A Post from a Chicago suburban paper goes like this.....

Man apologizes to woman while robbing her, cops say

You know things are bad out there when criminals start having a conscience.

That's just what happened last week when a woman pulled up to an ATM outside Harris Bank in Midlothian.

Sitting in her car, she punched in her PIN number. Seconds later, as she reached for the three $20 bills, a man's hand grabbed her wrist.

But as the man grabbed the money from the woman, he apologized, Midlothian police said.

"I'm sorry," said the man who was dressed in dark clothes, police said. "But I've got kids at home, and I really need the money."

As he took the woman's money, a second man went around to the passenger side and tried getting into her car, police said.

The door was locked, and the man walked away.

Meanwhile, the first man demanded the woman's PIN and tried unsuccessfully to withdraw an additional $500.

He withdraw $200 before walking off into the dark, police said.

Jim Hook can be reached at jhook@southtownstar.com or (708) 633-5961.

So.... here is my WHY?  Why won't people just go get another job any more?  Can you imagine your father doing this, walking up to a woman stealing her money and saying "Sorry, I have kids"?  Hell no!!  Our father's would have broken their backs and found extra work to make sure we were taken care of.  And I am not talking about making sure we had MP3 players and IPhones and Playstations.

I am wondering out loud here, did this guy steal because his kids were hungry or did he steal because he couldn't afford those IPhones and Playstations?  Kids nowadays believe they have to have all these things or they will "JUST DIE", omg!

When I was a kid, I didn't know we were not rich.  I had a mother and father, sister and brother, every night ALL of us sat down to dinner.  At dinner you talked about your day.  It never occured to me that everynight we had a different casserole. (mom could stretch a dollar like no one I know).  Once a week we had meat and veggies.  I thought we were pretty well off.  Sunday night's we played Monopoly and my dad ALWAYS won. We really didn't like him, because of this... (well on Sunday nights anyway we didn't like him).

Now kids eat by themselves every night, parents come and go, brothers and sisters are out to all hours of the night doing who knows what.  And the only way parents connect with their kids is by buying them STUFF!

What happen to parents being parents?  What happen to families being families?  What happen to father's getting jobs to buy their kids the things they NEED.... not WANT?

Why is the world going to hell in a hand basket?  It really isn't that hard to fix.  Spend time with your kids not money on your kids!

There I am done fixing the world, I think I need a drink now!  This taking care of everybody's problems is tough work!

Filed under: Why and Kids?, Why in Family?