Posted on 04/20/2015 11:44:30 AM PDT by twister881
I think 1/365 of the time might be ok without creating self-important personality disorder.
I know.
But I’m just saying, if it were my ten year old, I hope that I would have taught well that all is not well and perfect in the world, and that sometimes we ourselves will be called upon to stand up and defend and take pity on the marginalized and physically imperfect. Kind of basic Christian practices, 101. Just sayin’.
Also, though I didn’t watch the video, maybe the parents of the little girl might have been wise to personally contact the other parents first and ask for their support, and therefore gage in advance what the response would be.
That’s a fair question.
I wondered also what groundwork was laid by the parents of the little girl.
So many kids, now days, know nothing but that they themselves are the center of the universe for their parents. Even Christian families who profess it, don’t properly prepare their children for extending themselves toward anything challenging, or beyond the fun of church camp, to demonstrating kindness and charity once in awhile, to the needy and the lame, and the maimed— to the more unpleasant duty of Christianity.
God bless you, my friend. YOU are a saint! Great story.
(Disgusting, but great story!) :D
This reminds me of the high school stud who asked the handicapped girl to the prom. Biggest moment of her life.
Yes. If I recall correctly Carrie’s prom night was the light of her life.
OR - what could’ve happened was a mistake I made many moons ago...
Last-minute invitations given too late and not sent but handed out at school and the parents never even saw them, which I realized when no one RSVP’d !!! What a stupid mistake on my part, not contacting the parents. We were new to the school. Lesson learned.
This story really makes me smile. Looks like everyone had fun.
See, that is exactly what I wondered, if the parents handled it wrong for the times. You used to could do that—pass out little invitations at school and all was well, but not anymore. Your story is interesting.
Nobody is raised together anymore, from grade school to high school. There isn’t a bond or obligation to your school friends and a connection with their handicaps. Every kid is a prince in his own eyes, or princess, and think that other kid is too strange.
Are they friends or classmates? Big difference.
So true. Unless a child knows first-hand about handicaps, usually from their family or grandparents, they think they’re weird. Must be very hard for mainstreamed kids. I don’t think most parents give a second thought to teaching their kids a thing about handicaps.
I feel sorry for kids who don’t have church in their lives.
Yes, BIG difference! Good catch.
You said it all.
The mainstreaming has not really engendered all that much compassion and sympathy. Church does that. And, it teaches us how to respond to needs, with simple, charitable acts and little interactions.
I came home from church one time, very upset about some little nothingburger issue and after patiently listening to my rant, my husband quietly said, “I thought church was supposed to be about love.”
Man, that sure shut me up! :^x
Yeah, well, church can be a dangerous place sometimes. LOL!
:D
Posting this story on social media - my poor disabled daughter has no one from school who will come to her party - just feels like she's looking for viral fame or something. The people who showed up were strangers who don't even know either of them.
There's just something attention seeking and therefore disingenuous on the part of the mother about this whole story.
No kidding, right?
A wise friend, talking about church, once told this story:
Two friends brought their roosters to a cock fight, and one of them had to leave for a second, so he asked his friend to watch them. When he got back, the roosters had been put together in the same cage and ripped each other to bloody shreds.
“Oh NO - what were you THINKING???” he asked.
His friend said, “Well, I thought they knew they were on the same team!”
You’re very likely right - they might never have even seen the invites.
LOL! Precisely.
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