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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:17 AM Original message |
Parenting before the Cell Phone: Don't knock anyone up and don't get arrested. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Don't know because I didn't practice it in the 70's or 80's. My son had a curfew and |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not allowed to call my kids on weekends without being labeled, by you, a creepy |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. When they are out at a party... well yes. |
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teenagebambam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wow, if I had disappeared with car for a weekend |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well they knew I was going for the weekend... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. It reminds me of my dads sex talk... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. I remember I'd go off to camp or to stay with grandma for a week or two, |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. I like the idea of a mobile phone for emergencies |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I Have Noticed |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The biggest truism I have discovered to parenting |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. I think people overestimate their own parenting skills they way they do with driving. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. With either exercise |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
87. How true is that... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. I had to be home before the street lights went out. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. Wel, I wasn't raised in a 'don't ask don't tell' household, and I'm |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. serious question... how are they going to handle college away for a semester.. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. by being given responsibility in a secure environment allowing for mistakes easily rectified. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
74. And yet many seem to manage. n/t |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. My parents did the opposite. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. Those of us who survived it |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The world may feel less safe thanks to our 24/7 fear media but the reality |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I agree |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, raised my kids in the 90s, and |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. It feels less safe because of your brain, not reality. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Good points, too. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. +1 n/t |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. In many ways, yes. In many other ways, no. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:15 PM Original message |
I think statistically it is a slam dunk... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. is this slam-dunk mere opinion? |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Crime rate is down a third... rape and sexual molestation is much handled much more seriously. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
63. The point of guidance isn't merely to avoid having your child become a victim of crime. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. with 30-70% of rapes not reported even fbi say not to take the numbers too seriously |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Are you suggesting rape isn't down over the last thirty years... |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #67 |
86. Agreed, although I think as far as crime in general |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
82. sources said crimes against children were up... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Deleted message |
RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Murder of Young People |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. Different parents |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Maybe a better term would be results based parenting... |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Pump up the volume |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. HRC |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Fodder for the management theorists. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. On the other hand... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Both my wife and I had results based parents |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. One of my dad's adages: |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Mother I knew |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. "Helicopter parenting" might be a necessity when the kid is under 18 |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. Hell we didn't have a telephone to keep tabs on me with |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. This Was The Way It Was |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. Maybe |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I Seriously Doubt It |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I'd be surprised |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. yup yup and yup. a clue on how things are going, nothing more. nt |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. sorta the crux of covert parenting |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. "What ever happened to the don't ask don't tell parenting of the seventies and eighties". |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. Deleted message |
SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. A weekend free of the kids... what parent doesn't look forward to that,... |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. How did we ever survive? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. WTF? Not caring about what your teen is doing is considered good parenting? |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Like I said up thread result based parenting... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Same here. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. Until they are 18 it IS my business... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. It's nonsense. There's no need to apologize.I grew up with a curfew and my parents knew where I was. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. The question isn't whether it is you business. It most certainly is |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. And your opinion that your way is the only way to raise a self sufficient adult is bunk. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Exactly. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. you forgot some |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The High school graduation speech... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. mine was |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. *snort* |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. My dad was an over the road trucker |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. My mother didn't even give me those two rules/warnings. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I suspect you're an entirely different sort of man |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #60 |
75. Well I am a cat person... and I prefer German cars, nt |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
59. How many teenagers do you have? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
62. My parents knew where I was going and who I was going with when I was 16. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. My parents knew where I was going (in general) and yes I was able to stay out for the weekend., |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. No one said they wouldn't let their kids go skiing or camping. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Well where else would kids disappear too I was always at someones house or party |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
65. "dont knock a girl up". i better understand your postings. and result of said parenting. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. I don't know seems like solid advice to me...no permanent damage and all that. nt |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
69. Well I am a parent of the 80s and my son had a curfew. I didn't dive |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Wow arrested... yikes... Better not tell you this but they are both dead |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Ah, that sounds like a planned trip, though. I'm betting your parents knew where you were. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Well I am talking about kids that are driving age here,,, plus 16. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
81. Because the DADT approach to parenting then didn't exist |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. +1. nt |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
85. Sorry, but giving your irresponsible kid car keys on friday isn't good parenting. |
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