RE: The homeless. My 10-year old son is making my life very [View All]

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uncomfortable right now. He is asking if it is true that homeless people are being put in jail because they are homeless. He is also asking me "why no one cares" what happens to them. I am having a hard time explaining to him why this is happening and why it is that no one cares what happens to the less fortunate in our country. At 10 he understands how much money some people have in this country. He just heard yesterday how Tony Hawk is making ten million dollars a month and he is asking me how that could be. Now, I don't know if Tony Hawk really does earn that much money a month, but if he does I can understand where he is confused. Yeah, they guys a skateboard whiz, but for ten million a month you would expect someone to really be making a change in this world, doing something that really matters, really counts for the betterment of humanity, not sliding down the side of a cement wall. And this is the problem I am having with the child right now. He is of the opinion that no one should go to jail for being homeless (although sometimes its better than being out in the elements probably). And he is appalled that Tony Hawk may be a multi-millioniare, even though he loves to watch him.

Kids can be such a pain in the ass sometimes. And they can make you feel so dumb.