The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
If you are a mother, I strongly urge you (no matter how old your children, how busy you are, or how frazzled you feel) to watch or read Maria Shriver’s eulogy of her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. In a society where the importance of motherhood and raising children well seems to have taken a back seat to materialism, Botox, overzealous feminism, and the joys of sex, Ms. Shriver’s eulogy returns our focus to what is truly valuable in a mother’s (or father’s) life: her (or his) partner and children.
If you are fortunate enough to have a mother who loves you, disciplines you, is always in your corner and close to you throughout your life, consider yourself abundantly blessed. On the other hand, if you (like so many) do not have a loving mother who set a good example for you, please don’t lose hope. You are not alone. Many women have had abusive, selfish, lazy, alcoholic, or drug-addicted mothers who did nothing for their children but cause them pain and suffering throughout their childhoods and beyond. Moreover, although this can be (and often is) devastating, the key is for you to be the one who breaks the cycle. Regardless of what you’ve been through, you are strong enough to turn away from destructive and/or cruel behavior and mother your children in a loving, honorable way.
It is imperative for the mothers of our nation to understand their vital role in keeping our country strong and families together, and in instilling character and a work ethic in our children. The only job that is equal to being a mother is the job of being a father.
If you struggle with how to be a good mother, or what that means exactly, please seek out resources to help you: counseling, parenting classes, other parents you respect, and books. There are a multitude of books written specifically to help you in this area. In fact, a portion of our book, Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society, is dedicated to explaining the basics of what it means to take responsibility for your children.
Whatever you do, never give up. As Eunice Kennedy Shriver said to her daughter, “I don’t what to hear one more yip out of you, get your job done, and don’t come back until you’re finished.” That is not meant to be harsh, it just shows that as mothers, we have no choice but to work each day to do our best in this critical role and we can never stop, no matter how difficult it gets.
If there is anything Ellie or I can do to help you meet this huge challenge, please contact us. We would be honored to help!
Anna Sherise
Co-Creator of Magna Sententia
Co-Author of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
Michael Jackson is still all over the news with stories about his drug addiction, the possible role his doctor played in his death, the custody battle for his children, and whether or not the Norwegian rapper Omar Bhatti is his son. Day in and day out, through interviews with former employees, friends, business associates, and anyone else who has the slightest, most insignificant details to provide the media, each and every detail of Jackson’s life is dissected.
To our amazement, Jackson is consistently called a “good father” throughout the majority of these reports. Yes, Michael Jackson was a fabulous entertainer whose music brought joy to people around the globe, a historic icon even. However, “good father” is not an appropriate label for him, and here’s why:
When you become a parent (no matter how), you become responsible for your child. According to Magna Sententia, taking responsibility for your children means providing them with food, shelter, and protection; making sure they receive a proper education; teaching them the value of hard work, fostering their character, being the director of your home, and setting a good example for them, just to name a few.
Given that he was a drug addict, there is no way Jackson could have fulfilled all of these responsibilities to his children. (Setting a good example?) Worst of all, his addiction led to his death, which means that his 79-year-old mother must now assume all of his responsibilities to his children. His mother may be a wonderful woman with a loving, kind, compassionate heart; regardless, Jackson should never have so irresponsibly endangered himself, in effect burdening his mother with his three children.
As parents, we must hold ourselves to a higher standard. We must do everything within our power to meet all of our responsibilities to our children and be a positive example for them to use to pattern their lives. Most importantly, we must protect ourselves from unnecessary dangers so that we can fulfill our commitment to them.
Although we hate to say something negative about a person so many love, the truth is that when Michael Jackson abused drugs after becoming a parent, he disqualified himself from meeting the criteria of a “good father.”
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
It seems as though there is a constant stream of horrific stories about parental abuse, neglect, and murder, and it makes us sick. Just consider the stories of 13-year-old Daniel Hauser and 14-year-old Alexander Draper making Internet headlines this afternoon:
Daniel [Hauser] was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and stopped chemotherapy in February after a single treatment. He and his parents [Colleen and Anthony Hauser] opted instead for “alternative medicines” based on their religious beliefs. Child protection workers accused Daniel’s parents of medical neglect; but in court, his mother insisted the boy wouldn’t submit to chemotherapy for religious reasons and she said she wouldn’t comply if the court orders it.
Doctors have said Daniel’s cancer had up to a 90 percent chance of being cured with chemotherapy and radiation. Without those treatments, doctors said his chances of survival are 5 percent.
Daniel’s parents have been supporting what they say is their son’s decision to treat the disease with nutritional supplements and other alternative treatments favored by the Nemenhah Band. The Missouri-based religious group believes in natural healing methods advocated by some American Indians. [. . .] Daniel’s tumor shrunk after the first chemotherapy session, but X-rays show it has grown since he stopped the chemotherapy. (“Judge Rules Family Can’t Refuse Chemo For Boy“)
Given his age, coupled with the fact that “court filings also indicated [he] has a learning disability and can’t read,” Daniel is in no position to make decisions regarding his treatment, and it is negligent for his parents to give him this responsibility. To make matters worse, after Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg ordered Colleen and Anthony Hauser to seek traditional cancer treatment for their son, Colleen fled with Daniel to Mexico. (“Daniel Hauser’s Dad Pleas For Mom, Cancer Teen Fleeing Chemo To Return Home“) As to the claim that this order violates the Hausers’ religious freedom: Religious freedom, which protects against governmental persecution for worshiping in one’s chosen manner, does not give parents the right to criminally neglect their children.
Next comes the story of negligent mother Jerri Gray of Greenville County, S.C., whose son Alexander Draper is 555 pounds and “at a critical stage of health risk.” When the state ordered the boy to be taken into protective custody “due to medical neglect,” Gray also fled with her son. (“Mom, 555-Pound Son Found In Baltimore“) Fortunately, the two “were found hundreds of miles from their home [. . .] parked near a Laundromat in Baltimore, MD.”
According to Magna Sententia, parents are responsible for their children’s health. These awful stories of medical neglect will hopefully remind all of us that we do not own our children. They are our responsibility, and we must treat them with the utmost care and respect.
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
Ugh, here we go again! Apparently (and unfortunately), our fascination with multiple births has not ebbed. Isn’t it enough that there is a television show starring Jon and Kate Gosselin (who have eight children, a set of twins plus sextuplets)? Do we really have the interest, time, or energy to spend on Nadya Suleman and her fourteen children? More importantly, why are we positively enforcing her behavior by giving her attention when she is a completely irresponsible parent? She is an unemployed, single mother living with her parents who “had all 14 of her kids out of wedlock by artificial means.” (“Octuplets’ Mom: Can She Afford to Raise 14 Kids“)
This woman deserves no attention or support, and society should shame her for her decisions and behavior, instead of making her a pseudo-celebrity. Suleman is a poor excuse for a mother – no matter who says she is “an ‘awesome parent.’”
Pursuing Magna Sententia, parents are responsible for their children: Children do not ask to be born, and if parents chose to give their children life, it then becomes their responsibility to care and provide for their children. All parents must feed, clothe, teach, and nurture their children to the best of their ability, and unless she is independently wealthy, there is absolutely no way on Earth a single mother can adequately care and provide for fourteen children.
Furthermore, children need both a mother and a father (or mother-figure and father-figure) in their lives. Understandably, this is not always possible: When a partner dies or a parent abandons his or her children, mothers and fathers are forced to do their best to raise their children alone, and there are many excellent single parents. There is a huge difference between “circumstances beyond your control” and making the choice to be negligent. Suleman used a sperm donor to become pregnant with her first six children (one of whom is autistic), and she did it again to become pregnant with her octuplets. Moreover, she refused selective reduction, even though this endangered all of the fetuses. (“Commentary: Are Eight Babies More Than Enough?“)
It is too late, but it would have been nice if Suleman would have thought of the children she was giving life to, not just herself, before she made her choices. America, please do not give this irresponsible woman attention or support. And certainly do not give her celebrity status.
Maybe if we as a society insisted that individuals take responsibility for themselves and their actions, people would make better decisions.
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
For those of you who have read our previous article “Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law Was Meant For Infants, Not Teens,” you may be interested to know that the Nebraska Sate Senate “met in an emergency session to change the [state's safe haven] law” and voted last Friday, November 21, 2008, to accept a revised version that “says that no child older than 30 days can be dropped off.” (“Nebraska Lawmakers Vote To Limit Safe-Haven Law“)
“Thirty-five children — all but six of them older than 10 — have been dropped off at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect in September, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. Five came from other states, with parents traveling to Nebraska from Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Florida and Georgia. No infants were among the children left at hospitals, officials said.”
Our hearts go out to all of these children who undoubted feel completely unloved. “Tysheema Brown drove from Georgia to leave her teenage son at an Omaha hospital. ‘Do not judge me as a parent. I love my son and my son knows that,’ Brown said. ‘There is just no help. There hasn’t been any help.’” Sorry, but love is not abandoning your child by simply dropping him off at a hospital when he is already a teenager, when he is old enough to realize that you don’t even care who he ends up with. If you really can’t take care of your children and they are no longer infants, arrange a legal adoption so you can do your best to ensure they end up in a family that is secure with loving caretakers.
When are the adults in our country going to start acting like adults and stop looking for ways to avoid their legitimate responsibilities? It is amazing to us that every day people make another lame attempt to get out of doing what they should be doing. Magna Sententia is truly the logical cure for our society because it demands that individuals take responsibility for themselves and their children and it allows no excuses! If you are a parent, you and only you are responsible for your children until they are 18 years of age.
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
Reviewing recent headlines, we are left feeling as though our society is pretty far gone. We will be able to recover?
Parents are encouraging their toddlers to beat one another up and then posting the fights on YouTube. Don’t believe it? See it: “Terrible Toddler Fight On YouTube.” According to ABC News, there are numbers of videos posted on the Internet of toddlers hitting each other while parents or other adults stand by and watch, at times even “egging [the fight] on.” In the videos, the toddlers are screaming, crying, and occasionally bleeding. Some of the fights are clearly planned, as the toddlers’ parents have them in boxing gloves.
In Polk County, Florida, six cheerleaders “ambushed” one of their cheerleader “friends,” “viciously” beating her for “more than 30 minutes,” and then posted their attack on YouTube. (“Exclusive: Beaten Florida Cheerleader Speaks Out“) “17-year-old Victoria Lindsay told Good Morning America she thought she was ‘going to die’ on the night of the horrifying attack” at the home of one of her friends. The video is beyond disturbing, “show[ing] Lindsay literally backed into a corner and attempting to cover her head while the alternate pummeling her and yelling at her.” Tragically, Lindsay was “unable to avoid the blows and suffered a concussion and injuries to her left eye and left ear. One girl reportedly slammed her head into a wall until she lost consciousness.”
An eight-year-old boy in Phoenix, Arizona murdered his father and his father’s friend. (“Prosecutors Say 8-Year-Old Boy Methodically Shot Father, Friend“) Allegedly, the boy “methodically reloaded a .22-caliber rifle as he committed the crime, pumping at least four rounds of bullets into each victim.” There is still no clear motive: “Police Chief Roy Melnick of St. Johns, Ariz., originally suspected the boy had been abused, but he told the New York Times he found no evidence supporting that theory. The child had no disciplinary problems at school and showed no signs of being troubled.” Nevertheless, a judge didn’t think the boy should have to miss Thanksgiving with his mother and is allowing him to leave juvenile detention “from noon on Nov. 26 to noon on Nov. 28.” (“8-Year-Old: ‘I Shot My Dad’“)
A 14-year-old boy in Montrose, Colorado slit the throat of a 17-year-old girl as she was standing in a hallway at her school. (“14-Year-Old Boy Slashes Girl’s Throat At Montrose High“) “Police said [the] suspect was arrested moments later after running from the scene.” The boy, “who has a troubled past [ . . . ] was not a student at the high school.” “Investigators are still trying to determine a motive.”
Apparently, numbers of children today don’t have a clue as to what is right and what is wrong, in addition to being completely void of empathy and lacking an emotional connection to the consequences of their actions. Our nation’s youth are our future, and clearly, many parents are failing them. In the case of the toddlers, parents are instilling violence and brutality in their children. As to the others, children whose parents have raised them properly rarely commit such atrocities.
Pursuing Magna Sententia requires parents to do their utmost to raise children with character. While no one would say this is easy, as parents, it is our job.
If America’s parents continue to fail, America will fail.
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
Although the new Wellness Policy of Newburyport Public Schools in Massachusetts is well-intentioned, it crosses the line, infringing on parental rights and invading families’ privacy.
“Newburyport schools are [. . .] permanently banning kids from bringing in everything from cupcakes to candy, [. . . ] also nixing candy and soda in school and limiting celebrations with cakes, pies and other treats.” (“Newburyport Bans Junk Food In Schools“) The Wellness Policy applies even if children bring lunches prepared at home. “Teachers, nurses and other school officials intend to confiscate any contraband, [Superintendent Kevin] Lyons said, but hope parents will opt to send their kids to class with fruit, vegetables and juice.”
Essentially parents, Newburyport Public Schools think you are too irresponsible to be in charge of what your children eat, so they are making the decision for you.
Admittedly, not all parts of the Wellness Policy are bad: “Under the new plan, the school will encourage milk, fresh fruit, vegetables and 100 percent juices, and push whole grain products and healthy foods listed on the Massachusetts a la carte food and beverage standards list. Celebrations that once featured frosted cupcakes and other sweets will now feature activities rather than food, and parents and teachers will have to adjust to a ‘no sweet’ reward system.” (“A Not-So-Sweet Deal: New Policy Bans Candy At City Schools“)
There is absolutely nothing wrong with schools: encouraging physical fitness; offering healthier alternatives on their lunch menus; removing vending machines from school premises (or replacing the soda and candy in them with real fruit juice and healthy snacks); or mandating that sweets not be distributed in class for birthday/holiday parties or as rewards (although we feel this option is a bit extreme). In fact, these types of strategies, especially the first three, are ways in which schools can help fight the childhood obesity epidemic.
Where the Wellness Policy goes from promoting health to Big Brother-esque is its language allowing school employees to monitor what parents pack in their own children’s lunches. This is unduly intrusive and infringes on parental rights, particularly because children do not have to be obese for school employees to take their homemade cookies away from them. According to a “[Center for Disease Control (CDC)] study of Mass. high school students,” 11% of students are obese. (Watch “Candy Banned From School“) In trying to assist 11% of the student population, Newburyport Public Schools are punishing the other 89%.
The real problem with policies such as this is that they erode personal freedoms while failing to accomplish what they intend. If you forbid children from having sweets and soft drinks, you only make sweets and soft drinks more appealing, and worse still, you never teach children how to have a healthy relationship with these kinds of foods.
Additionally, children need to get more exercise: The CDC study also found that “28% [of students] watched 3 or more hours of TV a day” and “29% used computer or video games a day.” In school, young children should have recess (“Elementary Schools Increasingly Restrict Or Ban Recess For Kids“), and at home, parents must teach their children how to incorporate physical activity into their daily routine. Remember, abiding by Magna Sententia, parents (not schools) are responsible for their children’s health.
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
It isn’t easy being a parent, and unless you have children yourself, it is impossible to fully understand the great impact children have on your life. Day in and day out, parenting is an enormous responsibility, and depending on your circumstances, there are times when it can be overwhelming. Often, there is a large gray area when it comes to the right way to handle a situation because different children and their different personalities require different parenting techniques. Nonetheless, living according to Magna Sententia, parents are responsible for their children’s well-being.
Unfortunately, as we all know, there are parents who do not care about their children or their children’s well-being, and in instances of severe child abuse, the laws in our country are not strict enough to adequately protect children. A case in point: parents like Rebecca Long, 44, and Jon Pomeroy, 43, who allegedly isolated and starved their 14-year-old daughter down to 48 pounds, can only receive a maximum penalty of four years in prison if convicted of criminal mistreatment charges. (“Parents Starved 14-Year-Old Girl to 48 Pounds, Police Say“)
Long, the girl’s stepmother, would “lock the teenager in her bedroom and deny her food and water” so much so that the girl “would sometimes suck condensation from the windows or sneak a drink from the toilet.” (“Carnation Girl, 14, Found Starved To 48 Pounds“) The girl fought to survive on “toast and a half a Dixie cup of water a day” and was “forced to sleep on the floor in her stepmom’s room [with] a heavy dresser blocking the door.” Although Child Protective Services (CPS) investigated Long and Pomeroy in March 2005, “the case was closed,” and CPS has not been involved with the family since that time.
Thankfully, Long and Pomeroy are the exception and not the rule, and if we had our way, they would serve more than four years if found guilty of these horrific allegations. (“The lead detective on the case, who has been with the special-assault unit for 16 years, said ‘he’s never seen a case of abuse this bad.’”)
For the vast majority of us, parenting continues as our children reach adulthood, and in general, this is not a burden, but our way of showing our children we love them. Few of us are ever faced with the “‘unthinkable,’” like George Anthony, who yesterday went before a grand jury to “testify against his own daughter [Casey].” (“Caylee’s Mom Named In Murder Indictment“) Subsequent to his testimony, Casey was arrested after being indicted “on seven counts, including capital murder, for the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter,” Caylee. We applaud George Anthony for having the courage to do what is honorable, albeit extremely difficult.
While most parents in America are trying to do right by their children, there will always be parents like Long, Pomeroy, and Casey Anthony, as well as numbers of parents who abuse their children in much more subtle ways. Consequently, as a society, we must protect our children with laws that adequately punish parents who emotionally, physically, or verbally abuse their children.
We also need to encourage parents who continue to do their best, even in incredibly challenging circumstances. Parents, remember that you don’t have to be perfect, you just have to do your utmost to fulfill your responsibilities to your children and treat them respectfully. And if you are going through a difficult time, please know that there are those of us out here who feel for you and respect you for all of your hard work.
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
Once again, members of Oregon’s Followers of Christ Church are allowing their children to die. The church “has a history of shunning medical care in favor of faith healing,” and members frequently deny their children medical treatment. (“Faith-Healing Parents Charged in Baby’s Death“) “A decade ago the church received national attention after KATU reported that the state medical examiner believed approximately 20 children, whose parents belonged to the church, had died from untreated illnesses that were curable.” Now, the church has two more deaths to add to their body count: 16-year-old Neil Jeffrey Beagley and his niece, 15-month-old Ava Worthington.
Both Ava and Neil’s parents chose to rely on prayer for their treatable illnesses, rather than seek medical attention: Little Ava, who passed last March, died from “bacterial bronchial pneumonia and an infection, both of which could have been cured with common antibiotics, the medical examiner said.” Neil, who passed this June, died from “complications of a urinary tract blockage,” a condition that “doctors say is easily treatable.” (“Parents Charged in Faith Healing Case“) According to Deputy State Medical Examiner Dr. Clifford Nelson, the “inflammation in [Neil's] urethra [. . .] made him unable to urinate,” causing him to “fill up with urine, and that eventually ruined his bladder, kidneys, and heart.” (“Teen From Faith-Healing Family Dies at Home“) Nelson said that this process was “‘an absolutely horrible way to die.’”
Pursuing Magna Sententia, parents are responsible for their children’s well-being, and letting children die painfully and needlessly is not only irresponsible, it is the epitome of ignorance. This senselessness goes way beyond religious freedom, which protects you from governmental persecution for worshiping in the manner you feel appropriate. This right does not justify criminal negligence or you harming or killing another human being. In all good conscience, our nation should not allow religious freedom to be a defense for standing by and watching your child die when help is readily available.
George Feigley, who used his Neo American Church to promote the radical belief that children were meant for sexual gratification, served 33 years in prison for sex crimes against children. The terrorists behind 9/11 were acting according to their radical religious beliefs when they caused the deaths of over 3,000 of our citizens. No one ever argues over whether or not the radical “religious” practices of Feigley and these terrorists should be permitted in our society. Why are radical religious beliefs that cause you to kill your own children any different? (Yes, letting your children die from an “easily curable” illness because you refuse to get them medial treatment is the same as killing them.)
Allowing your children to die for no reason is not religious worship, it is murderous criminal negligence and child abuse, and we believe that Carl and Raylene Worthington, as well as Jeffrey Dean and Marci Rae Beagley, should be prosecuted (and hopefully convicted) for their crimes.
It had been raining for days and days, and a terrible flood had come over the land. The waters rose so high that one man was forced to climb onto the roof of his house.
As the waters rose higher and higher, a man in a rowboat appeared, and told him to get in. “No,” replied the man on the roof. “I have faith in the Lord, the Lord will save me.” So the man in the rowboat went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.
The waters rose higher and higher, and suddenly a speedboat appeared. “Climb in!” shouted a man in the boat. “No,” replied the man on the roof. “I have faith in the Lord; the Lord will save me.” So the man in the speedboat went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.
The waters continued to rise. A helicopter appeared and over the loudspeaker, the pilot announced he would lower a rope to the man on the roof. “No,” replied the man on the roof. “I have faith in the Lord, the Lord will save me.” So the helicopter went away. The man on the roof prayed for God to save him.
The waters rose higher and higher, and eventually they rose so high that the man on the roof was washed away, and alas, the poor man drowned.
Upon arriving in heaven, the man marched straight over to God. “Heavenly Father,” he said, “I had faith in you, I prayed to you to save me, and yet you did nothing. Why?” God gave him a puzzled look, and replied, “I sent you two boats and a helicopter, what more did you expect than that?”
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
The Axiom Of Responsibility Individuals Demonstrate Valid Behavior
By Taking Responsibility
For Themselves And Their Children
If you are a caring, conscientious parent, you know how overwhelming the responsibilities of raising children can be sometimes, especially coupled with all of the other trials that life invariably brings. Even the most loving and thoughtful parents have bad days occasionally: Our tempers accidentally flare, we misjudge a situation, or something important slips our mind. Although we try to do what is best for our children, we are human, which means that there will be times when we drop the ball.
Unfortunately, Brenda Slaby’s mistake tragically ended her two-year-old daughter Cecilia’s life. (“Brenda Slaby Police Interview: ‘A Good Mother Wouldn’t Do This’“) On August 23, 2007, Slaby left her daughter “inside [her] sun-drenched vehicle for eight hours, apparently forgetting the toddler was still in her car seat.” According to police, the “temperature inside the SUV could have reached 140 degrees because the temperature outside hovered near 100 degrees all day.” (“A Mother’s Mission Is Part Of The Healing Process“) “The cause of [Ceclia's] death was listed as hyperthermia.”
Yesterday, The Oprah Winfrey Show broadcast an interview with Slaby, hoping to alert parents everywhere so that they would learn from her dreadful mistake. During the interview, Slaby called herself “the most hated mom in America” and told of being severely judged, even losing her job as Glen Este Middle School’s assistant principal “because of what happened.”
Instead of condemning Slaby, we as Americans really should rally around her and try to comfort her and her husband. The prosecutor’s office in Clermont County [Ohio] refused to file charges against her since her actions were clearly unintentional, and judging from her recent television interviews, she is punishing herself enough. (Watch “Hot-Car Death Mom Speaks Out“) It serves no constructive purpose to attack her for something that was obviously an accident. Further, we must all think about how we would feel if we found ourselves in a similar position.
Under Magna Sententia, people take responsibility for their actions, just as Brenda Slaby is doing by using her experience to educate and raise awareness so that others do not make the same mistake. In fact, she should be commended for not shying away from the media. As we mentioned yesterday, Americans today seem to feed off of watching each other fail and suffer, and this is one more example. In no way did Slaby mean to harm her child, and she is trying to give us the wisdom she learned the hard way. Let’s not forget that no one is perfect: Imagine the complete devastatation we would feel if we were to accidentally do the same.
Anna and Ellie Sherise
Creators of Magna Sententia
Authors of Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
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