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To: Poet who wrote (102371)	4/28/2005 5:32:12 PM
From: Sidney Reilly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes I do. Parents...the anti-drug. You know that kid had too much money and too much time on his hands with mom gone.

To: Poet who wrote (102371)	4/28/2005 6:43:25 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

It is all right to butt in on any discussion at Feelies. It is a fairly public forum, and I have never been one of those who believe that only the two original posters may participate in a conversation. First of all, while I have been accused of having udderly no sense of humor about animal welfare issues, I think Mulholland Drive has no sense of humor about Camilla Parker Bowles. This was sort of a light back-and-forth discussion to me, but if you want to get serious about the subject of drug addiction, then my opinion is that the issue is extremely complicated. I do think that children from broken families are more anguished, generally, as teenagers. Please note that I said generally. It won't be true very single time, and there are some parents who stick together but shouldn't have and make a total mess of everything for their children, as well. I think that broken families are usually more chaotic, and that there may be generally less supervision of children. The crowd that Tom Parker Bowles and the young English princes run with is just full of young adults who got into trouble with cocaine and other drugs, and have already been through rehab in their early twenties. I think it must have been very disruptive for the Bowles children to have a mother who was the Prince of Wales' mistress, particularly as they got older and it was splashed in the news and Diana talked about it on television and then was killed in that crash. If I had to describe Charles and Camilla in one word, it would be SELFISH. I don't think people who are preoccupied with their own pleasure are the very best parents for teenagers. I realize that addictive behavior has a genetic as well as an environmental component. I think that really good parents spend an enormous amount of time and energy making sure that communication stays open and healthy with their teenagers. Part of that open communication includes talking about family members who have had problems with alcohol or drugs, and being aware of the warning signs. I think teenagers should be offered psychological counseling just because it is such a traumatic period. I think having another adult to talk to and help them is very healthy. I believe parents should always know where their children are and who they are with, and supervise them very closely. While I basically support privacy rights for children and would never have done anything like read my daughter's diary, I would have searched her room if I had suspected she had drugs. And I think parents need to inform themselves of what to watch for as their children enter the teen years. I think teenagers are like toddlers on the freeway. In families where one parent can stay home at least part of their children's childhood, I think the preschool years plus the teen years are the times to choose to do that. Middle-aged children are less precarious and more stable in general, and there is good after-school care for them available in most locales.