tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107400.post1886132165013580517..comments2024-01-07T19:55:48.622-08:00Comments on Northwest Ladybug: Raising Older Teens: Our "Only" Two RulesCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918419288660146429noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107400.post-25548076004160780302007-05-09T02:29:00.000-07:002007-05-09T02:29:00.000-07:00Ack!!! I am going to have to save this somewhere, ...Ack!!! I am going to have to save this somewhere, because the boy is just four months old, but this post would be great to have for reference in about...oh... 14 years or so! Thank you!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783085707283000645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107400.post-33117878660121513642007-02-15T11:09:00.000-08:002007-02-15T11:09:00.000-08:00Lionel was about to turn 16, the age at which you ...Lionel was about to turn 16, the age at which you can buy alcohol here, and wanted to have a party at the house. I consented, but said I wanted to lay down a few rules: A keg of beer was allowed, but I didn't want any heavy sustained drinking; there was to be no smoking (a lot of his friends smoke); no drugs.. and things had to get quiet by 2am. He listened patiently and said, "OK... but we can have sex, right?"<BR/>It is not so easy to shock me speechless, but that did it... thinking back to my own childhood in a tiny town in western Nebraska, at his age I think I was still intently studying the graffiti in the park toilets to try to figure out what sex was, and had come to the conclusion that it was a strange and rare phenomenon, only practiced in huge distant metropoli like Omaha.vailianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911974253576667616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107400.post-31355276051695377882007-02-13T05:47:00.000-08:002007-02-13T05:47:00.000-08:00My eldest daughter just turned 14 and I can't tell...My eldest daughter just turned 14 and I can't tell you how thankful I am that in germany they aren't allowed to drive until 18, and even then it's not really necessary. <BR/><BR/>Now all I have to worry about is unprotected sex... oy!EuroTrippenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353005471211518350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107400.post-58512268114464739412007-02-13T05:38:00.000-08:002007-02-13T05:38:00.000-08:00Good advice. I'm going to have to remember these....Good advice. I'm going to have to remember these. Since my daughter is only two, hopefully I'll have a while before I have to think about them. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107400.post-46574585014300576602007-02-13T02:40:00.000-08:002007-02-13T02:40:00.000-08:00Very wise and well put. Man, am I ever dreading t...Very wise and well put. Man, am I ever dreading the teenage years.... :-PBetsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05451957392894462983noreply@blogger.com