[Spruce]

Men are a product of their father.

[GeronL]

Men are a product of their father

The kid was adopted at 8

[sinkspur]

Men are a product of their father.

They are, they are.

[DoughtyOne]

I'm not sure why you would say something like that, but it flaberghasts me the stupidity shown on this thread.

I can think of at least five families right now who raised excellent kids, all except for one. Sometimes it's girls. Sometimes it's the boys. For some unknown reason one child goes south and never returns.

One family had five children. Of the five children three went on to obtain advanced degrees. Four found success in busines and had families of their own.

The fifth, raised with all the advantages, care and support the other kids had, even more than some of them did, was a miserable failure. BTW, the parents never wrote him off.

There is no rhyme or reason why some kids fail. If there was, society could adjust and prevent the problem child syndrome. That will never happen.

Please understand that you simply cannot always blame parents.

[mlmr]

Men are a product of their father.


Men are a product of free will. An eight year old child who enters a middle class family from the streets of a ghetto is not a product of his foster or adoptive family.

[sonserae]

They adopted him when he was 15. By that time, his formidable years were racked with horrible things. I've heard over and over again that when people adopt older troubled children, sometimes they are unreachable as far as help is concerned. They are too damaged already. SAD.

When Randall Terry mentioned his son's troubles, I am hoping that was the truth. I think Randall Terry is angry at how many lies and mistruths were told in the article about his family. He's angry at the slander.

[Spruce]

Do you know most young adults in America have never read the Constitution? And the kids that have read the Constitution flock to the military?

Why do you think that is?