Northeast Gardening: poo-poo winter storm warning, 0 by pirl

pirl wrote:
I've never been able to grasp the "I want to be friends with my child" concept.

What teenager ever says, "Hey Dad, let's hang out at the mall?"

Kids can select their friends and that's where the peer pressure comes into play. Friends and their parents should be viewed as extended family and if you don't approve (as a parent) then the trouble begins. I've been so fortunate with my own adult kids selecting friends at 6 and 10 years old that still remain friends. Here's my daughter at the baby shower, January of '06, with her kindergarten friends (who were in her wedding party) - Kim and Allison (at right). Kim led such a wild and uncontrolled life that she was the perfect example of what NOT to become for my Kathy (on the left) and Allison.