Explaination Unfit

When ya think about it there are so many ways to express affection why in this world would ya need to go and do that? I don't know David I just don't get it but on the flip side my Daughter was unexpected and loved and is successful in life. I think that it boils down to parents who were loved and those who were not and THOSE live distorted lives or die young. If you are alive now you were loved to a degree, you had to be right? So how do you "tap" into that love? hmm Mark L a point among infinite points of the circle am I

the title is great, it would have been too trite and unfitting to call it "Unaccountability" or "License to raise a child, not" It says so simply just why whinging, self-victimising jerks should never be parents. Again the to too thing. cheers, Jess wishing you a Salubrious Solstice

The REALLY tragic thing is that the commentators truly see their excuses as reasonable explanations. You've nailed this phenomenon - pity you can't nail them. Mike photo: me, late teens/early twenties - 1st 'face furniture'

wow, powerful.

does not make a woman a Mother, just like being at home does not make one a parent. When we have children, our lives are for bearing responsibility to and for them, both Mother and Father, not selfish living. Pop culture has ruined an entire generation it almost seems, ugh! Patrick/AO

I miss Kelsey

Well done, David. As an elementary school teacher, I have seen hundreds of kids come and go over the last 11 years. Most come from caring and stable families. Unfortunately, the key word here is most. I have had to file several social service reports for physical abuse and neglect. Each time you have to do this it takes a piece of you that you never really get back. It is a terrible feeling when you hear that a kid you had in class at 7, 8, 10 years old has ended up in jail, on the streets, or worse. You always wonder if you could have done more for them. Poems like this one say so much as to the power and responsibility involved with parenting. Thanks for writing it. Marc

I think everyone has already voiced my thoughts. This is a brilliant write David. You captured the theme extremely well in some very well executed lines. I could hear the voices clearly whining their excuses as I read. There is no such thing as a perfect parent - we all make mistakes - but unfortunately as Meic said those who perpetrate the crimes you depicted here often believe their own lies. There are no excuses - well done my friend. :-) Kaz It's impossible to smile on the outside without feeling better on the inside.