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You haven’t truly tackled the vagaries of the English language until you’ve tried to explain to a seven year-old why getting addicted to drugs is a terrible idea, the worst idea ever, while being addicted to caffeine is ... um, not so bad.
March 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM ::
Brava. :)
bakerina on 03/07/08 at 05:37 PM ::
I took my 13yo aside a couple weeks ago and gave her the following lecture (copied from the one my father gave me back in the day):
There are three rules and some simple, important advice in this household:
1) Don’t ride with anyone who’s drunk (or drive drunk). Ever. Call home and you get a free pass on the punishment you think you deserve for getting in the situation in the first place.
2) No heroin. Ever. (Expanded for 2008 to include no meth. Ever.)
3) Do anything else and I’ll pretty much let it slide so long as you never get less than a B+ mid-term and an A- in any class. Your grades go down and your ass is grass so do drugs, sneak out and party accordingly.
The advice is: drugs/alcohol lead to real stupid decisions about sex - don’t mix ‘em until you’re old enough to fully appreciate the importance of this advice.
Geez, this sounds like a blog entry—I think I’ll go cross-post it there.
'mouse on 03/07/08 at 06:04 PM ::
i like those rules.
why can’t all parents have rules like yours, ‘mouse?
bah
i hope when i’m a parent, i set rules like yours
*nod nod*
viki on 03/08/08 at 04:11 PM ::