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We discuss the story about a mom “spy” who told her 12 year old daughter she could spend time with her her friends, but also said she had to stay within a designated area. If she left the area, she was supposed to call her mom and let her know. The mom dropped off her daughter and then pulled the car around the block and parked out of sight so she “spy” or still see her daughter. The group of kids eventually left the designated area and the girl did not call her mom.
Mom called the girl’s cell phone and said, “Where are you going? You were supposed to call me if you left the spot.” The child responded, “Where are you?” The mom said, “Never mind where I am, just let me know where you are going.” Was this mom right, wrong, or somewhere in between?
We also discuss a 90 second video which can be seen here – it exemplifies what we miss when we’re addicted to technology.
We continue to discuss our “Be U” program for 5th grade boys and girls.
Finally, we discuss why Joe Torre receives “Father of the Week” honors as well as two topics in the Tournament of Bad- Fruit flies and Cathy writing checks to herself.
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I really enjoy your show but was puzzled by your comments about girls being more at risk than boys when out on their own. I was surprised by this as I had always understood that males were more likely to be the victims of violence than females. I am in Australia and I appreciate that the situation may be different in the USA however I looked at the statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics which shows that in 2008 (most recent figures I could find) 21.3 males out of 1000 experienced some form of assault compared with 17.3 per 1000 for females. The figures for homicide show that males are three times more likely to be the victims of murder than females. Given this, I don’t understand how you can suggest that parents should take a different view of their sons’ safety compared with their daughters.
Jen,
I appreciate your comments and i cannot refute the statistics so you are correct in your comments. i think i was probably “dancing around” a subject which I was too intimidated to tackle which was rape. I am guessing if we ran the stats, there is a much more likelihood of rape to happen to a daughter than a son. Obviously i didn’t communicate clearly and we need to take steps to protect everybody. Anyway- thanks for listening and thanks for all your comments. obviously you invest in your parenting and if there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, please let me know.
Todd
Jen,
I appreciate your comments and i cannot refute the statistics so you are correct in your comments. i think i was probably “dancing around” a subject which I was too intimidated to tackle which was rape. I am guessing if we ran the stats, there is a much more likelihood of rape to happen to a daughter than a son. Obviously i didn’t communicate clearly and we need to take steps to protect everybody. Anyway- thanks for listening and thanks for all your comments. obviously you invest in your parenting and if there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, please let me know.
Todd