Betsy Vines Crews
TARBORO —
Chief Cherry, of all the dangers in this world: terrorists, the threat of nuclear proliferation, diseases, natural disasters, godlessness and ignorance, your comment, "There's not a whole lot we can do with kids," is among the scariest.
When the day comes that we can't do anything with the children that we bring into this world, procreation should cease and desist.
If you are of the mindset and philosophy that children should be allowed to roam the streets and do what ever they feel like doing just because they are children, we are all in a world of trouble.
Having been reared and educated in the small town of Pinetops, I'm very happy to say that my mother did not share your philosophy. I am not sure where I would be today if she had.
I grew up following boundaries, rules, regulations and stipulations, which were put in place by my mother. Failure to adhere resulted in serious consequences and repercussions. It didn't take me very long to discover that following rules and regulations was far better than suffering the consequences of failing to do so. I was never a repeat offender while under my mother’s roof.
Thirty-two plus years of teaching children taught me a long list of things. At the very top of that list is the fact that every child needs boundaries. The average child wants and even expects boundaries and rules.
A child without boundaries is like an egg without a shell or a glass without a bottom.
Now, herein lies the foundation for your future thief, bank robber, drug dealer, murderer, prisoner and death row inmate. That isn't a very pretty picture is it Chief Cherry? Is that the kind of world you want to live in?
Chief Cherry, please rethink your philosophy or we are all doomed. It appears that Terry Johnson and Kenneth Womack have some feasible ideas. I urge you and others who share your philosophy to sit down and have a long conversation with Mr. Johnson and Mr. Womack.
Betsy Vines Crews
Tarboro
