Comments on: Shoot first, ask questions later! http://www.disfordad.com/2007/09/13/shoot-first-ask-questions-later/ Parenting from a Dad's eye view Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: D is for Dad » Five short months ago - Parenting from a Dad's eye view http://www.disfordad.com/2007/09/13/shoot-first-ask-questions-later/comment-page-1/#comment-449 D is for Dad » Five short months ago - Parenting from a Dad's eye view Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:07:36 +0000 http://disfordad.com/2007/09/13/shoot-first-ask-questions-later/#comment-449 [...] Shoot first, ask questions later! Here Mike responds to an article written in the Wall Street Journal titled, "Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators". [...] [...] Shoot first, ask questions later! Here Mike responds to an article written in the Wall Street Journal titled, "Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators". [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.disfordad.com/2007/09/13/shoot-first-ask-questions-later/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Mike Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:06:16 +0000 http://disfordad.com/2007/09/13/shoot-first-ask-questions-later/#comment-3 <p>Patrick,</p> <p>I understand and agree with everything you've said. It is just a simplistic, guilless wish I have that our brood be raised carefree and innocent . I know that the "it takes a village to raise a child" thought is Utopian and unrealistic.</p> <p>Thank you for commenting.</p> Patrick,

I understand and agree with everything you’ve said. It is just a simplistic, guilless wish I have that our brood be raised carefree and innocent . I know that the “it takes a village to raise a child” thought is Utopian and unrealistic.

Thank you for commenting.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.disfordad.com/2007/09/13/shoot-first-ask-questions-later/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Patrick Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:06:00 +0000 http://disfordad.com/2007/09/13/shoot-first-ask-questions-later/#comment-2 I think the concern is that it doesn't matter how enlightened you are -- it only takes one person to misinterpret your actions in a way that _could_ ruin your life. The other day, we were at a local park, and a young boy (maybe four or five) and his slightly older sister were walking toward the bathrooms at the same time as me. The sister was trying to direct the brother into the right door and telling him to go to the bathroom in there by himself. He obviously needed a little direction, and I wanted to provide it. But then I realized how it may look. "Hey little boy, do you need help going to the bathroom?" I agree that we should give others the benefit of the doubt, but we should realize that others won't always do the same. I think the concern is that it doesn’t matter how enlightened you are — it only takes one person to misinterpret your actions in a way that _could_ ruin your life.

The other day, we were at a local park, and a young boy (maybe four or five) and his slightly older sister were walking toward the bathrooms at the same time as me. The sister was trying to direct the brother into the right door and telling him to go to the bathroom in there by himself. He obviously needed a little direction, and I wanted to provide it. But then I realized how it may look. “Hey little boy, do you need help going to the bathroom?”

I agree that we should give others the benefit of the doubt, but we should realize that others won’t always do the same.

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