Often see incidents here of what would be considered child abuse back home, kid getting smacked in the head (occasionally even teachers do that, though it’S banned now.) Always makes me sick..how could you hit a child, for ANY reason?

All I could think was, Well little one, you’ve got options here. You can either decide to never treat another human being the way your mother is treating you. Or, you can replicate her behavior hereby perpetuating all that’s wrong with the world. Which is it?

Wait a minute…now I have to take the 6 to work everyday.

Damn, I miss the 1 train.

So, I am more than happy to be “Aunt Diane” to my BFF’s kids, and to always say “hi” to kids in elevators or on the street … commenting on their cool hat, or doll, or whatever.

What’s sad is that you see the see the vicious cycle being repeated, the same mistakes made with the prior generations is repeated over and over with future generations.

Yeah, Alex, moving is the right thing to do. Sometimes people can be too loud, too stupid, or just plain ol’ undesirable for reasons only known in that instant, moving is usually the best option so you don’t go nuts.