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Conan The Librarian wrote:
I believe that does help, but it doesn't isolate them from all the
situations they will face where they have to make decisions that may
affect their future. You teach them, but it's still ultimately up to
them.

You guys make it sound so hard. My daughter and I had the conversation
about the things I did when I was a teenager and young adult. She then
made the statement, "so that's why you're the way you are, I don't want
to be like that".

No drugs, no alcohol, no problems ;)

Conan The Librarian wrote:
Tim J. wrote:

IMO, discussing is okay to a certain point. With kids, actions speak
louder than words.

Again, we just have a difference in style. I use reason and facts
first, but I'm willing to back them up when necessary. IMHO, if you
can look your kid in the eye and say "I did such-and-such when I was
your age. This is what happened to me when I did it", and allow them
to come to their own decision, they will be better-served in the long
run than by you simply forbidding it.

I think I may have been unclear in describing our parental actions. When
my wife or I showed up at places my kids were staying, we didn't ever
say "we're here checking up on you." We'd show up to deliver the coat
they left behind or to return one of the books we checked out from the
library. The "iron hand" was always last resort material. When I say
"actions" I'm referring to positive actions, much like the ones you
descibed in being present in your kids' lives. Who knows - maybe our
styles weren't all that different after all. In any case, you got good
kids and I've got good kids, so whatever we did must have worked - even
though my methods are obviously superior. ;-) I figure if you can
head them out the door as adults and they produce some good for society,
you've done about all you can.
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TL,
Tim
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Wayne Knight wrote:
Conan The Librarian wrote:
I believe that does help, but it doesn't isolate them from all the
situations they will face where they have to make decisions that may
affect their future. You teach them, but it's still ultimately up to
them.

You guys make it sound so hard. My daughter and I had the conversation
about the things I did when I was a teenager and young adult. She then
made the statement, "so that's why you're the way you are, I don't
want to be like that".

No drugs, no alcohol, no problems ;)

Girls are easy. Boys are stupid and hard-headed. Has anyone noticed roff
is about 98% male?
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Tim J. wrote:

Has anyone noticed roff is about 98% male?

There's more testosterone on ROFF than on a submarine crew pulling into
an asian port after six months underwater.

Has anyone noticed roff is about 98% male?

There's more testosterone on ROFF than on a submarine crew pulling into
an asian port after six months underwater.

Are you saying that ROFF is full of seamen?

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Frank Reid
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"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote

Are you saying that ROFF is full of seamen?

hilarious; but not my kind of image...

yfitons
wayno

"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
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Are you saying that ROFF is full of seamen?

I'm saying there's many a poster in serious need of a blowjob.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
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Are you saying that ROFF is full of seamen?

I'm saying there's many a poster in serious need of a blowjob.

i am really gonna go out on the limb here, and submit that the number of
posters here that *aren't* in serious need of a blowjob is precisely zero.

yfitons
wayno (and i mean, including the ladies.)

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
om...

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
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Are you saying that ROFF is full of seamen?

I'm saying there's many a poster in serious need of a blowjob.

i am really gonna go out on the limb here, and submit that the number
of
posters here that *aren't* in serious need of a blowjob is precisely zero.

yfitons
wayno (and i mean, including the ladies.)

Apropos seamen;

A young woman in Liverpool was so depressed that she decided to end her life
by throwing herself into the Mersey.

She went down to the docks and was about to leap into the freezing water
when a handsome young sailor saw her tottering on the edge of the pier,
crying.

He took pity on her and said, "Look, you have so much to live for. I'm off
to America in the morning, and if you like, I can stow you away on my ship".

"I'll take good care of you and bring you food every day". Moving closer, he
slipped his arm round her shoulder and added, "I'll keep you happy, and
you'll keep me happy".

The girl nodded Yes, after all, what did she have to lose? Perhaps a fresh
start in America would give her life a new meaning? That night, the sailor
brought her abroad and hid her in a lifeboat.

From then on, every night he brought her three sandwiches and a piece of
fruit, and they made passionate love until dawn.

Two weeks later, during a routine inspection, she was discovered by the
captain.

"What are you doing here?" the captain asked.

"I have an arrangement with one of the sailors," she explained.

"I get food and a trip to America, and he's screwing me."

"He certainly is", the captain said. "This is the Birkenhead Ferry."

TL
MC