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| Southtxponygirl - 2018-11-13 10:32 AM
scwebster - 2018-11-13 10:20 AM love2ridepre - 2018-11-13 10:09 AM Ok, I am being very nosy now but what was the video about? A couple of years ago we had a situation happening at our school with videos being posted by ELEMENTARY students that were VERY INAPPROPRIATE. That blew my mind! The bottom line is the lack of parenting nowadays. Social media has become the playground of our youth, and a very dangerous one for what I can see everyday at work. A very decorated 10 year old barrel racer had gone live on instagram and was arguing (having cuss matches) with other girls who were commenting. Cursing, name calling, body shaming and threats to fight among other things.
   You heard about this kind of stuff all the time now.
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| I think what we should consider when these types of things happen, is how bad it reflects on our industry. Just like the last time a young person caused a big fuss all over social media. It is our industry that suffers. Thats how people judge us as a whole because that is what they see.. |
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Location: LouLouVille, OK | want2chase3 - 2018-11-13 10:44 AM Southtxponygirl - 2018-11-13 10:32 AM scwebster - 2018-11-13 10:20 AM love2ridepre - 2018-11-13 10:09 AM Ok, I am being very nosy now but what was the video about? A couple of years ago we had a situation happening at our school with videos being posted by ELEMENTARY students that were VERY INAPPROPRIATE. That blew my mind! The bottom line is the lack of parenting nowadays. Social media has become the playground of our youth, and a very dangerous one for what I can see everyday at work. A very decorated 10 year old barrel racer had gone live on instagram and was arguing (having cuss matches) with other girls who were commenting. Cursing, name calling, body shaming and threats to fight among other things.
That is so embarrassing for her entire family! I assume she has sponsors?
Well... lol apparently her "sponsors" at least 3 of them didn't know they were her sponsors... |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | One ..... that video should be sent to EVERY one of her sponsors and ....
Two ..... her mother should be slapped upside the head .... |
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| the video is all over facebook now....I can't help but feel very sorry for her. But hopefully this will teach her a good lesson. that kind of behavior is NOT acceptable regardless of who you think you are! |
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Location: Broxton, Ga | All I can say.......don't ever be surprised what children will do........is this horrible..........YES........but she is not alone......social media just allowed her to get caught..........
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | NJJ - 2018-11-13 11:05 AM One ..... that video should be sent to EVERY one of her sponsors and ....
Two ..... her mother should be slapped upside the head ....
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| NJJ - 2018-11-13 11:05 AM
One ..... that video should be sent to EVERY one of her sponsors and ....
Two ..... her mother should be slapped upside the head ....
I'm sure they are aware of it by now... that escalated quickly! I remember seeing a post from FT defending this little girl or something along those lines... wonder how she feels now, either she has always been foul mouthed and rotten or her success got to her head and she just didnt learn how to handle it when the haters come out... the girls participating in that Instagram are just as guilty for it except they arent in the spotlight. |
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| Have you seen her Dad's response?! No wonder she is the way she is.... |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | CJE - 2018-11-13 1:09 PM All I can say.......don't ever be surprised what children will do........is this horrible..........YES........but she is not alone......social media just allowed her to get caught..........
And thank goodness social media wasn't around when we were kids. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | That kid is going to have some serious problems in life unless she is humbled in a big way. It’s just a shame that her folks don’t seem to realize that they’ve created a monster. I’d start by taking away her electronic devices, and her riding, but only after a good ass tanning.
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Location: N Texas | stayceem - 2018-11-13 12:29 PM
Have you seen her Dad's response?! No wonder she is the way she is....
"It has come to my attention that this needs to be publicly addressed...
The world we live in today is a changing world. It is nothing like the world I grew up in, or that most of you grew up in. In our day news was slow. Trends were even slower. Life seemed slow and peaceful. We had a small group of mostly local good friends that stood by each other through thick and thin. If there was a disagreement we slugged it out on the playground during recess and it was over.
Today with cell phones and internet things happen quick. Trends come and go fast. News travels at lightning speed. Someone is always watching. People are constantly judging you. You no longer duke it out on the playground, you have word wars on social media or group text. The pressures are high for everyone. The pressures for a kid being raised in this era are higher than ever before. Especially if your a child in the spotlight.
One particular trend that I remember hearing a lot about just a short time ago was bullying. Everyone and their brother was on the anti bullying train. Like most trends, unfortunately the anti bullying trend seems to have passed by quickly. Now I myself have no tolerance for bullying. I am very sympathetic for those who are bullied. It wasn’t a trend that made me this way, I always have been and always will be that way.
Here recently a video has appeared of my daughter having an argument with another person on some sort of social media sight. Now we would like to assume the person is another child of her own age but we really do not know that. In the video that is a cell phone video of another cell phone, you can see my daughter clearly engaging said unknown person.
What you don’t see... You don’t see the text of the mean things this person is saying. You don’t see that this has been going on for months and months with this same person. You don’t see the hateful things this girl has said about my daughter and her friend for the last several months. You don’t see the many days and nights my wife or I have had to council London as she cries because of the hateful things being said to and about her. You don’t see that she is the one being bullied.
We have raised my daughter not to be a victim. We have raised her to be tough and resilient. To be confident. To speak her mind, stand up for her friends, herself and her beliefs. To be loyal. To be respectful when respected. To never start a fight but not to back down from one. To tell the truth as it will always get you in less trouble than lying. My daughter , for an 11 year old child, embodies all these qualities.
While the language in this video could definitely be cleaner, I am proud of my daughter! I stand beside her 100%!
I am proud of my daughter for not allowing someone to bully her. I am proud of her for being confident. I am proud of her for sticking up for herself and for her friend. I am proud of her for being loyal to her friend. I am proud of her for speaking her mind. I am proud of her for not backing down from the fight.
Proud dad,
Shorty Gorham"
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | I just lost a lot of respect for that man. he has just reinforced her attitude and behavior. He's not doing that child any favors in the long run. |
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| Now I can agree with kids standing up for themselves but since when we do fight hate with more hate? With that being said, I can understand her firing back....
What I CANNOT understand is the sexual behavior... that is TERRIFYING to me. For her mostly. Something very NOT right with that. Another thing, how he claims to NOT know who she is talking to or how but then justifies it by saying its been going on for months....??
The mouth on that kid, the racial comments.... she is scary. These are the kids that literally scare me.
To the OP - I don't have kids but I don't think kids should have social media until they are a teenager and ONLY if they are highly monitored. My nieces were just allowed facebook at 13 and they are HIGHLY monitored. |
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| So embarrassed these are South Texas people, but when I realized who it was, I wasn’t surprised. This is rodeo’s dark side everyone tries to ignore. They are not gonna change. They are really proud of how this kid acted. It’s how they act.
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| Hes proud? .... well good luck sir... you're going to need it and so is your "tough and resilient" daughter ... wow.... I agree we didnt see what was being said to her but her parents should have taught her how to handle things like that better instead of cussing and shaming... shes no different than the people poking at her, other than having more success and being in the spotlight. I'm glad my kids dont look up to her or follow her.. if they did, they certainly wouldn't anymore. |
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Location: LouLouVille, OK | Gunner11 - 2018-11-13 12:33 PM stayceem - 2018-11-13 12:29 PM Have you seen her Dad's response?! No wonder she is the way she is.... "It has come to my attention that this needs to be publicly addressed... The world we live in today is a changing world. It is nothing like the world I grew up in, or that most of you grew up in. In our day news was slow. Trends were even slower. Life seemed slow and peaceful. We had a small group of mostly local good friends that stood by each other through thick and thin. If there was a disagreement we slugged it out on the playground during recess and it was over. Today with cell phones and internet things happen quick. Trends come and go fast. News travels at lightning speed. Someone is always watching. People are constantly judging you. You no longer duke it out on the playground, you have word wars on social media or group text. The pressures are high for everyone. The pressures for a kid being raised in this era are higher than ever before. Especially if your a child in the spotlight. One particular trend that I remember hearing a lot about just a short time ago was bullying. Everyone and their brother was on the anti bullying train. Like most trends, unfortunately the anti bullying trend seems to have passed by quickly. Now I myself have no tolerance for bullying. I am very sympathetic for those who are bullied. It wasn’t a trend that made me this way, I always have been and always will be that way. Here recently a video has appeared of my daughter having an argument with another person on some sort of social media sight. Now we would like to assume the person is another child of her own age but we really do not know that. In the video that is a cell phone video of another cell phone, you can see my daughter clearly engaging said unknown person. What you don’t see... You don’t see the text of the mean things this person is saying. You don’t see that this has been going on for months and months with this same person. You don’t see the hateful things this girl has said about my daughter and her friend for the last several months. You don’t see the many days and nights my wife or I have had to council London as she cries because of the hateful things being said to and about her. You don’t see that she is the one being bullied. We have raised my daughter not to be a victim. We have raised her to be tough and resilient. To be confident. To speak her mind, stand up for her friends, herself and her beliefs. To be loyal. To be respectful when respected. To never start a fight but not to back down from one. To tell the truth as it will always get you in less trouble than lying. My daughter , for an 11 year old child, embodies all these qualities. While the language in this video could definitely be cleaner, I am proud of my daughter! I stand beside her 100%! I am proud of my daughter for not allowing someone to bully her. I am proud of her for being confident. I am proud of her for sticking up for herself and for her friend. I am proud of her for being loyal to her friend. I am proud of her for speaking her mind. I am proud of her for not backing down from the fight. Proud dad, Shorty Gorham"
Hey Dad, how about you teach your daughter to love her enemies and pray for those that do her wrong? Instill good qualities like being HUMBLE and KIND. I’m all for someone standing up for them self and bullying is a horrible thing for all parties involved, but there are better ways to handle situations as such. Let’s teach our children to take the high road and not stoop to others levels...... but I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree |
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The fathers cover up is not worse than the crime but in fact is a crime against his daughter. Parentz discipline your kids your future as well as theirs depends on it. |
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Location: Cyberspace | we are discussing kids and social media please do not speculate on the sponosors. BHW will not be used as platform to incite rage or anger against one or two individuals actions. Please refrain from any talk that could be deemed hateful or threatening. Thank you. |
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Location: Fort Worth / Springtown | txbredbr - 2018-11-13 9:57 AM I have not seen the circulating video that you are talking about.....but I used to teach children's church and some of my Sunday kids were sending me friend requests at 12 years old. I haven't checked in a while, but FB did used to state that you must be 14 to have a page. Those kids, in my opinion, were exposed to way to much on FB. I shared a pic of a foal caught in the halter and it died - it was with an article about the dangers of leaving a halter (it was nylon) on a foal. I'm not sure if I want a 12 -14 old audience on some of the educational things I share, even. Now that I have seen the video and only 11, my comment sounds so naive!
So sad! If she was being bullied, she should be taught how to stand up, not stoop so low. Pretty filthy.
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