"A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words."

a) No student should be disrespecting their teacher and I don't care if the teacher is rude. b) The husband and wife needs to go in for conseling or possibly a divorce. They should have not married if there was an abusive relationship. c) It's not "funny" to take pictures of yourself being stupid. No, it's not cool, plus it shows what type of person you are. d) While, I tend to agree that it could be easy to have to grow up in an abusive relationship...your neice will wake up/realize that's not how the world works. All we can do is pray and hope that people will see the light and change for the better. God bless. Have a wonderful day. Pablo

My younger brothers daughter was cussing out her friends on her bebo page and I told her dad. I'm sure she got grounded and then the next time I logged on, she had removed me from her page. I care about my nieces and nephews too and most importantly my son. I don't know what it is but I think that picture tells me that she doesn't give a two hoots about anything even herself. Maybe because her parents don't care enough about her. She could be acting out for attention.

I also cringe when I see some of my neices pics that she puts up on myspace. They can be far too provacative and sexy. Kids grow up way to fast these days, all we can do is pray for them, and hope for the best. There isn't much you can do about it, if her mother allows it.

I have a step niece who is 17 and was bragging about smoking pot on myspace. I never read it but I heard about it. If her dad or my brother n law knew about it he would have a long talk with her I am sure. I haven't read anything like that on her myspace page myself. I hope someone tells your niece that this isn't cool at all and could lead her into trouble at such a young age I understand your concern for her.

Rozie I am shocked as you are. I am so sorry she has lost her way at the moment. I have said a prayer for her to find her way back to God. She is so young to be acting like that I know she knows not what she does. One of my husbands nieces has a terrible thing on myspace. At least no one can sleep her post unless you are her friend. She use to say "I only F--- white boys" I was so shocked and upset. She was raised with morals and in a two parent home that has morals. She just is lost and has not found her way yet. The rumor is she has cleaned up her her myspace I sure hope so. She honestly does not know how bad she sounds when she says things like that. Just like your niece does not know how bad she looks when she posts a photo like that. Now my husband's niece is 33 years old and has a son who's parents are raising so glad the parents have the boy or he would not even be in school. She was not even getting him up for school when the parents had the boy move back in with them. Now they have him all the time and she has him only on occasion and the sad part of this story is she lives in the same town.

It's unfair to tell people that they are overreaction to any situation in their lives as long they do it purely for the sake of the situation... not unless if they intended to react overly for others to symphatized with them in whatever selfish desire they have. Anyways... it is their life... other people may be affected a bit but still the person whose life has been the object of the situation has been dearly affected... so if they reacted overly it is how they feel about the situation anyway. It is very hard to do good things to those people who doesn't like to help themselves. But it is so frustrating because you know you love them and would like to do something for them but people involved just don't like to get you involved with their lives. I know some people....young people that we helped to get back to school since they are out of school because the school dont want to accept them because they wont strive anyway...and when they would accept them they would stop two months after the calsses starts.... so the school said there is no point. But... we do take the responsibility over them and have convince the school to accept them and finally we have send them to school... and yes the teacher were just sooo right that no matter how we helped them...they just throw it away...no matter how big our effort for them to get good life in the future they waste it away... and they stop going to school, and the reason was....they can't get up early in the morning...they were too lazy to get up. It drives me mad... but there's nothing i can do for them... reasons that I stay away from them for a bit and dont want to talk to them. Its hard! And I know how you feel... because I have experienced the same thing.

This only shows that people look at the same thing from different angle. Yet I agree with you my friend. Sometimes, we tend to make others do things our way because we just happen to believe that what we are saying or doing is the one true thing. It's a matter of personal conviction. I admire your courage in pointing this out to your niece and her family, and in knowign their stand, at least you now know how to deal with them on future similar situations. It's true, a picture is worth a thousand words. In a forum where i linger most of the time, I happen to come across a topic whereby one's avatar was criticized by another forumer and there, word war began and other forumers joined the limelight. Don't worry, people just love to watch, read, write and talk. Continue believing on what you think is right. After all, you're the one who's going to decide how you want yourself to live. Mind others, but don't insist. People are just like that. Have a good day, my friend.

Was this just a class mate who took the picture?...I wonder if this one will go in the yearbook.. Kids today don't seem to care about much....including themselves... The action just shows she doesn't care...I just don't understand why any parent would allow this...but they can't be with their kids all the time.. This won't all be fun and games when she is 18 and needs a job and to be in the real world..where her actions can get her into alot of trouble.. Just remember there is only so much you can do to help her..she has to want to change her behavior.... I can tell you really care about her....Hugs

I dated a guy who was divorced and had a daughter around the same age who had a page of hers, can't remember where maybe msn profile. Even though we had quit dating, I let him know about his daughter's horrible page, it was pretty scary, he inturn told his exwife. His exwife passed the word of her thanks she really appreciated it. She grounded her daughter for the rest of the summer.... no computer. OUCH.... But she had to learn what is acceptable and what is not.

a picture worth something more than a thousand words. i feel sometimes looking at our old pictures, there explained the whole story behind that.

i loved reading it dear rozie

i am so happy that you have high concerns for your niece. but it think how she was raised up is no longer your problem. though this is really bothering you. i mean, the parent's doesn't worry, so why stress yourself in worrying? maybe if something bad happens to their child, then that's the time that they will realize that they have never raised their child the right way. you cannot question them with how's and why's since you're just an an aunt. just let them realize that they're almost stuck in a mess that will make them regret their whole life. try to talk to your sister, maybe she still have the love for you though she opted to live with the jerk husband of her.