Sailhack said...oliver said...
Cause if they do I hope he does the ton in it down Gipsland hwy, becomes airborne, and rips right through Sailhacks house and dislodges his cotton wool clad kids from their cocoons that he's spinning for them.
I guess I deserved that one
. Yeah, I do protect my kids a bit, although at their age, that's the norm. I'm not too worried about your son getting to my house either...even some of my own family get lost trying to find this town!
As for my previous comments, sorry to get heavy, but I attended a head-on saturday morning involving an 18yo girl...outcome not good. It does mess with you a bit, especially when you see the parent turn up.
My point was just make sure you give your kids all the education & tools they need to survive, I couldn't imagine being in that situation, and no-one could prepare you for that.
No problems - this is a forum. Your post and a few others kind of freaked me out. I think we all want to do the right things by our children and ourselves. But I guess you can't do everything or be everywhere for them - there's a time we have to let go and push them out of the nest. I've found this thread interesting reading and think, I'm a little wiser of what to do when this time comes. Thanks for all your contributions.
At 18 I know I wanted to see the world, have a car, move away from Mum and Dad also. The reality is on $15 an hour it's going to be a long time before all that can happen. I guess my priority is to get her and her boyfriend out of our house and let her gently find out about this world. I'll help her with the car, but the rest of it is up to her. I hope she doesn't park it illegally - I remember I had a problem with that for a few years.
