GH...Do you agree with Carly or Jax regarding Michael?!
Question: This question is for everyone but most especially if you are a parent. If Michael was your kid, would you feel the way Carly does and want Michael to just forget the whole thing? Or do you agree with Jax that there should be consequences for his actions which is not jail but at least telling the police what happened? I personally am with Jax all the way on this.
Answers: This question is for everyone but most especially if you are a parent. If Michael was your kid, would you feel the way Carly does and want Michael to just forget the whole thing? Or do you agree with Jax that there should be consequences for his actions which is not jail but at least telling the police what happened? I personally am with Jax all the way on this.
Although I can understand Carly's desire to just put it behind them, I agree w/Jax. Keeping this a secret and trying to sweep it under the rug will only teach Michael that it's OK not to face the music and consequences of your actions and decisions. That would be a very bad lesson to learn. The harder, but better lesson, would be that no matter how hard it it, it's better to be honest and own up to your mistakes. That's the only way a person can learn from them.
Personally I cant stand Michael, he has become a little pompous thing, he should have been blown up in that bomb with Carly
Any parent that has had a T-ween, will 100% agree with Jax. Michael needs to face his actions and the consequences of them! No matter what.
By sweeping it under the rug - the child isn't going to learn anything. I agree with jax, keeping it quiet and forgetting about it is wrong. Michael has to learn to play by the rules of society. If he thinks he can get away with it then everyone else will. Shooting and playing with guns is a crime. And your actions have bad consequences later on. I know it was an accident but- his father and mother should have seen the signs over what Michael was going through when he lost the people he loves. This started Michael on a destructive path and it is going to lead no where and fast. They need to get Michael into counseling and fast before he can think he can do it again. Just because jason and sonny don't have to play by the rules - that doesn't mean Michael doesn't. And - being a mini mobster is not the life that carly and sonny want for their sons. But - need to stat making some rules for their son's lives and stick to them. But i do agree with jax though. Michael has to deal with the conscience his actions have taken by shooting Kate. He need to come forward and face the music and to take responsibility for his actions. It is the right thing to do.
I don't think the writers did a good job when it came to discipline on the issue of a kid and a gun going off and almost killing a person they should have taken the time and really thought about it more just because it's a daytime show doesn't mean that some kids wont watch it and also they have to deal with mothers too who are watching and listing to it I would have had Michael taken to the police station and put in Juvie just so it would teach him a lesson that guns are not toys and I think Sonny should have stepped in and really get mad at his son instead of how he handle it since he is in the mob in all, I also think Jax had a right Idea to give Michael Consequences for his actions even if Michael doesn't like being told what to do. However I have a feeling this is going to be the straw that breaks the camels back for some reason that Carly doesn't look like she really wants to be a mother to her son and get after him on what he does wrong mostly from what I see it seems the Nanny or whoever take care of Michael and Morgan are doing all the Job while Carly is in her own little world.
I agree with jax. From the time my son was around two, I taught him that guns kill. Kids go to each others homes everyday and think their fathers or mothers guns are toys and you never know. There has to be consequences for their actions otherwise they never learn. Carly is an idiot and I cant stand her lately. If she spent more time really really listening to her kids than worrying about jason, this would not have happened.
I agree with Jax. Carly needs to learn how to discipline him instead of covering for him all the time. Just because hes Sonny child does not mean he cant face the consequences of his actions.
I agree with Jax but he should not have been all over Carly like that. He knows the stress is not good for the baby. He should have waited until Carly was out of the hospital to discuss it.
jax................. carly and sonny do not discipline their kids ever, their kids are going to be awful when they grow up...........micheal is not going to learn anything from forgetting about it except mom and dad will cover it up
Well, I am not a parent, but this is the way I feel.
I agree with Jax that Michael should have to face the consequences of his actions. I can also understand that Carly loves her son and doesn't want him to go to jail or anything. (though, in all likelihood, he wouldn't because he is a minor. He'd probably get community service.) But, Carly needs to seriously think of the possible future ramifications that letting Michael off the hook, so to speak, will create.
Michael will begin (if not already) to have the attitude that he can get away with anything, just because of who his father is and his parents would rather take the blame themselves. In a few years, say when he's 16, what's to stop him from taking it a step further and actually killing someone?
Also, doesn't Carly recall the way her son did not respond when she made the comment that being a part of his father's business was not part of the plan? The boy shrugged it off, like whatever.
Michael is still glorifing the type of organization his father is in. He is unfazed. Scared, yes....but I would say that he is more scared of his fathers reactions to him, hurting someone that they both care about (albeit unintentionally) and getting caught, than being scared of the mob lifestyle itself. This was only his first 'taste' of it and although it wasn't exactly what he thought, I have no doubt whatsoever that the kid would not hesitate to pick up a gun again if given a reason.
I feel that Michael should have to take the responsiblity of his actions. He is not a baby and fully understands right from wrong. Furthermore, he has been warned time and again about the dangers of guns and staying out of his fathers business.
If GH, just lets him get away with it....what kind of message would that be sending to younger viewers?
And for the record, I also DO NOT blame Sonny in the least. He was only reacting to his son trying to get a gun, as any parent, caregiver and any responsible adult would. Especially, given the fact that the kid had been told countless times not to go anywhere near them or the business.
I also with Jax. Before the explosion it seemed like Carly was about to turn him in, but I guess that "near death experience" changed her mind or something. I hoping Sonny confesses to Kate that Micheal did it and Kate decides to press charges out of a matter of principle. It would add some drama to the relationship (like it needs more), but it will also be like saying just because your Sonny Corinthos or a kid of Sonny Corinthos you don't always get away with murder. Micheals trial would be good for May sweeps too!!
idk i kinda agree with carly and kinda agree with jax.
I do understand Carly's side of it but I see JAx's as well. Something has to be done with him or he will turn out to be like Sonny. Carly said that was never the plan but what did she expect? He has to see that he just isn't going to get away with it, if she doesn't want to do it through law enforcement channels they need to come up with another way. Make him go visit kids that have been shot or talk to the parents of shooting victims b/c someone had a gun.
Carly all they way.
i agree with jax... although parts of me agrees with carly too. i have no idea what i would do if i was put in this situation with my son. but carly should do what jax is saying... because it will better michael in the end
I agree with Jax. The little brat needs to be punished no matter who the father is. He was told even by his father that a gun was not safe. But, he did it anyways. Then ran off. He was old enough to have a gun then he was old enough to handle what happened after he shot Kate. My god he left her for dead and didn't even make n anonymous call for help. BRAT!!! Send him to jail and end the story about him until they can find another character to play the role.
Absolutely Jax if Michael doesn't learn that there are consequences to his actions he will keep doing the same things
i totally agree, i cannot believe they are going to let him off the hook like that! turns my stomach as a parent!