I have been thinking about a lot of different things today and I'm not sure if I can tie all of them together so this post is a little of everything. There were two stories in the news this week--one concerned an eight year old boy who was pepper sprayed by the police because he was threatening to kill his teachers. I am flabbergasted--he's eight! I believe he was throwing things in the class room and he might have had a stick in his hands but surely there were other ways to subdue the little boy. I watched the boy and his mother on the Today show and apparently, he has anger issues and because of this he is in a special school. He has had lots of tests and goes to counseling once a week but they can not pin point a reason why the boy reacts this way. The boy wasn't sure what triggered his anger. It made me think that we need to teach our children how to deal with anger. Then I realized, many people have trouble dealing with anger. Sometimes I get mad about something but it wasn't that one thing that made me angry it was usually several things and that one thing sent me over the edge. I cry when I'm mad which makes me mad at myself but I've never been able to change that reaction. I used to say VERY mean things when I was mad--they were things that I didn't really mean but I did know how to hurt someone who obviously had just hurt me. Dealing with anger--that's a tough one.
I also watched a story about a young man in Rio, I think, who walked into an elementary school and started shooting. He shot some of the children at point blank. I can't recall how many children he hurt and killed and he also killed himself. They described him as someone who didn't have many friends--a loner--an outsider. This man, instead of outwardly displaying his anger, kept it inside for many years. Then for some reason, we will never truely know why, he decided to kill innocent children before killing himself. I don't understand that--so sad. His anger obviously made him go crazy. Why else would you commit such a heinous act? Is it better to hold your anger in like this man did or is it better to show anger like the eight year old boy? Clearly, those methods did not work for them and I'm not sure what the answer is on that one.
I've thought that many, many times--how could someone do that? Locally there was a story in the news about a girl and her mother who tried to drown the girls 20 month old son in the toilet. How can people be so callous? That is truely so unbelieveable to me. It also makes me angry that anyone would hurt a child. They are so innocent and sweet and they do not deserve to be hurt or ignored--it's heartbreaking. That makes me mad.
What happened to Ted Williams?
Why are people obsessed with the Kardashians?
Why can't people park in between the lines in a parking lot? Do those same people color in the lines?
That's all for right now--have a great weekend!
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