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by lynx97 405 days ago
Wha? Whats difficult about not giving your child unsupervised access to your credit card? Thats pretty plain negligence. I need to keep saying this, apparently: What about modern parents actually get their shit together and do some actual parenting? Either society is blamed (see social networks) or the system is blamed for their failure to take care of their children.
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BobaFloutist 404 days ago
How do you prevent a sufficiently motivated teenager from stealing a credit card out of your wallet while you're asleep?

I know someone who legitimately has to stash their wallet under their pillow at night.

It's very easy to judge from a distance, but kids are smart and people usually aren't prepared to or in the habit of being that defensive inside their own home.

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chneu 405 days ago
Omg don't you understand how overworked parents are nowadays? They don't have the time or energy to pay attention to their children.

Gosh, how insensitive of you.

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lynx97 405 days ago
> don't have the time or energy to pay attention to their children

Oh, thats such a valid excuse. Maybe these people shouldn't have any children then?

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