Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for September 21, 2022

Exhibit A, parenting fail

Well.. It’s the plot line of movies and games.

Kid’s been playing too many video war games.

Modern times. When I was a kid, it was nucs and the Reds. Well, the Reds happened.

I think it’s sad… a lot kids today are stressed and feel unsafe, sometimes with good reason.

When I was about 8, in a different world, I had an elderly neighbor, a few doors down.

She lived alone with a cat, so kids being kids, some started calling her a witch, and avoiding her house on Halloween.

But she had beautiful flowers, and one day I sneaked into her back yard to look at them… she invited me in, and we talked, and had milk and cookies.

I started going over there maybe once a week, after school, and helping her with her garden.

My parents said “that’s nice”… the only thing they voiced any concern about was my eating cookies before dinner, but because I was never one to lose my appetite, they decided it was OK.

The only things they knew about her were her last name and where she lived.

Like I said… a different world.

Give that boy a job on faux news!.

I’m guessing that active shooter drills at school will cause a kid to have those thoughts.

The post. The responses. They made my day!