Message #21520

[goldenearring]

Guess I'm not the only one who missed the question at hand, CG.  Looked like you were asking for our critique of your plethora of personal expression-wares!  LOL  Now that you have that, here's my answer to the question you thought you had asked.  I think it's important to inform kids about ALL the possible choices open to them, state the potential consequences, and then get the heck out of their way except to guide them.  Face it, we all did what we wanted to.  Some of them will learn things the hard way, and some of them will make great choices because they "get it" right from the get go.  Some will screw up all the rules, but they'll be so doggoned brilliant, that it wouldn't matter if they looked like Dan Akroyd and Jane Curtin as Coneheads, plus had body art!  So, my answer is:  it just depends.