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Have you ever wondered what it truly means to fulfill your role as a parent in today's complex world? This powerful episode tackles the critical challenges facing parents as they guide children through an increasingly complicated moral landscape.
When we witness the chaos of teen riots in New Jersey malls, tragic accidents claiming young lives, or school violence making headlines, we're forced to confront an uncomfortable truth: parenting has never been more challenging than it is today. The moral dilemmas and social pressures children face now simply didn't exist when today's parents were growing up.
Drawing from both personal insights and thoughtful analysis, this episode presents three foundational principles every parent needs to embrace. First, the vital importance of clearly stating your values - research shows that when making major life decisions, teens often place higher value on their parents' viewpoints than their peers', but only if those values have been clearly communicated. Second, helping children understand that actions have consequences using the timeless principle that "whatever a person is sowing, this they will reap." Finally, the episode explores how parents can actively build positive traits in their children rather than assuming good character will develop naturally.
Between stories of school vandalism, teen riots, and heartbreaking accidents, we're reminded that while parents cannot control every choice their children make, they can provide the guidance, values, and understanding of consequences that will help young people navigate these challenging times. Whether you're raising teenagers, have young children, or are considering parenthood, this episode offers practical wisdom for fulfilling your most important role.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
This is the Everyday Podcast for the Everyday People.
Guys, welcome back to anotherepisode of RED.
It's the Everyday Podcast forthe Everyday People.
You know, this month of May hasliterally been dragging down to
its finish.
The last day of school for methis year will be June 13th.
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Now, normally I run the podcastuntil the last day of my
physical school year, which thisyear happens to be June 24th,
but we are travelinginternationally.
We have plans to go to Portugal, and so I'm going to be doing
some other streaming and someother live connects from Europe
while I'm out that way.
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But this week of activity hasjust been it's just been a long
week.
There's just so much going on.
You know, kids are takingfinals now.
Prom is in session.
For those of you who have wentto prom already and those who
may be coming up on prom shouldbe done by now, though.
Prom should be done, becausewe're heading into the month of
June.
Coming up on prom Should bedone by now, though Prom should
be done, because we're headinginto the month of June.
But I've just been thinking alot.
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This episode has encouraged meto think a lot about young
persons, parents, families andjust tragedies that people are
going through every day, and soI gave this theme a lot of
consideration before I decidedto put it together for you guys,
this particular episode.
But before we go into the theme, I just want to thank all of
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the new followers that I haveaccumulated on TikTok and the
new subscribers that have joinedus on YouTube.
I can't thank you, guys, enoughfor believing in this podcast,
supporting this podcast andsubscribing to this content.
You know, it's really not aboutthe amount of subscribers or
following that you have, butwhat it really boils down to is
you doing something that youbelieve in, and seeing how that
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affects other people can make aworld of difference.
So, with that being said, guys,our theme for this episode
episode 127, is fulfill yourrole as a Parent.
This is a call to action toparents.
You know this podcast dealswith a lot of school news.
We deal with a lot of schooltragedies, etc.
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But it all starts at home.
There was a situation thatdeveloped in New Jersey with
young persons in Seaside Heights, woodbridge Mall, and it has
people wondering when are thesethings going to stop?
Parents may also wonder whatthey can do in connection with
supporting their teenagers.
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Here is our theme Fulfill yourrole as a parent.
Do you remember the moment whenyou first held your newborn for
the first time?
Before long, you may have feltoverwhelmed, realizing that your
child's need for guidance wouldcontinue for many years.
The enormity of yourresponsibility quickly sank in.
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While the role of a parent hasalways been challenging emphasis
on always it is especially sotoday.
Well, why is that?
Well, because today the worldis more complex.
It's a lot more polarized thanwhen you, as parents, were
children.
Some of the moral challengeschildren are dealing with in
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school, children needing comfort, how they use the internet All
of those things did not existwhen you guys were kids, as
parents, more or less right.
But today there is an ongoingneed for parents to strengthen
their vigil and being able tosupport their kids with these
new, unique challenges.
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In this theme, this episode,we're going to discuss three
areas in which parents can beable to fortify their tactics to
help support and strengthentheir children.
The first one is clearly stateyour values.
Right now.
I'm in this age I'll be 33 intwo weeks and I'm in this weird
gray area because all of mypeers are having kids and having
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babies, and some are preparedto have children and some are
not prepared, whether that beemotionally, mentally,
physically or financially, andso they're telling me that they
believe that me and my wifeshould try to have a baby.
And I'm thinking to myself okay, on paper it sounds good, but
what are your values?
When you think about becoming aparent, it's important to
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analyze your values.
Well, why is that?
Well, as your children grow,they are buried in an avalanche
of misinformation about morals,some of it from their peers and
much of it from the medium.
These negative influencesbecome especially evident when
children enter their teenageyears, but research shows that
when it comes to major decisionsin life, many adolescents place
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higher value on their parents'viewpoint than those of their
peers.
The reality is, in order foryour child to adopt your
viewpoint, you first have tohave one.
So a lot of my friends arehaving kids now, but they're not
really counting the cost as tohow their actions are going to
strengthen or affect theirchildren later on down the line.
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One thing that you can do as aparent is inculcate values in
your children.
Try your best to give themsomething.
You know, when people talk tome about having a child now,
they're on this kick abouthaving a legacy, and that's cool
.
There's nothing more refreshingthan having a kid and leaving a
legacy behind.
But if you don't take steps toset values, then the legacy that
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your child will leave behindwill definitely cause discomfort
and heartache in the future.
Now the second thing that'sgoing to be able to help you
parents in dealing with yourchildren to becoming that
responsible parent is helpingthem to understand that there
are consequences for theiractions.
Now recently in New Jersey here,there was a situation that
developed in Seaside Heightsover Memorial Day weekend and
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it's been circulating on thenews and I'm going to cover this
story in just a little bit.
But people are going back andforth with the fact that they
feel as though teens should bepunished or put on curfews or
dealt with a certain way becausethey're committing these crimes
or involved in these riots,while other persons believe
parents should be heldresponsible for the actions of
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their teens.
Here's the truth.
A parent can do everything intheir power to raise their child
the right way, to inculcatethem in a steady, stable
environment and build them up,but when that child gets to a
point of reasoning and relyingon their own guidance and
decisions in life, there's noguarantee that that child is
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going to stick to the upbringingthat they had from good parents
.
So what can you do as a parent?
It's vital that you help yourchild to understand whatever
choice they decide to make,there are going to be
consequences.
One principle that I really,really love in this regard is
whatever a person is sowing,this, that person will also reap
.
This is a principle of causeand effect and it can be
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observed in virtually everyaspect of life.
When you think back to your ownchildhood, you no doubt
remember the memorable lessonsyou learned in which you had to
face the consequences of youractions.
Today, a lot of children arenot taught that course of action
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.
Sometimes parents have goodintentions and trying to stand
up for their kids and trying toteach their kids.
You know to stand up for yourrights and stand up for what you
believe in and all of thosethings, et cetera.
But there has to be a balance.
Okay With the way that parentsare teaching children now, if
they're not careful, they cancause their children harm to
themselves, and in these casesof these riots that are going on
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in Woodbridge Mall and Menloand the incident in Seaside
Heights, it's clear that there'sconfusion as to if a child will
ever be held accountable fortheir actions.
So, as parents, be vigilant.
Use real life examples toexplain to your child how those
who adopted a wrong course ofaction or those who made poor
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choices in life suffered theconsequences.
They didn't really benefit.
I know in school we used tohave these little pep talks and
it was one of those things whereit just you know it would be
boring, like we would have theselectures on a regular basis and
they would try to steer us awayfrom drug abuse and they would
try to steer us away from allsorts of, you know, harmful
practice, and the person wouldcome in every, I guess, three
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months, every marking period, totalk to us young persons about
ways that we can better ourlives.
But they don't really do thatthing anymore, and so now social
media is putting more of thatpressure on kids, teenagers,
young adults to follow thiscourse that could damage their
lives essentially.
So, as parents, it's going tobe vital for you to be able to
help your children to understandthat their actions do have
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consequences.
Now, the third point in which wewere focusing on is, along with
helping your child to seeconsequences with their actions,
build positive traits.
Sometimes people have kids andthey think that a child is going
to naturally be good on theirown if they are not exposed to
negative circumstances.
Well, but the reality is all ofus are influenced by someone.
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All of us are going to beinfluenced by a friend or a
teacher, or a TV shows, music orwhatever the case is.
So, as a parent, it's reallyimportant to help your child to
build positive traits regardingtheir circumstances.
Child to build positive traitsregarding their circumstances.
For example, instead of tellingyour child, do as I say and not
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as I do, help your child tomake the connection between
their choices, their actions andthe quality.
So if you're going to give yourchildren chores or something of
that nature, make sure that youexplain to them how this is
going to benefit them in thelong run.
Help them to pursue goodqualities that produce healthy
outcomes.
You see, as children grow, theydevelop a pattern of conduct
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that characterizes them and some, because of their negative
associates, they have beencategorized as negative persons.
So it's very true of what Itell people regarding the kids
on my school bus Just becausethey've been in poor
circumstances does not mean thatthey're bad kids.
They just need guidance.
They need someone to have abetter view of them than what's
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normal.
In addition to emphasizing theconsequences, as was mentioned
earlier, you can help your childto think about the character
traits for which he or she wouldlike to be known.
Your child to think about thecharacter traits for which he or
she would like to be known.
So if you want your child tobenefit and come off successful
in connection with thecircumstances they're facing
today, you can find these threeprinciples there and that can
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really fortify your family andbuild you up.
It's very hard to be able tocome here every week on this
podcast and go through thesestories and see that these young
persons are losing their livesand getting involved in violence
and being bullied and all ofthose things because no one is
taking that proper interest inthem.
But I guarantee you that if youask your kids just two
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questions what type of person doI want my child to be and what
would a person like that do inthis situation Then you can
really be able to see thebenefit in the long run.
So that was just our theme forthis episode.
Parents continue to be vigilantas possibly as you can to
strengthen your children to makebetter and wiser decisions in
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these darkened times.
Jaden, what's going on, man?
Sorry about that.
I just got through this.
You know this.
You know, um, uh, this themefor this episode, um, we're just
really focusing on, you know,young people.
You know what I mean.
It's just there's a lot ofyoung people going through
things today and you know themasses really don't care about
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it, which is expected.
You know people don't reallythink about it.
But, um, you know, that's just.
That's just where we are today.
Oh, he, well, he'll probably beback.
I mean, he pops in alive everyonce in a while, so you know
that's how that goes.
Well, guys, as always, we have10 stories this episode that are
going to leave you somewhatshocked.
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Some of these thoughts thatcome with these stories that
we're going to cover areunsettling.
Thoughts that come with thesestories that we're going to
cover are unsettling.
But we do believe that byspeaking about these things in
an open environment and beingable to express concern and care
for these victims and thesestories, that persons can really
benefit and come off victoriousfrom these challenges.
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Here's our first storyStarmount High School vandalized
as part of senior prank.
Yadkin County School says Aschool in the Piedmont Triad was
vandalized in a senior prank.
According to officials withYadkin County Schools, on the
evening of Monday, may 12th,starmount High School was
vandalized and the next daycustodians arrived to find
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several issues.
While toilet paper and sidewalkchalk were seen in the
courtyard, officials said truevandalism was also found.
Words and inappropriatedepictions were spray painted on
buildings, the external walk-inbuildings, where the floors and
desks were coated with baby oil.
Officials said baby oil wasalso coated on several concrete
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areas outside, which made thoseareas very slick and impassable.
Additionally, a washing machinewas brought onto campus and
filled with concrete and thenthat bag of concrete was thrown
onto the front doors of theschool where it hardened
overnight.
School and maintenance staffwere pulled from their normal
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assignments and workedtirelessly to clean the
vandalism before students couldarrive.
Officials said two buildingswere shut down due to unsafe
conditions from the baby oil.
All vandalism was cleared bythe next day.
Officials said that althoughthere was very little permanent
damage, the total estimated costof damage was just over $2,000.
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The total estimated cost ofdamage was just over $2,000.
Starmount High did impose aschool-level discipline and a
restitution payment, but nocharges have been filed at this
time.
The investigation is ongoing.
So every year you have thispurpose of a senior prank and
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correct me if I'm wrong was toprovide a legacy worth
remembering for the next classof seniors coming the following
year.
Well, in this story it seemsthey took the prank too far.
I think when a senior prankgoes too far, when the school
has to pay for damages, I thinkthat the motive here in
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connection with this story wasgood, but sometimes just because
you have good qualities doesn'tmean you have good intentions.
Hopefully this doesn't becomean ongoing problem.
Sometimes this becomes a yearafter year thing and then
everyone else has to suffer as aresult.
Now in the state of New Jersey,the state where I live, this
has become an ongoing problem.
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A couple of weeks ago, menloMall was trashed by a plethora
of teenagers running through thefacility and we thought that
this was the last of the dramaand the chaos.
Well, the following week or theweek after two weeks, these
teens returned, I'm assumingthey returned to cause more
mayhem, this time at woodbridgemall.
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300 teens forced.
Shutdown of new jersey carnivalafter tiktok inspired meetup
descends into chaos and spreadsto nearby mall.
Hundreds of teenagers shut downa new jersey carnival after a
tikt TikTok meetup spun out ofcontrol and spread into a nearby
mall, mirroring a similar teenrendezvous at another local mall
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that injured a cop last week.
The Woodbridge PoliceDepartment responded to an
unruly horde of approximately300 youths gathered at the
Woodbridge Center Carnivalaround 9 pm Saturday.
According to RLS Media, theteens were supposedly rallied by
a series of TikTok postscalling for an impromptu link-up
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at the carnival.
The carnival required anyoneunder the age of 18 to be
accompanied by a parent orguardian.
All adult attendees were alsorequired to show valid
identification to be permittedentry, according to the carnival
website.
But still the crowd of youthsat the carnival grew so unruly
that Woodbridge police had tocall on neighboring departments
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for backup, rls reported.
Eventually the chaos spreadinto the Woodbridge Center Mall,
forcing many stores to lock upearly and even shelter shoppers
inside as the teens ran wild.
On Sunday many of the carnivalattendees posted video
compilations of their timeobserving or participating in
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the havoc across Woodbridge.
Some of the teenagers did breakaway from Woodbridge and they
started making their way towardsthe Menlo Park Mall in Edison,
the site of the last hooliganmeetup on foot.
Edison police turned up at themall ahead of the group to
ensure there were no repeats oflast week's brawl.
According to the local outlet,edison Mayor Sam Joshi called
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for increased security and evena curfew at the Menlo Park Mall
in the wake of last week's melee, which left one cop with a
fractured ankle.
He hopes that the newregulations will be implemented
in a few weeks.
According to my Central Jersey,it's unclear if any
participating youths werearrested following the carnival
or if anyone was injured.
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The Post did reach out to theWoodbridge and Edison police
departments for clarity, but sofar no follow-up.
So this is just the new thingthat's been going on here in New
Jersey.
I mean, I can't say that I'mshocked, you know, but I can say
that it is surprising thatthese things happen just so
close to home.
I don't know as to what thethrill is here with young
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persons today.
I really don't get it.
Like you know, there is nomethod to this madness, you know
.
It just seems as though someoneis inciting these persons on
TikTok to meet up at this placeand just cause mayhem and
pandemonium.
Now here's where things getreally juicy.
Some people are feeling asthough parents should be held
responsible for the actions oftheir children, while others
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believe that the law needs to bemore strict on teenagers.
This is the way I see it.
To be honest with you, if youhold the parent accountable for
these type of things that theirchild does, at what point do you
draw the line?
At what point do you say, hey,you're going to hold them
accountable for rioting at themall, but when it comes to other
crimes, we're not going to holdthe parent accountable.
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That becomes a problem, aconflict of interest there, and
then you have to think about thefact that children have free
will.
Children have the choice todetermine what they're going to
do with their free will.
So holding a parent accountablesimply because their children
are out there acting a fool, Ithink that's a little bit silly.
The real problem is the factthat these kids don't have any
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guidance or morals, and as longas that continues to be a
problem, then you're going tohave these incidences.
We're happy to report that noone was hurt in this incident
regarding Woodbridge Mall, butwe do have reason to believe
that this is something that'sgoing to be ongoing in New
Jersey.
So for those of you guys whoare here from New Jersey, please
be careful and check yoursurroundings, because we might
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be heading for some wildactivity this summer.
Here's our following storyAlabama teacher arrested.
Four-year-old leaves school withnear fatal blood alcohol level.
A South Alabama teacher hasbeen arrested after a child left
school with a blood alcoholcontent level near a deadly .300
.
On April 28th, a four-year-oldwas picked up by her parents and
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taken to USA Children andWomen's Hospital after the child
was acting lethargic and waslimp like a noodle, according to
her father.
After conducting tests, it wasdetermined the child had a blood
alcohol content level of 0.286.
The child was released from thehospital after two days.
According to the Mobile CountySheriff's Office, tracy Walker
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was arrested for the incident.
After opening an investigationinto the incident on May 6th,
the agency said that during aninterview with the child, she
said her teacher gave her adrink that made her feel sick.
Investigators also talked tomedical professional, teachers
and family members of the child.
Walker has been charged withaggravated child abuse according
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to jailrecords.
Now I think this is the firsttime on this show that I've had
to report an administratorgiving a child and I just want
to confirm this age herefour-year-old.
This administrator gave thisfour-year-old child alcohol and
it nearly killed them.
The administrator has beenarrested unfortunate man.
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The things that parents have togo through in order to not only
make ends meet, but also to tryto find a stable and healthy
environment for their child togrow up in.
To the parents of thisfour-year-old, we're happy to
note that the child is going tosurvive, but we're definitely
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saddened to report that this wasthe incident regarding your
four-year-old.
We hope that they're going tomake a well recovery in the days
, weeks and yearsahead.
In this following story, we areexpressing condolences for the
loss of two high schoolindividuals that were killed
unexpectedly.
Two Otsego high schoolgraduates die in head on crash
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of off-road vehicles.
Families and friends awoke tothe news that two 18-year-olds
died early Saturday whiledriving off-road vehicles on
Henry Lucas County Road nearSouth River Road in the vicinity
of Grand Rapids, ohio.
The two had just graduated fromOtsego High School.
On Thursday, braden Sadler ofGrand Rapids and Jack Rowland of
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Perrysburg were pronounced deadat the scene following the
crash that occurred at about12.06 am.
According to a report by theToledo Post of the Ohio State
Highway Patrol, mr Sadler wasdriving a 2018 Kawasaki KLX 140
northbound.
Mr Rowland was driving a 2001Honda TRX 400 EX southbound in
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the northbound lane.
When the two vehicles collidedhead-on, neither driver was
wearing a helmet and alcohol wasbelieved to be a factor.
According to the State Patrol,neither vehicle was equipped to
be driven on a publicroadway.
Mr Oshia announced thatcounseling services, including
grief counselors, mental healthprofessionals and members of the
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crisis response team, will beavailable for students and staff
on Tuesday.
He urged parents and studentsto reach out to support services
that will continue into thecoming days and weeks.
In addition, he urged parentsand students to reach out to
support services that willcontinue into the coming days
and weeks.
In addition, he urged parentsto speak openly with their
children about grief and loss.
How tragic it is when twopersons, two young persons such
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as this, lose their lives in anunforeseen occurrence.
We do want to express ourcondolences to the families the
victims' families regarding thistragedy, but we also, at the
same time, want to commend theschool because of the fact that
they took the precautions neededto help people to cope with
these circumstances.
We wish you guys all the bestthere in Ohio as you deal with
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this recent tragedy.
Now, in this following story,we're turning the wheel a little
bit, dealing with schoolviolence and fighting Two
arrested guns seized at EverettHigh School after fight, police
arrested two people, including a17-year-old, and seized a gun
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after being called to EverettHigh School to respond to a
fight Tuesdayafternoon.
The Lansing Police Departmentsays that at around 12.39 pm
officers were dispatched to theschool about a fight involving a
knife.
As they were on the way, theywere told that there was someone
with a gun running behind theschool.
After arriving, officers wereinitially unable to find anyone
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involved, but Lansing SchoolDistrict officials told them
that they had taken a handgunfrom a 17-year-old boy inside
the school.
Police seized the gun and theteen was arrested.
Upon further investigation,officers went to the 1800th
block of Osband Avenue wherethey talked to and arrested a
50-year-old woman who they saywas involved in the initial
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fight complaint.
Police say both have beencharged with weapon-related
offenses.
This is an ongoinginvestigation, so if you have
any information of this incident, you are encouraged to contact
the Lansing Police Department,and that's there in
Michigan.
You know it used to be thatschool was a place of refuge and
safe haven for young persons,but now school has become the
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very place where violence andcorruption and all of those
negative things have started tobecome increased.
So now, where can these youngpersons turn?
That's really the question.
If you can't go to school, youknow you not be worried about
your teacher trying to prey onyou or get involved in some
violent act, and you can't trustthe administration and you
can't trust your footballcoaches and your extracurricular
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activity coaches, then whereare these young persons going to
turn?
Allow this platform to be amicrophone for you guys.
Whatever you're going throughin school, whatever you're
struggling with, the same thingI tell my kids on my school bus
these are dark times that we'redealing with and a lot of people
don't want to accept thatreality, that these are
distressing times that we'reliving in like never before.
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Rather than hold these deepemotions within you or get
involved in someself-destructive habit, channel
these emotions, express them tothe right people and get the
support that you need in orderto come off
victorious.
In our following story, we areexpressing condolences again to
a student that was killed.
Middle school student killed.
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Girl seriously injured inrollover crash in Bedford.
Police say A 13-year-oldManchester middle school student
was killed in a rollover crashwhile driving a stolen car early
Wednesday morning in Bedfordpolice said.
Police said a car rolled overaround 1.50 am and the boy who
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was driving died at a hospital.
A 14-year-old girl who was alsoin the car suffered serious
injuries.
According to the police, theidentities of the juveniles have
not been released, but the boywho was killed was a student at
Southside Middle School inManchester.
Officials said Manchesterpolice have added that about an
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hour before the crash the carhad been reported stolen by a
food delivery driver who said hehad briefly left the car
unattended on Clifford Avenue.
Police say they spotted the carin the area of Kenberma Street
operating without its headlightson.
Police said the car acceleratedwhen the cruiser's lights and
sirens were activated and theofficer decided to end the chase
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after losing sight of thevehicle when it continued on the
highway.
New Hampshire State Policediscovered the overturned car
off Route 101 in Bedford.
A man who lives behind thesound barrier by the exit said
that he and his girlfriend heardthe crash and then screaming
coming from the female passenger.
He said he ran out to a firelane behind the house and yelled
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at the girl to keep screaminguntil he could find her.
The couple brought the girl totheir apartment and called an
ambulance.
They said that the girl saidshe was kidnapped and seemed
confused, at first saying shewas 13 and then 16.
Manchester Superintendent,jennifer Camille, released a
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statement about the crash.
Regarding this incident, theKilton Road on and off ramps to
Route 101 were closed forseveral hours before police
reopened them around 7.15 am.
Now this story is stating thatthis car was
stolen.
We don't know what thesurrounding details were
regarding this incident, but themost important thing is that
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there was a young person in thiscar that lost their lives, and
I can't even imagine as to howthe family is feeling right now.
There are different stages ofdeath that we go through or
experience in this world.
Some of that death we cananticipate, such as when a
relative has cancer or they'vebeen diagnosed with a terminal
illness, but then there'smoments like this that are
unexpected, and when you losesomeone unexpectedly like you
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know when I lost my brotherthere's a series of things that
go through your mind, like yourlast words to that person, or if
that person really knew thatyou loved them, or if you had an
argument with that personbefore this tragic end.
So all of those things may gothrough a person's mind.
The key guys, though, is not toblame yourselves, not to feel
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as though you could have donesomething different to prevent
this outcome.
The reality is, all of us makechoices in life and sometimes
these choices cause heartbreakand pain to our loved ones.
These choices cause heartbreakand pain to our loved ones.
So, to the victim's family, wedo encourage you guys to
continue to find support andcomfort from your loved ones,
from your family, from yourfriends.
Do not go through thistremendous loss by yourself and,
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if at all possible, reach outto us here on this podcast and
express how this tragic incidentin your life made you feel.
We'll give you guys all thelove and support that you need
to continue on in the days ahead.
Now, in our next story, we'restill just dealing with a lot of
loss.
This episode just constantlosses.
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We want to extend ourcondolences to this next
victim'sfamily.
Arp community mourns loss ofbeloved elementary school
student.
The ARP community is mourningthe loss of a beloved elementary
student who passed away thisweekend.
Nine-year-old Chloe Trimblepassed away Saturday morning.
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Her father, patrick Trimble,said playing and running outside
Saturday with family membersand Ben Wheeler when she had
trouble breathing and shestarted to have a seizure.
Her brother called for help andChloe aunt Nancy Nicholas,
began CPR and compressions.
The ambulance arrived and gother stable before taking her to
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Christus Trinity Mother FrancesHospital, where she and her
parents were then life-flightedto Children's Hospital in Dallas
.
The staff at Children's workedhard to revive her, but she
passed away at 3.30 pm.
Trimble said.
Trimble and Chloe's mother,alicia Nicholas, asked for an
autopsy to determine her causeof death.
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Chloe will be remembered as abrave, smart kid who had a lot
of life and was loved by herwhole family.
Trimble said Grief counselorswill be at ARP Elementary all
this week to support studentsand staff.
Arp ISD said she was going tobe a fourth grader next school
year.
A GoFundMe has been set up tohelp Chloe's family during this
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time of loss.
The fundraiser describes Chloeas a bright, loving and joyful
child who brought happiness tothose around her.
We want to express ourcondolences we really want to
express that for the life ofChloe here.
Just a sweet appears to be avery joyful, happy, outgoing
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girl, and it's sad when thesethings happen.
It really is, and there'sreally no words that can be said
to remedy or alleviate the painthat the family is going
through, but just being therefor them.
Guys, for those of you who knewChloe personally or went to
school with her, or she may havebeen friends with your child's,
you know, or your children.
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Try your best to do somethingnice for the family so that they
can cope with this devastation.
Very tragic indeed, very sadstory.
In the following story we doreturn back to my home state of
New Jersey, dealing with a veryserious allegation against a
teacher regarding child abuse.
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St Thomas Aquinas High Schoolteacher and coach charged with
child sexual abuse.
A teacher and coach at StThomas Aquinas High School in
Edison has been charged withfour counts of child sex crimes,
some of which allegedlyoccurred on school grounds.
Axel Palomares, 50, ofMorristown, was arrested May 27
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without incident at his home andcharged with second-degree
manufacturing of child sexualabuse material, second-degree
endangering the welfare of achild, third-degree possession
of a child with sexual abusematerial and fourth-degree
invasion of privacy.
The Middlesex CountyProsecutor's Office announced
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Palomares was being held at theMiddlesex County Adult
Correctional Facility pending apretrial detention hearing.
After receiving a cyber tipfrom the New Jersey State Police
, the Internet Crimes AgainstChildren Unit of the Middlesex
County Prosecutor's Officeconducted an investigation which
led to the charges againstPalomares.
According to the prosecutor'soffice, the administration of St
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Thomas Aquinas High Schoolcooperated with local, county
and state law enforcement in theinvestigation which led to
authorities searching the schoolMay
27,.
According to a Diocese ofMetuchen statement, law
enforcement officials informedthe diocese that St Thomas
Aquinas High School is among theplaces where the alleged crimes
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took place.
The statement said According tothe diocese, a preliminary
investigation into Palomares'employment record shows nothing
indicating any cause for concern.
He was subject to the requiredcriminal background checks and
was up to date and in compliancewith all the policies and
training requirements mandatedby the school and the diocese.
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The diocese said schoolcounselors stand ready to assist
any student and it will beworking with the law enforcement
community to ascertain if thereare any better ways to
safeguard students from thistype of behavior.
Pollard-maris was announced atthe school's girls soccer coach
in 2024.
He is no longer listed on theschool's roster of athletic
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coaches.
The investigation is active andcontinuing.
Anyone with information isasked to call Detective Ken
McGarry of the Middlesex CountyProsecutor's Office at
732-745-3140.
Background checks do not stoppeople from committing these
crimes.
If the person hasn't committeda crime in the past, then
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there's nothing to find in theirbackground.
It takes one temptation, ittakes one act of a person's free
will to unleash this type ofabuse on children?
Furthermore, why do we continueto let males coach female
soccer teams?
There needs to be someone withthat male to ensure that these
students stay protected.
These are just the patterns ofthese persons who are taking
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advantage of these students.
These are the patterns thatthese persons are getting
involved in.
We're hoping that the victimsin connection with this case of
child sexual abuse will make awell recovery, but the damage is
done.
Even if this guy does getlocked up, the damage is done
for many years regarding thesestudents that he abused.
We wish you guys all the bestat St Thomas Aquinas High School
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here in New Jersey.
Again, my home state, our finalstory.
We are concluding with thedevastation that occurred again
at the Memorial Day Fiesta atthe Jersey Shore Boardwalk.
I believe we're now visitingSeaside
Heights.
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Dozens arrested after MemorialDay violence rocks Jersey Shore
boardwalk.
Dozens of people were arrestedafter a string of brawls and
stabbings involving young adultsand juveniles erupted at a
popular Jersey Shore boardwalkover Memorial Day weekend,
forcing authorities totemporarily shut down the
popular tourist site.
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At least 73 people 52 adultsand 21 minors were arrested in
Seaside Heights, new Jersey,during the mayhem that began
early Friday and ended around 6am on Monday.
Local reports say, citing localpolice, three young adults were
stabbed in separate incidents.
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Seaside Heights detective SteveCorman told local media, adding
that the third stabbingprompted officials to
temporarily shut down theboardwalk just after midnight on
Monday.
Swat teams were on standbyahead of the weekend after a
similar incident occurred duringlast year's long holiday
weekend involving a large groupof unruly
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juveniles.
According to Fox 29Philadelphia, despite efforts to
control this year's situationwith a 10 pm curfew for minors
and increased police presence,dozens of teens and young adults
flooded the area and engaged inviolent altercations near the
boardwalk.
The local station reportedthat's how the article ends.
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That's really the end of thearticle.
There's no plan to do anythingto prevent this in the future,
except increasing more policeactivity and presence during
these times.
But here is my address to youguys as my
viewers.
Time and time again, we've seenthat when we gather in large
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environments or in large areas,there is an attack, there are
moments of violence, there arepatterns of aggression.
Guys, please, please, usewisdom and discernment.
Do not allow yourself to besucked into this violent pattern
of behavior and risk losingyour life.
I lost my brother to this typeof violence, this type of
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foolishness.
Please, to use your wisdom andto be safe.
If we know that people aretargeting these large places of
gatherings, why do we continueto run to them?
Please, guys, be as safe as youcan for your family, because
things are getting out ofcontrol.
Things have gotten worse thanthey have ever been.
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We are hoping that you guysstay safe and we are hoping that
you and your families arehealthy.
We do want to express that toyou guys in connection with this
story that just transpired inNew Jersey.
Well, guys, that was the laststory in connection with episode
127.
I thank you guys, as always,for tuning in For those of you
guys who are going to respond tothis short on TikTok when it's
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posted lateron.
There's just so much going onin New Jersey right now and at
one point people would say thatNew Jersey is a safe place or
was a safe place.
But mentalities have changedand the way people deal with
each other has changed.
Nobody has respect anymore,people don't greet you anymore,
they don't hold the door for youand people are just so
quick-tempered to just resort toviolence.
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One little incident and they'reready to pick up a weapon and
hurt somebody.
So in this episode, we talkedabout how parents can be able to
be vigilant and protect theirchildren from these rough
moments.
We talked about how parents canbe able to help their children
to see that their actions dohave consequences.
Again, we want to thank all ofyou guys for being here with us
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this week.
We love each and every one ofyou guys and we're hoping that
you're going to continue to doyour best to protect yourself
and your family as things moveforward.
Guys, this has been RED.
It's the Everyday Podcast forthe Everyday People.
This is the Everyday Podcastfor the Everyday People.
This is the Everyday Podcast for the Everyday People.
Guys, welcome back to anotherepisode of RED.
It's the Everyday Podcast forthe Everyday People.
You know, this month of May hasliterally been dragging down to
its finish.
The last day of school for methis year will be June 13th.
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Now, normally I run the podcastuntil the last day of my
physical school year, which thisyear happens to be June 24th,
but we are travelinginternationally.
We have plans to go to Portugal, and so I'm going to be doing
some other streaming and someother live connects from Europe
while I'm out that way.
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But this week of activity hasjust been it's just been a long
week.
There's just so much going on.
You know, kids are takingfinals now.
Prom is in session.
For those of you who have wentto prom already and those who
may be coming up on prom shouldbe done by now, though.
Prom should be done, becausewe're heading into the month of
June.
Coming up on prom Should bedone by now, though Prom should
be done, because we're headinginto the month of June.
But I've just been thinking alot.
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This episode has encouraged meto think a lot about young
persons, parents, families andjust tragedies that people are
going through every day, and soI gave this theme a lot of
consideration before I decidedto put it together for you guys,
this particular episode.
But before we go into the theme, I just want to thank all of
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the new followers that I haveaccumulated on TikTok and the
new subscribers that have joinedus on YouTube.
I can't thank you, guys, enoughfor believing in this podcast,
supporting this podcast andsubscribing to this content.
You know, it's really not aboutthe amount of subscribers or
following that you have, butwhat it really boils down to is
you doing something that youbelieve in, and seeing how that
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affects other people can make aworld of difference.
So, with that being said, guys,our theme for this episode
episode 127, is fulfill yourrole as a Parent.
This is a call to action toparents.
You know this podcast dealswith a lot of school news.
We deal with a lot of schooltragedies, etc.
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But it all starts at home.
There was a situation thatdeveloped in New Jersey with
young persons in Seaside Heights, woodbridge Mall, and it has
people wondering when are thesethings going to stop?
Parents may also wonder whatthey can do in connection with
supporting their teenagers.
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Here is our theme Fulfill yourrole as a parent.
Do you remember the moment whenyou first held your newborn for
the first time?
Before long, you may have feltoverwhelmed, realizing that your
child's need for guidance wouldcontinue for many years.
The enormity of yourresponsibility quickly sank in.
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While the role of a parent hasalways been challenging emphasis
on always it is especially sotoday.
Well, why is that?
Well, because today the worldis more complex.
It's a lot more polarized thanwhen you, as parents, were
children.
Some of the moral challengeschildren are dealing with in
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school, children needing comfort, how they use the internet All
of those things did not existwhen you guys were kids, as
parents, more or less right.
But today there is an ongoingneed for parents to strengthen
their vigil and being able tosupport their kids with these
new, unique challenges.
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In this theme, this episode,we're going to discuss three
areas in which parents can beable to fortify their tactics to
help support and strengthentheir children.
The first one is clearly stateyour values.
Right now.
I'm in this age I'll be 33 intwo weeks and I'm in this weird
gray area because all of mypeers are having kids and having
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babies, and some are preparedto have children and some are
not prepared, whether that beemotionally, mentally,
physically or financially, andso they're telling me that they
believe that me and my wifeshould try to have a baby.
And I'm thinking to myself okay, on paper it sounds good, but
what are your values?
When you think about becoming aparent, it's important to
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analyze your values.
Well, why is that?
Well, as your children grow,they are buried in an avalanche
of misinformation about morals,some of it from their peers and
much of it from the medium.
These negative influencesbecome especially evident when
children enter their teenageyears, but research shows that
when it comes to major decisionsin life, many adolescents place
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higher value on their parents'viewpoint than those of their
peers.
The reality is, in order foryour child to adopt your
viewpoint, you first have tohave one.
So a lot of my friends arehaving kids now, but they're not
really counting the cost as tohow their actions are going to
strengthen or affect theirchildren later on down the line.
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One thing that you can do as aparent is inculcate values in
your children.
Try your best to give themsomething.
You know, when people talk tome about having a child now,
they're on this kick abouthaving a legacy, and that's cool
.
There's nothing more refreshingthan having a kid and leaving a
legacy behind.
But if you don't take steps toset values, then the legacy that
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your child will leave behindwill definitely cause discomfort
and heartache in the future.
Now the second thing that'sgoing to be able to help you
parents in dealing with yourchildren to becoming that
responsible parent is helpingthem to understand that there
are consequences for theiractions.
Now recently in New Jersey here,there was a situation that
developed in Seaside Heightsover Memorial Day weekend and
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it's been circulating on thenews and I'm going to cover this
story in just a little bit.
But people are going back andforth with the fact that they
feel as though teens should bepunished or put on curfews or
dealt with a certain way becausethey're committing these crimes
or involved in these riots,while other persons believe
parents should be heldresponsible for the actions of
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their teens.
Here's the truth.
A parent can do everything intheir power to raise their child
the right way, to inculcatethem in a steady, stable
environment and build them up,but when that child gets to a
point of reasoning and relyingon their own guidance and
decisions in life, there's noguarantee that that child is
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going to stick to the upbringingthat they had from good parents
.
So what can you do as a parent?
It's vital that you help yourchild to understand whatever
choice they decide to make,there are going to be
consequences.
One principle that I really,really love in this regard is
whatever a person is sowing,this, that person will also reap
.
This is a principle of causeand effect and it can be
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observed in virtually everyaspect of life.
When you think back to your ownchildhood, you no doubt
remember the memorable lessonsyou learned in which you had to
face the consequences of youractions.
Today, a lot of children arenot taught that course of action
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.
Sometimes parents have goodintentions and trying to stand
up for their kids and trying toteach their kids.
You know to stand up for yourrights and stand up for what you
believe in and all of thosethings, et cetera.
But there has to be a balance.
Okay With the way that parentsare teaching children now, if
they're not careful, they cancause their children harm to
themselves, and in these casesof these riots that are going on
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in Woodbridge Mall and Menloand the incident in Seaside
Heights, it's clear that there'sconfusion as to if a child will
ever be held accountable fortheir actions.
So, as parents, be vigilant.
Use real life examples toexplain to your child how those
who adopted a wrong course ofaction or those who made poor
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choices in life suffered theconsequences.
They didn't really benefit.
I know in school we used tohave these little pep talks and
it was one of those things whereit just you know it would be
boring, like we would have theselectures on a regular basis and
they would try to steer us awayfrom drug abuse and they would
try to steer us away from allsorts of, you know, harmful
practice, and the person wouldcome in every, I guess, three
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months, every marking period, totalk to us young persons about
ways that we can better ourlives.
But they don't really do thatthing anymore, and so now social
media is putting more of thatpressure on kids, teenagers,
young adults to follow thiscourse that could damage their
lives essentially.
So, as parents, it's going tobe vital for you to be able to
help your children to understandthat their actions do have
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consequences.
Now, the third point in which wewere focusing on is, along with
helping your child to seeconsequences with their actions,
build positive traits.
Sometimes people have kids andthey think that a child is going
to naturally be good on theirown if they are not exposed to
negative circumstances.
Well, but the reality is all ofus are influenced by someone.
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All of us are going to beinfluenced by a friend or a
teacher, or a TV shows, music orwhatever the case is.
So, as a parent, it's reallyimportant to help your child to
build positive traits regardingtheir circumstances.
Child to build positive traitsregarding their circumstances.
For example, instead of tellingyour child, do as I say and not
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as I do, help your child tomake the connection between
their choices, their actions andthe quality.
So if you're going to give yourchildren chores or something of
that nature, make sure that youexplain to them how this is
going to benefit them in thelong run.
Help them to pursue goodqualities that produce healthy
outcomes.
You see, as children grow, theydevelop a pattern of conduct
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that characterizes them and some, because of their negative
associates, they have beencategorized as negative persons.
So it's very true of what Itell people regarding the kids
on my school bus Just becausethey've been in poor
circumstances does not mean thatthey're bad kids.
They just need guidance.
They need someone to have abetter view of them than what's
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normal.
In addition to emphasizing theconsequences, as was mentioned
earlier, you can help your childto think about the character
traits for which he or she wouldlike to be known.
Your child to think about thecharacter traits for which he or
she would like to be known.
So if you want your child tobenefit and come off successful
in connection with thecircumstances they're facing
today, you can find these threeprinciples there and that can
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really fortify your family andbuild you up.
It's very hard to be able tocome here every week on this
podcast and go through thesestories and see that these young
persons are losing their livesand getting involved in violence
and being bullied and all ofthose things because no one is
taking that proper interest inthem.
But I guarantee you that if youask your kids just two
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questions what type of person doI want my child to be and what
would a person like that do inthis situation Then you can
really be able to see thebenefit in the long run.
So that was just our theme forthis episode.
Parents continue to be vigilantas possibly as you can to
strengthen your children to makebetter and wiser decisions in
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these darkened times.
Jaden, what's going on, man?
Sorry about that.
I just got through this.
You know this.
You know, um, uh, this themefor this episode, um, we're just
really focusing on, you know,young people.
You know what I mean.
It's just there's a lot ofyoung people going through
things today and you know themasses really don't care about
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it, which is expected.
You know people don't reallythink about it.
But, um, you know, that's just.
That's just where we are today.
Oh, he, well, he'll probably beback.
I mean, he pops in alive everyonce in a while, so you know
that's how that goes.
Well, guys, as always, we have10 stories this episode that are
going to leave you somewhatshocked.
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Some of these thoughts thatcome with these stories that
we're going to cover areunsettling.
Thoughts that come with thesestories that we're going to
cover are unsettling.
But we do believe that byspeaking about these things in
an open environment and beingable to express concern and care
for these victims and thesestories, that persons can really
benefit and come off victoriousfrom these challenges.
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Here's our first storyStarmount High School vandalized
as part of senior prank.
Yadkin County School says Aschool in the Piedmont Triad was
vandalized in a senior prank.
According to officials withYadkin County Schools, on the
evening of Monday, may 12th,starmount High School was
vandalized and the next daycustodians arrived to find
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several issues.
While toilet paper and sidewalkchalk were seen in the
courtyard, officials said truevandalism was also found.
Words and inappropriatedepictions were spray painted on
buildings, the external walk-inbuildings, where the floors and
desks were coated with baby oil.
Officials said baby oil wasalso coated on several concrete
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areas outside, which made thoseareas very slick and impassable.
Additionally, a washing machinewas brought onto campus and
filled with concrete and thenthat bag of concrete was thrown
onto the front doors of theschool where it hardened
overnight.
School and maintenance staffwere pulled from their normal
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assignments and workedtirelessly to clean the
vandalism before students couldarrive.
Officials said two buildingswere shut down due to unsafe
conditions from the baby oil.
All vandalism was cleared bythe next day.
Officials said that althoughthere was very little permanent
damage, the total estimated costof damage was just over $2,000.
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The total estimated cost ofdamage was just over $2,000.
Starmount High did impose aschool-level discipline and a
restitution payment, but nocharges have been filed at this
time.
The investigation is ongoing.
So every year you have thispurpose of a senior prank and
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correct me if I'm wrong was toprovide a legacy worth
remembering for the next classof seniors coming the following
year.
Well, in this story it seemsthey took the prank too far.
I think when a senior prankgoes too far, when the school
has to pay for damages, I thinkthat the motive here in
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connection with this story wasgood, but sometimes just because
you have good qualities doesn'tmean you have good intentions.
Hopefully this doesn't becomean ongoing problem.
Sometimes this becomes a yearafter year thing and then
everyone else has to suffer as aresult.
Now in the state of New Jersey,the state where I live, this
has become an ongoing problem.
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A couple of weeks ago, menloMall was trashed by a plethora
of teenagers running through thefacility and we thought that
this was the last of the dramaand the chaos.
Well, the following week or theweek after two weeks, these
teens returned, I'm assumingthey returned to cause more
mayhem, this time at woodbridgemall.
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300 teens forced.
Shutdown of new jersey carnivalafter tiktok inspired meetup
descends into chaos and spreadsto nearby mall.
Hundreds of teenagers shut downa new jersey carnival after a
tikt TikTok meetup spun out ofcontrol and spread into a nearby
mall, mirroring a similar teenrendezvous at another local mall
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that injured a cop last week.
The Woodbridge PoliceDepartment responded to an
unruly horde of approximately300 youths gathered at the
Woodbridge Center Carnivalaround 9 pm Saturday.
According to RLS Media, theteens were supposedly rallied by
a series of TikTok postscalling for an impromptu link-up
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at the carnival.
The carnival required anyoneunder the age of 18 to be
accompanied by a parent orguardian.
All adult attendees were alsorequired to show valid
identification to be permittedentry, according to the carnival
website.
But still the crowd of youthsat the carnival grew so unruly
that Woodbridge police had tocall on neighboring departments
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for backup, rls reported.
Eventually the chaos spreadinto the Woodbridge Center Mall,
forcing many stores to lock upearly and even shelter shoppers
inside as the teens ran wild.
On Sunday many of the carnivalattendees posted video
compilations of their timeobserving or participating in
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the havoc across Woodbridge.
Some of the teenagers did breakaway from Woodbridge and they
started making their way towardsthe Menlo Park Mall in Edison,
the site of the last hooliganmeetup on foot.
Edison police turned up at themall ahead of the group to
ensure there were no repeats oflast week's brawl.
According to the local outlet,edison Mayor Sam Joshi called
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for increased security and evena curfew at the Menlo Park Mall
in the wake of last week's melee, which left one cop with a
fractured ankle.
He hopes that the newregulations will be implemented
in a few weeks.
According to my Central Jersey,it's unclear if any
participating youths werearrested following the carnival
or if anyone was injured.
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The Post did reach out to theWoodbridge and Edison police
departments for clarity, but sofar no follow-up.
So this is just the new thingthat's been going on here in New
Jersey.
I mean, I can't say that I'mshocked, you know, but I can say
that it is surprising thatthese things happen just so
close to home.
I don't know as to what thethrill is here with young
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persons today.
I really don't get it.
Like you know, there is nomethod to this madness, you know
.
It just seems as though someoneis inciting these persons on
TikTok to meet up at this placeand just cause mayhem and
pandemonium.
Now here's where things getreally juicy.
Some people are feeling asthough parents should be held
responsible for the actions oftheir children, while others
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believe that the law needs to bemore strict on teenagers.
This is the way I see it.
To be honest with you, if youhold the parent accountable for
these type of things that theirchild does, at what point do you
draw the line?
At what point do you say, hey,you're going to hold them
accountable for rioting at themall, but when it comes to other
crimes, we're not going to holdthe parent accountable.
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That becomes a problem, aconflict of interest there, and
then you have to think about thefact that children have free
will.
Children have the choice todetermine what they're going to
do with their free will.
So holding a parent accountablesimply because their children
are out there acting a fool, Ithink that's a little bit silly.
The real problem is the factthat these kids don't have any
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guidance or morals, and as longas that continues to be a
problem, then you're going tohave these incidences.
We're happy to report that noone was hurt in this incident
regarding Woodbridge Mall, butwe do have reason to believe
that this is something that'sgoing to be ongoing in New
Jersey.
So for those of you guys whoare here from New Jersey, please
be careful and check yoursurroundings, because we might
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be heading for some wildactivity this summer.
Here's our following storyAlabama teacher arrested.
Four-year-old leaves school withnear fatal blood alcohol level.
A South Alabama teacher hasbeen arrested after a child left
school with a blood alcoholcontent level near a deadly .300
.
On April 28th, a four-year-oldwas picked up by her parents and
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taken to USA Children andWomen's Hospital after the child
was acting lethargic and waslimp like a noodle, according to
her father.
After conducting tests, it wasdetermined the child had a blood
alcohol content level of 0.286.
The child was released from thehospital after two days.
According to the Mobile CountySheriff's Office, tracy Walker
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was arrested for the incident.
After opening an investigationinto the incident on May 6th,
the agency said that during aninterview with the child, she
said her teacher gave her adrink that made her feel sick.
Investigators also talked tomedical professional, teachers
and family members of the child.
Walker has been charged withaggravated child abuse according
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to jailrecords.
Now I think this is the firsttime on this show that I've had
to report an administratorgiving a child and I just want
to confirm this age herefour-year-old.
This administrator gave thisfour-year-old child alcohol and
it nearly killed them.
The administrator has beenarrested unfortunate man.
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The things that parents have togo through in order to not only
make ends meet, but also to tryto find a stable and healthy
environment for their child togrow up in.
To the parents of thisfour-year-old, we're happy to
note that the child is going tosurvive, but we're definitely
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saddened to report that this wasthe incident regarding your
four-year-old.
We hope that they're going tomake a well recovery in the days
, weeks and yearsahead.
In this following story, we areexpressing condolences for the
loss of two high schoolindividuals that were killed
unexpectedly.
Two Otsego high schoolgraduates die in head on crash
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of off-road vehicles.
Families and friends awoke tothe news that two 18-year-olds
died early Saturday whiledriving off-road vehicles on
Henry Lucas County Road nearSouth River Road in the vicinity
of Grand Rapids, ohio.
The two had just graduated fromOtsego High School.
On Thursday, braden Sadler ofGrand Rapids and Jack Rowland of
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Perrysburg were pronounced deadat the scene following the
crash that occurred at about12.06 am.
According to a report by theToledo Post of the Ohio State
Highway Patrol, mr Sadler wasdriving a 2018 Kawasaki KLX 140
northbound.
Mr Rowland was driving a 2001Honda TRX 400 EX southbound in
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the northbound lane.
When the two vehicles collidedhead-on, neither driver was
wearing a helmet and alcohol wasbelieved to be a factor.
According to the State Patrol,neither vehicle was equipped to
be driven on a publicroadway.
Mr Oshia announced thatcounseling services, including
grief counselors, mental healthprofessionals and members of the
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crisis response team, will beavailable for students and staff
on Tuesday.
He urged parents and studentsto reach out to support services
that will continue into thecoming days and weeks.
In addition, he urged parentsand students to reach out to
support services that willcontinue into the coming days
and weeks.
In addition, he urged parentsto speak openly with their
children about grief and loss.
How tragic it is when twopersons, two young persons such
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as this, lose their lives in anunforeseen occurrence.
We do want to express ourcondolences to the families the
victims' families regarding thistragedy, but we also, at the
same time, want to commend theschool because of the fact that
they took the precautions neededto help people to cope with
these circumstances.
We wish you guys all the bestthere in Ohio as you deal with
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this recent tragedy.
Now, in this following story,we're turning the wheel a little
bit, dealing with schoolviolence and fighting Two
arrested guns seized at EverettHigh School after fight, police
arrested two people, including a17-year-old, and seized a gun
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after being called to EverettHigh School to respond to a
fight Tuesdayafternoon.
The Lansing Police Departmentsays that at around 12.39 pm
officers were dispatched to theschool about a fight involving a
knife.
As they were on the way, theywere told that there was someone
with a gun running behind theschool.
After arriving, officers wereinitially unable to find anyone
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involved, but Lansing SchoolDistrict officials told them
that they had taken a handgunfrom a 17-year-old boy inside
the school.
Police seized the gun and theteen was arrested.
Upon further investigation,officers went to the 1800th
block of Osband Avenue wherethey talked to and arrested a
50-year-old woman who they saywas involved in the initial
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fight complaint.
Police say both have beencharged with weapon-related
offenses.
This is an ongoinginvestigation, so if you have
any information of this incident, you are encouraged to contact
the Lansing Police Department,and that's there in
Michigan.
You know it used to be thatschool was a place of refuge and
safe haven for young persons,but now school has become the
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very place where violence andcorruption and all of those
negative things have started tobecome increased.
So now, where can these youngpersons turn?
That's really the question.
If you can't go to school, youknow you not be worried about
your teacher trying to prey onyou or get involved in some
violent act, and you can't trustthe administration and you
can't trust your footballcoaches and your extracurricular
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activity coaches, then whereare these young persons going to
turn?
Allow this platform to be amicrophone for you guys.
Whatever you're going throughin school, whatever you're
struggling with, the same thingI tell my kids on my school bus
these are dark times that we'redealing with and a lot of people
don't want to accept thatreality, that these are
distressing times that we'reliving in like never before.
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Rather than hold these deepemotions within you or get
involved in someself-destructive habit, channel
these emotions, express them tothe right people and get the
support that you need in orderto come off
victorious.
In our following story, we areexpressing condolences again to
a student that was killed.
Middle school student killed.
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Girl seriously injured inrollover crash in Bedford.
Police say A 13-year-oldManchester middle school student
was killed in a rollover crashwhile driving a stolen car early
Wednesday morning in Bedfordpolice said.
Police said a car rolled overaround 1.50 am and the boy who
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was driving died at a hospital.
A 14-year-old girl who was alsoin the car suffered serious
injuries.
According to the police, theidentities of the juveniles have
not been released, but the boywho was killed was a student at
Southside Middle School inManchester.
Officials said Manchesterpolice have added that about an
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hour before the crash the carhad been reported stolen by a
food delivery driver who said hehad briefly left the car
unattended on Clifford Avenue.
Police say they spotted the carin the area of Kenberma Street
operating without its headlightson.
Police said the car acceleratedwhen the cruiser's lights and
sirens were activated and theofficer decided to end the chase
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after losing sight of thevehicle when it continued on the
highway.
New Hampshire State Policediscovered the overturned car
off Route 101 in Bedford.
A man who lives behind thesound barrier by the exit said
that he and his girlfriend heardthe crash and then screaming
coming from the female passenger.
He said he ran out to a firelane behind the house and yelled
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at the girl to keep screaminguntil he could find her.
The couple brought the girl totheir apartment and called an
ambulance.
They said that the girl saidshe was kidnapped and seemed
confused, at first saying shewas 13 and then 16.
Manchester Superintendent,jennifer Camille, released a
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statement about the crash.
Regarding this incident, theKilton Road on and off ramps to
Route 101 were closed forseveral hours before police
reopened them around 7.15 am.
Now this story is stating thatthis car was
stolen.
We don't know what thesurrounding details were
regarding this incident, but themost important thing is that
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there was a young person in thiscar that lost their lives, and
I can't even imagine as to howthe family is feeling right now.
There are different stages ofdeath that we go through or
experience in this world.
Some of that death we cananticipate, such as when a
relative has cancer or they'vebeen diagnosed with a terminal
illness, but then there'smoments like this that are
unexpected, and when you losesomeone unexpectedly like you
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know when I lost my brotherthere's a series of things that
go through your mind, like yourlast words to that person, or if
that person really knew thatyou loved them, or if you had an
argument with that personbefore this tragic end.
So all of those things may gothrough a person's mind.
The key guys, though, is not toblame yourselves, not to feel
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as though you could have donesomething different to prevent
this outcome.
The reality is, all of us makechoices in life and sometimes
these choices cause heartbreakand pain to our loved ones.
These choices cause heartbreakand pain to our loved ones.
So, to the victim's family, wedo encourage you guys to
continue to find support andcomfort from your loved ones,
from your family, from yourfriends.
Do not go through thistremendous loss by yourself and,
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if at all possible, reach outto us here on this podcast and
express how this tragic incidentin your life made you feel.
We'll give you guys all thelove and support that you need
to continue on in the days ahead.
Now, in our next story, we'restill just dealing with a lot of
loss.
This episode just constantlosses.
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We want to extend ourcondolences to this next
victim'sfamily.
Arp community mourns loss ofbeloved elementary school
student.
The ARP community is mourningthe loss of a beloved elementary
student who passed away thisweekend.
Nine-year-old Chloe Trimblepassed away Saturday morning.
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Her father, patrick Trimble,said playing and running outside
Saturday with family membersand Ben Wheeler when she had
trouble breathing and shestarted to have a seizure.
Her brother called for help andChloe aunt Nancy Nicholas,
began CPR and compressions.
The ambulance arrived and gother stable before taking her to
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Christus Trinity Mother FrancesHospital, where she and her
parents were then life-flightedto Children's Hospital in Dallas
.
The staff at Children's workedhard to revive her, but she
passed away at 3.30 pm.
Trimble said.
Trimble and Chloe's mother,alicia Nicholas, asked for an
autopsy to determine her causeof death.
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Chloe will be remembered as abrave, smart kid who had a lot
of life and was loved by herwhole family.
Trimble said Grief counselorswill be at ARP Elementary all
this week to support studentsand staff.
Arp ISD said she was going tobe a fourth grader next school
year.
A GoFundMe has been set up tohelp Chloe's family during this
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time of loss.
The fundraiser describes Chloeas a bright, loving and joyful
child who brought happiness tothose around her.
We want to express ourcondolences we really want to
express that for the life ofChloe here.
Just a sweet appears to be avery joyful, happy, outgoing
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girl, and it's sad when thesethings happen.
It really is, and there'sreally no words that can be said
to remedy or alleviate the painthat the family is going
through, but just being therefor them.
Guys, for those of you who knewChloe personally or went to
school with her, or she may havebeen friends with your child's,
you know, or your children.
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Try your best to do somethingnice for the family so that they
can cope with this devastation.
Very tragic indeed, very sadstory.
In the following story we doreturn back to my home state of
New Jersey, dealing with a veryserious allegation against a
teacher regarding child abuse.
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St Thomas Aquinas High Schoolteacher and coach charged with
child sexual abuse.
A teacher and coach at StThomas Aquinas High School in
Edison has been charged withfour counts of child sex crimes,
some of which allegedlyoccurred on school grounds.
Axel Palomares, 50, ofMorristown, was arrested May 27
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without incident at his home andcharged with second-degree
manufacturing of child sexualabuse material, second-degree
endangering the welfare of achild, third-degree possession
of a child with sexual abusematerial and fourth-degree
invasion of privacy.
The Middlesex CountyProsecutor's Office announced
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Palomares was being held at theMiddlesex County Adult
Correctional Facility pending apretrial detention hearing.
After receiving a cyber tipfrom the New Jersey State Police
, the Internet Crimes AgainstChildren Unit of the Middlesex
County Prosecutor's Officeconducted an investigation which
led to the charges againstPalomares.
According to the prosecutor'soffice, the administration of St
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Thomas Aquinas High Schoolcooperated with local, county
and state law enforcement in theinvestigation which led to
authorities searching the schoolMay
27,.
According to a Diocese ofMetuchen statement, law
enforcement officials informedthe diocese that St Thomas
Aquinas High School is among theplaces where the alleged crimes
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took place.
The statement said According tothe diocese, a preliminary
investigation into Palomares'employment record shows nothing
indicating any cause for concern.
He was subject to the requiredcriminal background checks and
was up to date and in compliancewith all the policies and
training requirements mandatedby the school and the diocese.
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The diocese said schoolcounselors stand ready to assist
any student and it will beworking with the law enforcement
community to ascertain if thereare any better ways to
safeguard students from thistype of behavior.
Pollard-maris was announced atthe school's girls soccer coach
in 2024.
He is no longer listed on theschool's roster of athletic
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coaches.
The investigation is active andcontinuing.
Anyone with information isasked to call Detective Ken
McGarry of the Middlesex CountyProsecutor's Office at
732-745-3140.
Background checks do not stoppeople from committing these
crimes.
If the person hasn't committeda crime in the past, then
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there's nothing to find in theirbackground.
It takes one temptation, ittakes one act of a person's free
will to unleash this type ofabuse on children?
Furthermore, why do we continueto let males coach female
soccer teams?
There needs to be someone withthat male to ensure that these
students stay protected.
These are just the patterns ofthese persons who are taking
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advantage of these students.
These are the patterns thatthese persons are getting
involved in.
We're hoping that the victimsin connection with this case of
child sexual abuse will make awell recovery, but the damage is
done.
Even if this guy does getlocked up, the damage is done
for many years regarding thesestudents that he abused.
We wish you guys all the bestat St Thomas Aquinas High School
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here in New Jersey.
Again, my home state, our finalstory.
We are concluding with thedevastation that occurred again
at the Memorial Day Fiesta atthe Jersey Shore Boardwalk.
I believe we're now visitingSeaside
Heights.
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Dozens arrested after MemorialDay violence rocks Jersey Shore
boardwalk.
Dozens of people were arrestedafter a string of brawls and
stabbings involving young adultsand juveniles erupted at a
popular Jersey Shore boardwalkover Memorial Day weekend,
forcing authorities totemporarily shut down the
popular tourist site.
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At least 73 people 52 adultsand 21 minors were arrested in
Seaside Heights, new Jersey,during the mayhem that began
early Friday and ended around 6am on Monday.
Local reports say, citing localpolice, three young adults were
stabbed in separate incidents.
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Seaside Heights detective SteveCorman told local media, adding
that the third stabbingprompted officials to
temporarily shut down theboardwalk just after midnight on
Monday.
Swat teams were on standbyahead of the weekend after a
similar incident occurred duringlast year's long holiday
weekend involving a large groupof unruly
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juveniles.
According to Fox 29Philadelphia, despite efforts to
control this year's situationwith a 10 pm curfew for minors
and increased police presence,dozens of teens and young adults
flooded the area and engaged inviolent altercations near the
boardwalk.
The local station reportedthat's how the article ends.
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That's really the end of thearticle.
There's no plan to do anythingto prevent this in the future,
except increasing more policeactivity and presence during
these times.
But here is my address to youguys as my
viewers.
Time and time again, we've seenthat when we gather in large
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environments or in large areas,there is an attack, there are
moments of violence, there arepatterns of aggression.
Guys, please, please, usewisdom and discernment.
Do not allow yourself to besucked into this violent pattern
of behavior and risk losingyour life.
I lost my brother to this typeof violence, this type of
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foolishness.
Please, to use your wisdom andto be safe.
If we know that people aretargeting these large places of
gatherings, why do we continueto run to them?
Please, guys, be as safe as youcan for your family, because
things are getting out ofcontrol.
Things have gotten worse thanthey have ever been.
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We are hoping that you guysstay safe and we are hoping that
you and your families arehealthy.
We do want to express that toyou guys in connection with this
story that just transpired inNew Jersey.
Well, guys, that was the laststory in connection with episode
127.
I thank you guys, as always,for tuning in For those of you
guys who are going to respond tothis short on TikTok when it's
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posted lateron.
There's just so much going onin New Jersey right now and at
one point people would say thatNew Jersey is a safe place or
was a safe place.
But mentalities have changedand the way people deal with
each other has changed.
Nobody has respect anymore,people don't greet you anymore,
they don't hold the door for youand people are just so
quick-tempered to just resort toviolence.
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One little incident and they'reready to pick up a weapon and
hurt somebody.
So in this episode, we talkedabout how parents can be able to
be vigilant and protect theirchildren from these rough
moments.
We talked about how parents canbe able to help their children
to see that their actions dohave consequences.
Again, we want to thank all ofyou guys for being here with us
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this week.
We love each and every one ofyou guys and we're hoping that
you're going to continue to doyour best to protect yourself
and your family as things moveforward.
Guys, this has been RED.
It's the Everyday Podcast forthe Everyday People.
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