A couple of times, on the way to the train station from home, hubby and I noticed parents walking with their kids to school. Seems okay so far, right? What is shocking is that the kids, passing by someone's front garden filled with flowers, was picking the flowers - right in front of the parent! The first time, the parent sees us coming and tells the kid to hurry up and finish picking. The second time, the parent simply didn't even care. I find it shocking that parents condone this. Although this kind of theft is relatively harmless because it is not like money was lost and that the owner needed plants in their front yard, it is still theft. The fact that these parents aren't even teaching their kids right from wrong is even more shocking because you then have to wonder what other instances of right and wrong are they not teaching?
Anyways, here's the article that spurred this post. The comments section is also worth reading.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/boston/stop-thief-dealing-with-stolen-garden-plants-the-gardenist-150171
2 comments:
this totally happened in our apartment complex! i was walking back from taking the trash out to the bins outside when a mom and daughter (probably around 7) were walking in front of me. the girl had a bouquet of flowers in her hand and was standing in a flower patch, picking a few more and the mom was just standing there waiting for her! they saw me coming and the mom said something to the girl and they both took off walking in the direction away from me!
--Nuray
It's totally outrageous because apparently the mom knows it's wrong or she wouldn't have acted like that. Since she knows better, why can't she teach her daughter that too? Seriously, what is wrong with people?
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