[MR] Loose children and Background Checks

[Olwen the Odd]

> > As she grew into a teen I used to also put her AGE on it to let other
> > young men and women know she was a minor
>
>At Pennsic a few years ago, I saw a cute young gal in a bare-midriff 
>outfit.
>Somebody had painted on her belly, in very large henna letters, "I'm only
>15!"  That wasn't your handiwork, was it?
>
>Charles Fleming the nervous father of two blondes

No but that's a good one!  My youngest is now 24.

The best thing I think I did for her was to be extremely open and frank 
without mincing words and beating around the bush on any subject.  She knows 
exactly what kinds of things life can and will bring at her and different 
ways to either try to avoid or deal with situations of many types.  It is a 
dishonor to our children to try to believe or have them believe that the bad 
things in life will not touch them.  Like it or not, bad stuff happens to 
all of us, from losing a loved one to violent crimes to having our hope and 
dreams dashed to the ground.  Teaching your kids that stuff, and how to 
recover from them is the greatest gift we can give them.  That is, of 
course, my personal opinion.

Now back to your regularly scheduled dead horse... whack whack..
Olwen

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