America is ruined!

[Darla Shine]

I really don't care who agrees with this belief but things are bad and getting worse. I have argued with experts on my radio show who say its not worse and that crime has always been bad but we just hear about it more now. BULL! When I was a kid no one was selling heroin at the drug store. When I was a kid we rode around, walked everyplace, went to the mall, went to the movies, and everyone knew each other and it was safe.

Today I got letter from the school that within the past two weeks there have been two abduction attempts in my town.

Just two weeks ago we learned that three pedophiles lived down the road. These are the worst level criminals and one raped a nine year old.

And then yesterday in the newspaper was a huge expose about how we have a huge heroin problem. Just this weekend a girl in my son's school over dosed on heroin.

To top it all off, I get a phone call tonight from a girlfriend and find out that Hannah's school was basically on a lockdown this afternoon (remember she stayed home sick) because some suspicious car was circling the school. Guess what? It was a silver car. Guess what car was described in the two abduction attempts? A silver car.

What on earth is going on? I feel like our towns, cities, country, is just degrading. Drugs, violence, sex, its all around us and it is worse than ever.

I am really on the edge girls. I am going to sit in the parking lot of the school tomorrow and watch what goes on. What type of security there is. I am going to go to the police and ask questions.

But we are on lockdown. My kids are staying home, with me, in the nest. They are only allowed to be friends with the kids that I know their parent intimately. And they have to be kept busy with activities and involved with school.

I am really scared. With this recession the crime/drug rate is going to get worse as people become desperate to make more money. With the unemployment rate going up what will these people do who can't find work?

I am so worried sick about everything. How sad is it that we have to worry about pedophiles, drug dealers, and criminals. America is ruined if we all don't start to demand better.

[blondemama]

I feel that panic-y stress also. I wish my kids could grow up in the "old days" were people needed each other. I was just telling my hubby how i wish we had more of a community. We live in a small town but neighbors don't talk that often and you never see kids playing outside. I remember when we moved in the only neighbor that came over was trying to convert us to their religion, what ever happened to friendly chit-chat! Everyone is sooo busy but i can't figure out with what. Even family is too busy to hang out. We went to visit my family for a week and i only saw my sisters and mom a few times because they were so busy. I would love for my babies to have that grandma and grandpa who can't get enough of them and bakes cookies and go fishing and wants them to spend the night. I do think watching the news too much will make you afraid and pessimistic. That is scary about the predator! You sound like you are handling it the best you can but we all know it is our worst fear as parents.

[Darla Shine]

I have that community. Everyone does know each other. I have those grandparents. My parents are here all the time with the children. I have a nice house, I pay high taxes, and I do my part to make sure my children are smart, mannerly, and well behaved. But with all of that, we are under attack. And its not just me. Its all the good people who have to be subjected to people who are just rotten. My children now have to be on the lookout for some rotted person in a silver car. I wish everyone was good. I know we as parents can demand change and get it done. What kind of society are we if we let our children be abused and abducted. It has nothing to do with watching the news. Last week a girl in eigth grade high on heroin jumped out of the school window in front of the kids. And Hannah's classmates couldn't play freely on their playground because of some pig on the grounds.

It's us or them. Are we going to let them take over? Or are we going to fight for our families.

[mamaof4]

You know Darla, WE are living in a time that I feel like the good that use to be here is gone. It is not the 50's and it sucks. Because I think the housewives that come here everyday would love to live in the generation of June Cleaver. That whole era is what we or atleast I try to base some of my rituals around. Unfortunetly, this is a very different era. There is sex on tv and curse words on the radio and drug dealers and pervs everywhere...And it sucks!!!

I don't know what we can do. This world is going to hell in a hand basket...

I don't think it will ever be what it once was. Our children will never see or experience what we did. Staying out ALL day riding our bikes and being complete kids. There is so much more stress on kids today. Between all the sports and all the work that the school is shoving down their throats.

It's sad. You can sit back and just see evil everywhere. What do you do? What can you do? We have a president who does not believe in God (Or is atleast ashamed of Jesus) and is the leader of our country. They have stripped everything that was once pure and innocent.

Where do you go from here?

All I can do is pray...

Because we are living in the end of times. You need to protect yourself and your family the best that you can because we are in a war of good and evil. And eventhough it seems as though the evil is prevailing. In the end the Good will Win!!!

[Ann77]

Yeah, the recession is playing in. Our neighborhood has been a target of break-ins in the early summer. Then of course I had to go buy a $3,000 alarm system because I was so terrified. They were breaking in when people were home, just busting down the front door. It's thought they usually try to wait until you're not home. Well, this crew didn't care. They think it's gang-related.

As far as the pedophiles, they are everywhere. You are right though, the biggest danger is still the people you know (friend's father, that kind of thing).

I personally think that the porn epidemic is playing in to all of this perversion. It's just too easy to get it now, with the internet, and there are millions of men out there who are now demented.

I think keeping your kids close is great. Let them have their friends over if they want. Bribe them with pizza and yummy snacks :)

[ruthieshome]

I think one reason we felt safer as children is because a lot of the moms were still at home. My mom knew that if i went to play in my neighborhood and was gone for 3 hours that the other neighborhood moms were watching out for us! They were HOME uh.. and COMMUNICATED with each other!

Also.. I think the downward turn is evidence of the lack of discipline, respect and other core values that have been stripped away from our society. Take God out of the society and public school system (where the youth of this nation spend the majority of their day), or make it taboo at the least to pray before a game or lunch etc, and all you have is a set of rules. NO reasons behind them. No self value, no respect for others, no acts of selflessness. Take what is yours, take care of yourself cause no one else will. .... mine mine mine.

Poor girl with the drug problem.. where were her parents? where were her friends? where were her teachers? you mean to tell me her grades were good? there were not signs?

breaks my heart. so many sad children. so many sad people in our society. They are worn out, worried, stressed, and engrossed in keeping up with the Jones instead of living their own life, loving their children, and families.

just breaks my heart.

will be praying for your kidos Darla, that they will be safe and not stressed and that the bad person in the silver car will be arrested.


is the girl with the drug problem ok? did she survive? did they get help for the other kids who saw this? .. just terrible. .. so sorry.

[Chloe's_Momma]

I'm in total agreement. America is not the same as when I was a child... and it has gotten worse every year since I was a child! This country is literally going to hell, and I agree that we need to do what we can to keep our loved one's safe! God will win... we will win in the end... but it is a terrifying ride there. Just protect your babies and your home. Put God first and try to live the way we all know we should and pray pray pray.

[blondemama]

I wonder if people all over the world are feeling this way? Is it just growing pains of a maturing country? I get the feeling most parents are just so overwhelmed and tired of fighting against the bad influences that they just ignore it. They don't even think or care about the influences in there home like news on tv(kids should not be watching the perverted horrific unbenefical stories of most news shows), tv in general seems unhealthy, music with bad messages, clothes that suggest more than there bodies/minds are ready for, food filled with artificial everything, everyone accepting that life is all about yourself and who cares about anyone else, and money money money. I don't know what the answer is except trying to keep your environment pure and to help others who are trying to help themselves. There are a ton of good people/families out there, i'm just trying to keep are family focused on being one of them. When i feel overwhelmed by the direction of mankind i go through all the good stuff in my life(food, clean water, clean air, safety-no wars like bombs going off, health, hobbies, no abuse, a lot of love, a wonderful hubby, great memories, a nice house, good income, the ability to look forward to tomorrow and set goals and dreams, ect)