[goodnesswins]

If a daughter is doing all you say at age 20 (incurring debt, going anywhere she wants, voting) AND as long as she is totally emancipated (LIVING OUTSIDE of THE FAMILY HOME on her own)....then I agree with you....but if she's still at home, then there should be some "conditions" that come with the arrangement.

[The Mike Device]

Ok, I'll lay these conditions down to my daughters on their respective 20th birthdays. I'll inform them that since they live under my roof, I am in complete control of their dating activity and sex lives. Then the next week, they'll be living in a one room efficiency having sex with whomever they please, and also, not speaking to me. I WIN!

[discostu]

Well anyone living under your roof must follow your rules, that goes without saying (hell I even put down the law for my mother-in-law, because it's my house dammit). But most 20 year olds aren't still living under their parents roof and I didn't get the impression that this one was either. I know my goal #1 on graduating high school was getting out by 21, I got out by 20.