SnarKassandra

One teenager with an addicted and incarcerated mother writes an open letter to two other teens whose mother has just pleaded guilty to drug charges. The fact that one of them used to be engaged to Sarah Palin's daughter is actually irrelevant.

They're asking why the recruiters are killing themselves, but never asking if we really should be recruiting people to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq.

What did your parents teach you about sex? And pregnancy? And what you are worth?

Should a girl be allowed to wear a tux to the prom? Should gays and lesbians go to the same prom as straights?

Should a mom be allowed to home school kids and teach creationism without evolution? What if the dad objects? What if she'd sent them to a fundamentalist school? Should the judge object?

As a kid who has been removed from my mother's care at age 11 and had my father's rights terminated when I was 14, and lived in several different kinds of family structures, I was very upset when I read this story in my local newspaper. I do not think it is necessarily a good thing that CPS is caring for fewer childrAs a kid who has been removed from my mother's care at age 11 and had my father's rights terminated when I was 14, and lived in several different kinds of family structures, I was very upset when I read this story in my local newspaper. I do not think it is necessarily a good thing that CPS is caring for fewer children than they used to.

When I was 14, I got into serious trouble (at home) for sending a photo of myself in a bathing suit to a good friend, and sending pics of myself fully dressed to a man I knew only from the internet. I should have been in trouble. I should have gotten internet restrictions and I should have been taught why it could be a serious problem. But I am very glad I was not arrested like these kids.

I complain that my job description is "kitchen slave" but I have things about 1000x better than the girl in this article.

I think Santa Claus is maturing a bit. Or at least he's found his specialty.

A school essay analyzing two of Sarah Palin's speeches, by Freckles Cassie, AKA Snarkassandra