A father's angst

[paula]

She's still a kid Tim. Look at the decisions she's making. The youngest mother ever was 5 right? Biology doesn't mean anything.

You can do a lot of damage to your life in those years. She is setting her path out and can't know the seriousness of it. The hard way or the easy way, she's headed one way or the other.

Love is grand, isn't it? Makes you stupid.

[JBark]

Something I would point out to the girl, not telling everyone about this guy is lying by ommission. I'm going to guess that lying is not cool in any house, and she damn well knows this. She was hiding this because she knew it was wrong and if she was doing something wrong she should understand there are consequences.

I want to point out a personal opinion I have come to have; reaching the age of 18 does not make you an adult, regardless of what the law calls it. Becoming an adult by law, as in voting and being legally responsible, is a far cry from actually being a mature adult. We can all think of people well into their 20's and 30's and beyond that are far from responsible and think little of the consequences of their actions. 99.9% of the time the difference between right and wrong is crystal clear and the adult recognizes that and makes their decisions accordingly.

I hope that someone can sit this girl down and explain the difference between love and the excitement of young physical attraction. It is very hard for any young person to understand that the the fireworks that go off, the wonderful excitement you feel with that other person, has little to do with true love.

John

[rrich]

John,

"I want to point out a personal opinion I have come to have; reaching the age of 18 does not make you an adult, regardless of what the law calls it."

A big A-Men to that!

I never realized how true that statement is until I went into a bar in 1975/1976 in the Boston area. The drinking age was 18 then. I got to see The Kingston Trio at "Swingers II" and then left. I could not believe how bad it was.