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April 19, 2007, 1:26 pm PDT
oh please....
Quote From: lexgabellahehe, I overheard something fantastic. I can't remember if it was on Dr. Phil, or if it was by some Christian writer I was reading, but about maintaining a youthful apperance they said this: I don't want to go into my coffin in some well preserved body. I want to scretch in, thouroughly used up and exhasted saying "Gee, God, thanks for the ride, THAT WAS FUN!!! - that's how *I* wanna go out!!!
As for the young mother, I feel her mom could be enabling her (pregnant at fourteen???). But I had a few cousins who got pregnant young and then when they hit legal drinking age, they missed the opportunity to party with their friends so the children got left to the wayside while they tried to recapture their youth. It's hard not to judge people like that, but at the same time, we have to remember that Dr. Phil said that our brains aren't even fully developed until we are in our early twenties. We are not able to determine the consequences of our actions, and I mean, if this young lady was allowed to do this from fourteen on, she more than likely would have continued, because it became a way of life and there was no imediate consequences (she can't forsee how this would affect her son). Just my opinion. AS for the comment that you are not able to determine the consequences of your actions at a young age, or before you are in your early twenties ...that is RIDICULOUS!! I am in my early twenties and it was not that long ago that I was a teen...I had girls at my high school that got pregnant young, and kids that partied and drank...but let me tell you the common thread with these kids was a SERIOUS LACK of parental involvement. I know I saw it first hand. Kids whose parents did not care where they were and what they did, they did not know their kids friends and truthfully did not want to be bothered with it anyway. I had parents that waited up for me if I was out....I had a curfew...they knew where I was and who I was with, and truthfully I never MADE the CHOICE to drink or to do drugs, because my parents taught me RIGHT from WRONG. I thought more of myself...yeah I was told "you are party pooper" "you are a nerd" I dont believe in peer pressure...I believe that if parents do not get involved in their kids lives...and set rules, that kids will fall for anything. You have to empower your kids to stand up for what is right, even if it is not popular. Parents need to wake up and be PARENTS!!!
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