And, your kids need to know your love isn’t contingent upon their following the exact road you choose for them, because they won’t follow it exactly; you might as well accept that now. Tricks, on the other hand, are advance admissions of defeat, declarations that your kids can’t control themselves so you must control them. That pressure will annoy them — and the annoyed kids of parents who fear premarital sex know exactly how to get their revenge. Dear Carolyn: I am single with no children, but I volunteer as a Little League baseball coach. At least let it happen with one or two (or 172) more obnoxious parents before you bench her.

Source: Washington Post December 29, 2020 04:52 UTC