https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmfBkVQCd-M

If you have a girl take note!

lol well that was a bit creepy

LoL Classic.
I have three daughters.
Never take any of there boyfriends at face value.
Have run a few from my door one of them was dumb enough to have a phone conversation with his friends boasting of his exploits
He did not realise I was standing behind him his legs didn't hit the ground I ran him so fast out the door
As I like to say to my girls I was a teenage boy once.

I'd like to take the opportunity to ask something here if I may, what are parent's thoughts about not letting their kids doing things they did as teenagers?

If it was me telling my son not do things I did at his age, I would feel sort of hypocritical. I know it comes with the job, you are a dad now, I certainly wouldn't want my son smoking and drinking and having bad friends like I did, but still...

I have only one friend old enough to have teenage kids, and his answer to this is "because I say so".

I'm not judging here, just curious, how do you reconcile that? Does this "but I did the same" idea cross your mind at some point? Or is it something else maybe? Not that I'm planning on having kids, at 33 I'm still pretty much an infant you know :), but it couldn't hurt to be prepared. :P

Thankfully my daughter is still a four year old for now I can totally wait for teenage years shes already acting like she's 15 anyways.

Considering I had what most would consider "boring" teen years there is almost nothing I would say my daughters couldn't do that I did. They need to learn by making mistakes, so as long as they're not ones that would get them hurt, sick, or in trouble with the law, the rest is just learning from experience.

With the exception of that losing virginity part, of course. When they're 30.



The Jedi Master

I knew a guy who had an older son and younger daughter. He let his son get away with a lot, but when the time came he kept his daughter on a tight leash vis a vis boyfriends.

When she asked him why they were treated differently his reply was "I love you both equally, but differently."

There's some wisdom in that.

Yeah, "you're the one going to college, don't be an idiot like your brother"

I had 2 motorcycle accidents by my JR year, neither my fault. Already told my kids they aren't allowed to have bikes under my roof. They aren't even allowed on their step Dad's bike. It's always the other driver 95% of the time.