“Again, good parents are cognizant of when their kids might get into trouble.”
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Not so———things can just happen w/o warning with the best parents in the world.
That’s the way it is.
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Apparently there was plenty of warning, from a child unwilling to accept a ‘no’. I had a stubborn little boy too - and that’s when a parent should be on full alert.
‘Things happen’ usually when parents are being irresponsible.