[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Youe points are well taken. An occasional drink in front of the kids is not the least bit harmful or immoral, in my opinion, but then I have a European mother and they are not so paranoid about kids having small amounts of alcohol. However, I'm not sure I agree with you on the smoking part. If you, as a parent smoked, would you be upset if your teenagers smoked in moderate amounts?

Sorry about your mother. Your father sounds like gold.

[RinaseaofDs]

Not really. The bigger the deal I made out of it, the more rebellious the activity might seem.

Doesn't mean you can't enforce rules on that sort of thing, including the fact that he can't have them before he's 18.

They don't stay teenagers forever, and cigarettes are expensive.

[SweetCaroline]

If you, as a parent smoked, would you be upset if your teenagers smoked in moderate amounts?

I caught my daughter smoking when she was 17 we argued about that for about three months, then you know what happened?

She was killed by a drunk driver.

I had wasted the last 3 months of her life trying to protect her instead of enjoying her.

I learned then, that none of us know when, how or why any of us are going to die.

Only GOD does!

[RinaseaofDs]

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