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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:12 AM Original message |
Parents - am I really out of touch? |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. No and she will thank you for it someday. |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I'm not sure why she will thank me but that's OK. In this instance |
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rlev1223 (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Your voice |
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wolfgirl (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Stick to your guns |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, if it was my daughter I'd feel the way you do. I hung out |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. When I was 13 I was dating a 17 yo and I did drink beer at |
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Stew225 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. As a fellow parent of a soon to be 15 year old |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. You're not out of touch. |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I've already joked with her about getting references on boys |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. Make sure you have a talk with her about boys that age |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. OMG, the conversations we have had. Two years ago she |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. diseases of today are too scary for that level of casual sex |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. For what it's worth....My kids are still much younger, |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. You are a good parent.... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. What they said... |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. You're the best one to make that call |
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Saltdog (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. Not meaning to upset anyone, but... |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. It's actually more surprising to me that most of the girls in |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have boys, but just the same...... |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. 14 year old teen girls are children. |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. She has plenty of time ahead of her to make her own choices---- |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. you did good IMHO |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It was mainly her embarassment about feeling like she |
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seventhson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. I work with girls this age and younger (and have a daughter 14) |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Thanks seventhson, you gave me some good advice |
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seventhson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. whether or not she gets birth control |
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eaprez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. No - you are Right On! |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. Listen to your intuition |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. The One-Seventy-Nine |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I agree with you that it is a process over time and the difficulty |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. For right now |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
29. Just sit in your living room cleaning your gun when they pick her up |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. Nope. You're doing the right thing. Once, when my 15-yr-old son |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I did know the parents. That's the weird thing about living |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
31. Unless you want to be a Grandma, stick to it.. |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Well I was friends with boys that age when I was 13. Maybe |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It's sad, but kids HAVE changed |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. There are some brakes being applied and I will continue to |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
32. No in fact the teenage years |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. You are right on about this |
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SW FL Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. I agree with your decision- You are not overprotective |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. Are you ready for her to start having sex? |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yes, you are out of touch... |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. I would do the same. |
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seventhson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
45. Keep in mind that sex between them is statutory rape for him and prison |
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