[Cable225]

"If you see them smoking, please call the police on them. Signed, their loving parents," the poster says

The mother is proud to announce to her community that -
* She prefers embarassing her children to talking to them
* She refuses to allow her 16 year old to make any decisions for himself
* She is unconcerned about developing any level of trust with her kids

Do I want my kids to smoke? Absolutely not. But I know if I went out of my way to embarass them in this manner, I may as well write off any relationship I'm ever going to have with them. The kid went to his mother and told her the truth, and this is the payment he received.

He won't make that mistake again. Guerilla parenting my ass.

[Free the USA]

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[goodieD]

Wouldn't you rather have your children embarrassed, than dead or ill from smoking? I will support the rights of all adults who choose to smoke. But I will not support the alleged "rights" of children to screw up their lives because their parents don't have the guts to stand up to them. YOU are the parent. YOU make the decisions.. what if your kids "decided for themselves" to have sex, get AIDS, get pregnant? Would that be ok with you too? I'd rather have embarrassed children who are healthy, moral, and decent, than mollycoddled little brats with "high self esteems". Children who are taught to be self centered contribute nothing good to society.