Parents doing the time for kids not going to school.

             If you don't attend school on a regular basis or know someone that doesn't attend school then this could be an important notice. In Palm Beach, Fl there has been a new law passed stating that parents of children under 16 who allow their children to miss 15 or more days of school in a 3 month time period receive 2 months in jail. Going to jail is a last resort after the court and social workers do whatever they can to fix the problem. This law has been passed in other countys across the US such as Baltimore and in Orange County. Parents have suffered the consequences for their children by going to jail.

           

 This could be a huge deal to parents and children across the nation. I know a lot of people at my school who miss at least one day a week if not more. This year my school started bribing us with donuts by giving out donuts to every class that had everyone there that day.
         Hopefully parents will get the message that attendance to school is a serious thing. Not going to school, especially if your child is in high school can mess up their life big time.

Santa leaving broken hearts.

              Everyone in America is well aware of the hard economic times we are facing. Even the Santa's at the malls are in the zone with this as well. The Santa's at Department stores and Malls have been trained this year to not get kids hopes up for gifts this year. Instead of telling them that they will get the present they want, they will tell them that they probably won't get that and will tell them to ask for something else.
       I know we are in hard times, but I don't think we need to start letting kids hopes up. At the Brandon Mall; the Santa this year has been known to send every kid back to their parents in tears. He tells those kids that they won't be getting the present they want this year. That's just terrible. It's a killer to the Christmas spirit and is diminishing the belief in those kids of Santa.

       At this rate, we might as well just tell children that there is no Santa Claus and we are suffering from a terrible economic depression.