My beyond the line question.

If you were Richards mother, would you have made him go and fight the gang of boys?

If I was Richards mother, I would not have made my son go and fight the gang of boys. Some reasons why is because he might of gotten killed, which I know you would not want to happen to your child. He most likely would of been beaten badly, and just left beaten up in the streets, or he would of been labeled as a punk. I would rather him be labeled as a punk, then him being beat up or killed.

My child being killed by a gang of boys, would be horrible. Honestly I would not have let my son or daughter just go to the store by themselves, especially at the age of 9 or 10. There are a lot of crazy people out in this world, you cannot trust anybody. They should have a type of guardian with them going to places. Especially since he had money on him, anyone could have snatched the boy up and killed him.

Being killed is already horrible enough, but being beat up is also horrible. Getting beaten up can cause you to be in the hospital or having damage done to your body or even your brain. Of course you should teach your child how to protect themselves out in these streets, but one person fighting a gang of boys would not end up so pretty. It causes a lot of damage.

"Your a punk!" That is how most people are labeled now a days. It's either because they do not no how to fight, or they just don't defend themselves. Most of the times people are really afraid of other people, because their either bigger or their just scared. A lot of times when they try and fight back, they usually get beat up anyway. So I wouldn't want my child getting beat up.

To wrap it all up, I most likely would not let my child fight the gang of boys because of these three very important reasons. If you for somewhat reason disagree with me, then prove me wrong. To be a good mother, you have to make the right decisions for your child. So start making them now!