[Michael Barnes]

Once they leave your home, you lose that control.

And that is just it as well...To hide it all, or not to hide? Once they leave my dominion,they are on their own. Before they do, it's up to me to prepare them to make proper decisions. Personal accountability and responsibility.

Thanks for the background info BTW...Appreciate it.

[nopardons]

I didn't mean when they leave, as in when they are grown or mostly grown...I meant when they leave your home NOW!

As parents ( my child is now an adult ), we do everything we can, to protect,guide,and prepare them for the outside world.We try to teach our child/children well and make them responsible. It's a tough job and getting tougher.

Your welcome,re the history lesson. Unfortunately,it seems that many of those born after after the time when BLUE LAWS were around and enforced, don't know that they existed.