College Students Call Police, Seek Counseling After Seeing Mouse

[Abraham]

...and then maybe, they were being silly?

[JALLEN]

My granddad saw Teddy Roosevelt, the Wrights and Ford, Edison and Lindburgh, remembered the Titanic sinking, rode a horse to school when he didn't have to walk, was an associate of Howard Hughes, and was there with FDR and Andrew Jackson Houston, Sam's son, at the dedication of the San Jacinto Monument.

He often expressed the view that the country was heading down the drain. Of course, he blamed it on Elvis.

[RoyGBiv]

This all started when in elementary school, where everybody got an award so that no one would feel left out or have their feelings hurt. These people were never taught that life can be rough sometimes and it is up to you.

This all starts and ends at HOME. All the progressive drivel they get at school is nothing new. I was fed a load of it 40 years ago and I survived it. Schools don't make things easier, but it's over-protective parenting that is at the root of this problem. Too many parents are too caught up with never letting their special snowflakes experience the cold wind of reality. Parents can only do that for so long. At some point their kid will be out there in the real world where mommy can't protect them. Teaching kids to handle failure, rejection, stress... teaching them to be good losers and good winners... will serve them far better than an over protective, unrealistic bubble.

Parents teach kids life skills. Schools are just the test environment.

[MeMelYup]

Sissies.

That's being a bully.

[b322da]

Wait until there is OC next year. They'll positively mess themselves....

Will you enjoy causing and watching that? How to push the envelope to our possible mutual regret.

Jim

[MechAg94]

So they called the cops after seeing a mouse. What do they do if the mouse is caught in the trap? The police officer should have laughed at them and left if they didn't arrest them for misusing the 911 system. Setting up the mouse trap for them only reenforces the silly behavior.

If they did catch a mouse in the trap, I bet they would get all emotional about the mouse being killed.

[RoyGBiv]

If they did catch a mouse in the trap, I bet they would get all emotional about the mouse being killed.

They'll probably sue the manufacturer of the trap for the emotional distress.

[MechAg94]

There are no hardships in life to toughen these kids up. We started out as hunter-gatherers who toughed out winters in caves, had to catch our own food, and protected ourselves from predators with rocks and sticks. My grandparents farmed to support themselves by working 16 hour days plowing with horses, raising or hunting for their own food, washing clothes they made themselves on a washboard, going outside in the middle of the night to pee, and dealing with medical emergencies on their own because the nearest doctor was too far away.

Today, we pop a hot pocket in the microwave, go to the doctor every time we stub our toe, complain if the clothes come out of the dryer damp, turn up the thermostat if we're chilly, and drive our climate controlled vehicles to our climate controlled offices to sit in front of a computer screen all day.

Don't think we've become soft - ask your grandparents what they think.

IMO, the parents never exposed them to the realities of life. Mice, roaches, and other vermin are something people deal with on occasion. It isn't a hardship, just life. IMO, it is the same as teaching a kid to wash their own clothes, changed a tire on a car, dress themselves, tie their own shoes, etc.

I guess that all assumes this wasn't some sort of prank.