innocent song about baby sitting, or a song about a child molester. (Regardless, it has a truly sublime melody).jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/07630491937904835553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86156131381040602272011-01-13T18:37:21.720-06:002011-01-13T18:37:21.720-06:00And male physicians are getting out of doing any p...And male physicians are getting out of doing any pelvic exams or Pap smears. Slowly replaced by female NPs or PAs. <br /><br />Don't bother me none. It raises costs quite a bit and costs women time, because it's a second visit, but hell, I don't want a visit from the gendarmes.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42078943161142513382011-01-13T18:04:25.834-06:002011-01-13T18:04:25.834-06:00Freeman;
Appreciate your doses of reality.
When i...Freeman;<br />Appreciate your doses of reality.<br /><br /><i>When in doubt, damn the legal anxiety and help the kid</i>Phil 314https://www.blogger.com/profile/04133300763922742206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16361063169226196922011-01-13T17:40:52.465-06:002011-01-13T17:40:52.465-06:00This is not a brand new problem.
In the early 199...This is not a brand new problem.<br /><br />In the early 1990's, I was pulling out of the train station parking lot in a Chicago suburb. I stopped at the stop sign and was looking left, as it was a one way street. A girl of about 12 or 13 was coming from my right on the sidewalk on a bike, obscured by trees, and ran into the side of my car. She flew over the hood and landed on the ground, quite bruised, a little bloody, but coherent and nothing seemingly broken. The bike was trashed.<br /><br />I offered to take her home. At first she was uncertain but she decided it was ok. I put her bike in the trunk of my car and took the girl home--only about a 5 minute drive.<br /><br />At her home I walked her to the door, and her mother answered. The mother's main reaction was to be infuriated at the girl for getting in the car with me. That shook me up even more than seeing the girl fly over the hood of the car.<br /><br />The family did not sue me, though. Nor me them, even though there was quite a dent in the car. I was just glad the girl was not hurt badly.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44266994204225893212011-01-13T17:29:54.975-06:002011-01-13T17:29:54.975-06:00Coketown said...
When I was young (fifteen years a...Coketown said...<br /><em>When I was young (fifteen years ago), kids were fighting for corners like it was season 4 of The Wire.</em><br /><br />Still are. <br /><br />"Wash your windshield, buddy?"<br /><br />Ambiguous smile.<br /><br />Cash changes hands.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39254816223066358112011-01-13T17:28:07.949-06:002011-01-13T17:28:07.949-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67840139119532194362011-01-13T17:16:00.239-06:002011-01-13T17:16:00.239-06:00It happened to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. She s...It happened to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. She stopped her limo and offered to take a lost child home; the little girl said "I'm not supposed to talk to strangers"!Gabriel Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356186353979140904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90714566550219497772011-01-13T16:34:52.219-06:002011-01-13T16:34:52.219-06:00Trey, you are a big hero of mine.Trey, you are a big hero of mine.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14272675398980109792011-01-13T16:34:39.621-06:002011-01-13T16:34:39.621-06:00This whole thread makes me sad.
One weekend morni...This whole thread makes me sad.<br /><br />One weekend morning my husband and I went to the library in downtown Knoxville and it wasn't open yet. (They'd changed their hours, but hadn't updated the website.)<br /><br />There was a boy there, about 9, whose parents had dropped him off, not realizing it was closed. We stuck with him until they returned an hour later.<br /><br />They totally looked at us like we were trying to hurt him instead of helping him, jerks.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40530258015027377442011-01-13T15:38:20.645-06:002011-01-13T15:38:20.645-06:00When I was 21, I saw a little girl (younger than 5...When I was 21, I saw a little girl (younger than 5) on a sidewalk crying. I pulled my car over and asked her what was wrong. She told me she was lost, so I let her in my car and drove her home (she had memorized her address). I mentioned this to my dad and he said that I needed to be careful, people might think that I was abducting her.<br />This was ~ 20 years ago, so my dad was cutting edge back then.<br /><br />I also had a 6th grader drive my car out of snow while I (and other elementary school kids) pushed the car out. I figure that I made the kid's day.Geoff Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335872605196107867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28422220943718924152011-01-13T15:31:28.271-06:002011-01-13T15:31:28.271-06:00(The Crypto Jew)
If you pick up the toddler as yo...(The Crypto Jew)<br /><br /><i>If you pick up the toddler as you call the police, you are not going to be in trouble for anything because there will be a record of your call.</i><br /><br />That’s a good point and I do believe I’d stop, but Freeman the fact that I call and the fact that ms O’Malley call, doesn’t mean that Ofcr. Friendly isn’t responding to Ms O’Malley’s call of a “possible child abduction.” Now, Ofcr Smiley may be on the way to answer MY call, but IF Ocfr. Friendly gets there first, I can tell you the interview is going to be a whole lot more unfriendly….and the Job Application asks “Have you ever been arrested for a Felony?”.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846399206688807076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60930528963402321402011-01-13T15:22:07.418-06:002011-01-13T15:22:07.418-06:00If you pick up the toddler as you call the police,...If you pick up the toddler as you call the police, you are not going to be in trouble for anything because there will be a record of your call.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72706452335217332272011-01-13T15:18:57.795-06:002011-01-13T15:18:57.795-06:00(The Crypto Jew)
I don't believe this part of...(The Crypto Jew)<br /><br /><i>I don't believe this part of the story. You let a kid die because people are idiots?</i><br /><br />I do see your point, but let me point this out…Life ain’t Perry Mason…when you get accused of Child Molestation or Kidnapping or even ARRESTED for it…the drama doesn’t end in 48 minutes running and with you being acquitted in the last 5 minutes of the show. You will be the molester/kidnapper for months, if not years…the papers will have your name and face on the day of arrest and arraignment, but 2 years later…not at the acquittal. So by all mean pick up the toddler, but please do not fool yourself into thinking that the Millicents or the Newsies will “know” you were on the Side of the Angels.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846399206688807076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-461031057410686262011-01-13T15:08:56.626-06:002011-01-13T15:08:56.626-06:00"No matter how worried you are about baseless..."No matter how worried you are about baseless charges, please don't leave tiny children in the road!"<br /><br />I don't believe this part of the story. You let a kid die because people are idiots?<br /><br />More likely the guy was in a hurry and didn't stop (assumed the mother was nearby?), and made this up to cover himself. <br /><br />Maybe I'm unwilling to believe anyone would be this depraved but I cannot imagine anyone knowing the circumstances not stopping.testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69119473124465043272011-01-13T14:56:10.793-06:002011-01-13T14:56:10.793-06:00No matter how worried you are about baseless charg...<i>No matter how worried you are about baseless charges, please don't leave tiny children in the road!</i><br /><br />He was on the sidewalk and sorry Freeman, there are more than a few instances of 'baseless charges' that have led to ruined lives. Maybe its the fault of the media which overblows missing/kidnapped kid incidents, maybe its because we let convicted child molestors out of prison. Whatever the reason, justified or not, the climate is there and some of us act accordingly.<br /><br />I was struck by the fact the police department remarked that it wasn't the first time. Really? So junior has a routine of going on morning joy rides and mom and dad haven't seen fit to somehow, remedy that? Deadbolt perhaps? I may be my brother's keeper but I ain't his babysitter either.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69933753396823609902011-01-13T14:43:39.393-06:002011-01-13T14:43:39.393-06:00I feel squirrely enough sometimes, as a spawnless ...I feel squirrely enough sometimes, as a spawnless woman. I cannot imagine what it does to guys.<br /><br />Over Christmas at a huge family dinner, a cousin walked by with her new grandbaby and a huge slushee. As she shifted around to let me hold him, the baby started to fall and I reached out, catching him by the crotch. I was horrified 1st by my inappropriate touching and 2nd that I've been conditioned to sexualize a 4 month old baby. Saving him from falling to the floor felt inconsequential. How dysfunctional is that?Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623422545436294378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70298140552384748692011-01-13T14:42:36.130-06:002011-01-13T14:42:36.130-06:00No matter how worried you are about baseless charg...No matter how worried you are about baseless charges, please don't leave tiny children in the road! If you're afraid someone will think something bad, just stay with the child, without touching him, until authorities arrive.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4649808168799177262011-01-13T14:42:11.322-06:002011-01-13T14:42:11.322-06:00It's definitely a problem.
I moved in 2003 an...It's definitely a problem.<br /><br />I moved in 2003 and ran for the local school board while still single. I was told that some people were asking why I would want to run for the board since I had no kids in the district. A couple not so nice people starting playing the "suggestion by ellipsis" game.<br /><br />Ended winning with the most votes in the election.<br /><br />I was so glad when I got married - and got to wear a wedding ring.Alcuriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13304460025069301951noreply@blogger.com