Knowing where your kids are

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Mothers who know their children often know. My son grew up believing that

his mum was clairvoyant.

I once knew a man who could go pick up his wife or kids wherever they were.

No matter that he expected them to be at another place. If he was scheduled

to pick them up after school at, say, 3:30 and school let out early and they

went to a friend's house he'd just skip the school and go pick them up at

the friend's house.

We knew him and his wife in the early 70s. She told of when he was working

for the railroad. Twenty-four hours on, twenty four hours off. It was his

work night and she was working as a model. Work ended after the busses quit

running so the boss said he'd take all the girls home. Jane was the at the

end of the run and after everyone else had been dropped off the boss asked

if she minded if he stopped at a bar they were passing to meet a friend. She

said it was okay.

As they sat at the bar talking to the friend in walked Jane's husband. The

boss nearly died even though there was no hanky-panky going on. For whatever

reason Jane's husband's tour of duty ended early. The interesting part is

that neither Jane nor her husband had ever been to that bar. They were not

bar going people and he absolutely no reason to suspect that she might be

there.

Judith Alta

Judith Alta

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From: ChrisMasterjohn@... [mailto:ChrisMasterjohn@...]

> .Yeah, and I still think a bunch of 16-year-olds driving around together

is

> asking for trouble! The exception was made that a kid could drive alone

> so they could get to work or school, but I don't think a high-schooler

> should be working, either ... it's a good time to be getting sleep and

> studying.

> We were banned from " real jobs " during the school year.

I think that should be the 16-year-old's choice, not yours.

I left high school when I was 15, and in part replaced it with a landscaping

job from which I learnt a considerable amount. I wish I hadn't wasted so

much

more time in college than I did in high school.

> >Do you seriously expect to chaperone all of your daughters dates through

> her

> >mid to late teens? I guarantee you that won't happen, no matter how hard

> you

> >try. :-)

>

> We'll see, won't we? My major gripe is " unchaperoned parties " which I'm

SURE

> she won't be going to! So far though, my " child rearing ideas " that

> everyone

> told me wouldn't work, have worked fine, so maybe I'm getting cocky.

I don't really understand how you could possibly stop her from going to an

unchaperoned party. If she tells you she's going to so-and-so's house, and

then

she and so-and-so go to a keg party in the woods, how would you know?

Chris