Well last night my mother told me that she arrived home from work this past Friday to a horrible noise. It was an animal in pain. She asked my nephew how long it was going on and he said – Oh awhile. He then went out to check and screamed, “Grandma, there is a dog in the backyard and your dogs are killing it!” Her dogs are 30-50 pounds and this poor poodle had no chance. He was listening to the screams and yelping and did nothing because he wanted to play videos games. I am amazed and very worried about him now. He has no ambition, nothing. His father put a Nintendo game controller in his hand from the time he could sit up. My sister passed away in ‘05 but before that – she got him to do his homework and school work but often had to keep him home from school to do it. This was not helpful. I am meeting with my mother tonight and we have to figure out what to do with him – about it – something.

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