Keeping Quiet

When a person in the legal care of their parents is caused a problem, I believe that parents, or any adult, should take a type of action when the problem is as severe as Russel's when he's punched by Richie. This is because adults create a cushion for kids when they're in trouble. Maybe, because children can still make their own choices, parents can't remove them from an uncomfortable part of life, or put out a fire, but they can keep them farther from the fire, or give them a pillow if they have to sleep on the floor. Enough of the metaphors. What I'm trying to say is that kids, especially at my age, can't solve problems on their own, and adults who think that they're child can need to read more detailed books, because they wouldn't have know anything about parenting.

I think that Russell's mother wasn't doing her job when, even though she did something, she didn't follow-up after talking to the principle about Russell's situation. It's not an everyday thing that a kid gets dropped off a bridge by classmates, and even though that's not what happened to Russell, I think that Russell's mother should have done more that "not nothing".