08-10-2012, 07:37 AM
(08-10-2012, 07:17 AM)ramseycat Wrote: Yea and there is that one or two kids that will somehow find their keys while after the parent fall asleep and take off. Not taking that chance.
i'm so thankful i've cycled out of that state of life. I found it so stressful. and parents having different strategies of how to manage. i used to joke when people would ask how was it going, and i'd say "there was a lot of sex, drugs and rock n rollin' going on but my husband and i weren't getting any of it." both our fathers were so over the top strict and husb's even beat him...plus, we both rebelled...that if we were ever blessed to have kids, we'd be more loving, easy, fun environment blah blah...
i think we went too much in the other direction...there needs to be a balance....our house was the hang out plus we had a lake house near by which my husb and i would sneak off to over night with strict rules to the kids about no one over (ages 15, 17 & 19) ...(ok stupid stupid stupid i know) my husband and i were hardly goobers in HS so we both thought teens trying to have a couple beers and some friends over was normal ...at least they're home safe, etc...so we did turn our heads to the occasional...wouldn't put up with that for a moment today. my ethical feelings have changed and legal reasons.
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