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How would you feel if your Children started becoming ... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:14:24

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Hypothetically speaking if you had a 12-20 year old who started becoming emo how would you react? Would you think Sweet! I love Emos! Would you be like Oh noes, I'm so ashamed of my child! or would you beat the Emo out of them before it could take any further hold?

Whether you plan to have children or not, that is irrelevant, this question assumes you are going to have children so if not just lie and pretend you are having children.

My personal strategy would be to find out what the source of the problem is and if I found my child was being exposed to too much of an Emo influence before they could fully understand how evil it is, I would yank them out of school move to the Caribbean and teach them there, since all the pirates would have killed all the Emos and Emos cannot survive in the sunny tropics.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:24:08

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or would you beat the Emo out of them before it could take any further hold?

Option C for sure

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:24:16

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I'd give them a good dose of reality and drop them off in the middle of the ghetto or some kind of slum where people have real problems.

Then their "I feel invisible/alone/sad

" and "no one understands me, I'm unique

" crap they spew will seem like a moot point to them...Then they can appreciate the suburban home, loving parents, possessions, and friends that they have, Instead of crying about insignificant crap and staying in some rut.

But...since you gave the option...I'd beat them, give them something to cry about.

EDIT: I know for sure if I acted that way...My dad would have kicked me in my ass, and my mom would gladly lace up his boots.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:29:25

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I don't think anyone has the right to tell anyone how to live their lives. As long as they aren't breaking any laws or letting people influence him/her to do anything they don't want to do. Parents should teach their kids to know right from wrong and to be respectful to others opinions and lifestyles. If your son wants to be emo then let him but if someone is pushing it onto him you should try to intervene and stop the influence.

Also there is a big difference between whether its a 12 or 20 year old doing this. If the person is 12 then its ypur responsibility to protect them from any that could physically or emotionally hurt them. Not to mention around this time in their lives they should be starting to learn and understand right from wrong. If the person is 20 years old and turns emo then he has had plenty of time to think about how he wants to live his life. It is no longer the parents responsibility to protect him however if he were to make the wrong choices in life and become violent and a criminal it is the fault of parent for not doing a good job teaching the person in discussion.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:31:50

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edit: I have righted my wrong. Sorry SpaceCowgirl

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:33:21

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This is not a debate, this is an answer SpaceCowgirl's questions period. Don't bug people because they have different views.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:35:10

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Reply to my post about you first.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:38:24

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Let your kids be who they are, as long as it doesnt include the pity me crap. But allow them to dress as they would want. I did it when I was young, my parents didnt control what I wore, it was how I behaved that they worried about. BUT I dont want my son to be like they are behavior wise.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:40:37

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ORIGINAL: Jon_Smackenrow

Reply to my post about you first.

Ha Ha that false thread was LOCKED!

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:44:58

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Give them something to cry about, then after they've ran out of tears, give them the why-being-an-emo-is-pathetic rant, and maybe, just maybe, they'll realise how ridiculous they're being. If it carries on, then I'll just be disappointed in them, take the piss out of them, and leave it at that.

To be honest, I think making a fad out of depression is insulting to those who actually have real problems, and deal with them day after day, keeping their mouth shut, getting on with it.

We live in a generation of whiners, kids need to be toughened up. A good beating every now and then could go a long way...

Nah, I'm just kidding, I wouldn't raise a hand to my children. Still, I would find it as annoying as hell if they were to become emo. Emo culture is still a very American thing now, so it's even more pathetic to us Brits.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:52:59

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I'd see what is torturing the child's soul, and repair it. If nothing is but he likes the music that's fine.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:53:53

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Once the court order is lifted and I can procreate again (damn anti baby fight club laws), my kids will be too hardcore to be emo. I've already created the special diet to alter my scrotal soldiers so I'll know exactly what I'm shooting.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 14:57:42

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I would discipline our children SpaceCowGirl.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 15:07:23

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I would discipline our children SpaceCowGirl.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 15:08:47

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I'd force him to work at my job all summer... I work around red necks and death metal guys that love to party and bang chicks. There is no room for emo in my profession and believe me, they would conform him fast, real fast.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 15:11:51

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I'd force him to work at my job all summer... I work around red necks and death metal guys that love to party and bang chicks. There is no room for emo in my profession and believe me, they would conform him fast, real fast.

Why did I just get a mental image that you work in a lumberyard with some dudes with mullets, ZZ Top and a bunch of hookers?

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 15:18:09

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Not for from the truth really... except for the hookers part. I only find them at certain jobs... specifically southeast D.C.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 15:47:38

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I'd force him to work at my job all summer... I work around red necks and death metal guys that love to party and bang chicks. There is no room for emo in my profession and believe me, they would conform him fast, real fast.

Well, that's one way, I suppose

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 15:51:57

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For my reaction. If my child went Emo, you would need to see Heihachi's ending in Tekken 2 to find out what I would do to my child.

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RE: How would you feel if your Children started becomi... - Apr.-30th-2008 15:55:11

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My kid being gay, I'm fine with. Them being scene / indy / emo.... Over my dead body. And then, I'd still manage to stop them.

I hate those trend / attention seeking kids. They are a bane and scourge upon the social world of people. I dread every day knowing that in the future... I'll have to work with them. And that's so not going to work well. Those kids need to get over themselves and soon. Their make-belief harsh reality is no where near as realistically harsh as the grown-up world is.

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