Friday, March 07, 2008
Advice to my 13yo Daughter
I took my 13yo aside a couple weeks ago and gave her the following lecture (copied from the one my father gave me back in the day):
There are three rules in this household plus a few simple words of advice:
1) Don’t ride with anyone who’s drunk (or drive drunk). Ever. Call home and you get a free pass on the punishment you think you deserve for getting in the situation in the first place.
2) No heroin. Ever. (Expanded for 2008 to include no meth. Ever.)
3) Do anything else and I’ll pretty much let it slide so long as you never get less than a B+ mid-term and an A- in any class. Your grades go down and your ass is grass so do drugs, sneak out and party accordingly.
The advice is: drugs and/or alcohol lead to real stupid decisions about sex - don’t mix ‘em until you’re old enough to fully appreciate the importance of this advice.