Posted by Johnny one leg (216.130.91.187) on December 11, 2001 at 00:11:30:
In Reply to: Residential School Court Decision posted by Thinking Gnusmas on October 02, 2001 at 15:43:41:
When are Indian people ever going to grow up. I'm so sick and tired on hearing them blame everybody else for their problems. (I'm Indian, my gmother and gfather both when to residental schools)
All I ever hear was :
"Its the residental schools thats to blame for the alcoholism, drug abuse, bingo addictions and god knows what else.
I know people who are alcoholics who say they are alcoholics because their grandmother or grandfather was in residental school, go figure??
He the solution:
If your grandmother or grandfather went to a residental school, don't drink, don't go to bingo, don't take drugs,
Take a course on parenting because they probably never learned how to be a parent because all they seen as youths is the priest or nuns.
Love your kids, hug them, show them HARD work pays off. Don't collect welfare unless its absolutely, ITS NOT A TREATY RIGHT. Don't wait for the government to build you a home if you live in the bush, logs are usually a few hundred yards away.
Use all your money on the necessities of life, a $600 a month car payment, $20 a night for bingo, will take away from the kids clothing, food etc.
This is a start.
Learn this all I'll be on next summer and in two years we will have all the problems solved.