Scott en Aztlán wrote:

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:15:55 -0500, Mark wrote:

Not to mention another reason for "invading" your kid's "privacy". Some of
the foolish actions they may take could very well cost the parent both legally
and financially.

BINGO.

And as long as I am on the hook legaly and financially for my child's
behavior, I'm going to control that behavior in any way I see fit.

The day they are the ones who will go to jail when they screw up is
the day I stop caring what they say to their friends on the phone.

Sorry if that offends you bleeding heart liberals in the audience.
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The problem with your kind of ignorance is that the EFFECT that you
THINK that it has, it doesn't.

As soon as you try to be controlling your child will remove their
trust from you and you will know MUCH less than you THINK you know
from then on, you will NEVER be able to trust them, because they
will never trust you or even LIKE you, everything they do after
that is merely PLAY-ACTING!! If you don't understand that this
is true, then either your kids are actually even more congenitally
simple-minded than YOU are, or you've made yourself blind, deaf,
and dumb! There is NO effective way to control anyone with their
own mind and control of their own body, you simply can't control
them every second and have a life of your own! They know this.

In addition to that you destroy any actual use they might have had
for you by making yourself obnoxious, and you have taught them that
they can't count on anyone like you.
Steve