[summer]

If you want to solve some problems, become a good father.

I think anyone who also wants to PREVENT problems can do so by being a good father to his kids. When I was growing up and faced various peer pressures, I always asked myself: "Hmmm...what would my DAD say if he found out I did this?" And the answer to that question always helped me make the right decision. Because with my MOM I could probably talk her out of some punishment against me as a kid -- but, not my dad. If my dad thought something was wrong, he let his kids know, in a firm and fair way. But, you knew! (Mom was always the softee.)

[moog]

what would my DAD say if he found out I did this?" And the answer to that question always helped me make the right decision.

I agree with your statements. I would change one thing though. Instead of "what would my dad say if he found out I did this," I always thought about "what would my dad do if he found out about this." Remembering several times with a sore back end helped keep me on the straight and narrow.