When they're young, tape 'em to the wall.
When they're teenagers, have them make suits out of duct tape so they'll look presentable and send them off to a monastery. Worked for me.
Posted on 01/10/2008 9:44:04 AM PST by Cagey
Its about time parents started acting like parents instead of “friend”
Agreed
We can be friends with our parents when we are playing or just horsing around and that’t ban be a good fun thing but they still are our parents first and foremost. I’d say I played with my Dad or Mom, not my friends. Friends were just little wise-asses like me.
Soccer moms want to be there friends and dress up their daughters just like them, hang out at the mall together and maybe even grab dinner at Applebees. In moderation for special occassions, very cool. Every damned day? Bizzare.
I had a mean Mom, and God bless her, she taught me how to be a mean Mom. My son thanks me for it occasionally too.
mrs
No.
I’d do that to them in a heartbeat. Even if they paid for the car.
True.
I am friends with my son, and we do much together, but the entire father/son relationship, with all its traditional foundations still exists and will never change.
Similarly, my boss and I are friends, but the traditional employer/employee relationship exists and there are somethings I would never do.
Lastly,
The Lord was a friend of Abraham and the Lord is our friend too (through Jesus) but that friendship does not give me license to treat God in any lessor way.
My mom was a friend first, mother second. I knew I could get away with just about anything and it nearly cost me my life on two occasions. My brother behaved similarly and has been in and out of jail for years.
When my kids say I’m mean or unfair, I wear it as a badge of honor. Its easy to be strict when you know the consequences of not being strict.
He deserves to have the car taken away for drinking that.
We never had a problem, but then our sons didn't go out driving around a lot anyway. Their friends tended to come to our house and hang out in the Bat Cave; the basement family room, which was accessible to the outside, so they could come and go as they pleased. They couldn't sneak in or out, though, because the door needed to be pushed hard to be shut. You could hear it all through the house. ;o)
When they're young, tape 'em to the wall.
When they're teenagers, have them make suits out of duct tape so they'll look presentable and send them off to a monastery. Worked for me.
Yeah, I hear you.
My parents have always been, my parents, and I have great respect for them. Parent’s who try to be the “friend” generally end up having more problems with their children, then parents who know their place as the authority. Good grief, if we had more parents like that, we wouldn’t have as many messed up kids.
I agree with you, it is bizarre. I’m thankful for my parents being my parents, and not my friend;that would be just be weird
8mm film of my Dad teaching me how to shave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JYYFzlvWKE&feature=related
Parents should not be ‘friends’ until their offspring are at least 30 ... it works much better that way.
Now that you're all growed up ... still avant-garde.
For Chrismas, I got my daughter a new "tough love" seat.
Any chance of getting me a bow tie? I always wanted to be a Professor.
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