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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (26335)	11/28/1998 9:48:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Well, I don't believe it is hypocritical to steer one's children onto a more respectable track than the one lots of us baby boomers shot down at break-neck speed. If you will recall the fifties and early sixties, prescription drugs like Valium were rampant with women. It was extremely common for housewives to take tranquilizers, in fact. There was enormous consumption of cigarettes and hard liquor, as well. It is not really surprising that so many of us experimented, since some of our parents were slightly sloshed on something much of the time. It is just that, in rebelling, we chose drugs that were not socially acceptable. So while it is nice that most of us survived, some did not. Do you remember Art Linkletter's daughter, who just walked out a window on an upper story and died from the fall? What about all the kids who didn't make it back, and live as burn-outs in places like the Haight Ashbury? I had the unsettling experience of recognizing a college roommate a few years ago there, homeless, haggard and looking like he was dying. I have no idea about what happened in the meantime--the last time I saw him, he was a junior with a very practical, money-making major. There have been several really good magazine articles in places like "Parents'" and the women's magazines, explaining why utter truthfulness about how many drugs you took or other mischief you got up to is not particularly helpful to your children. What they really want to hear is your moral guidance, even though they may play with rebelling against it. Let's face it, that generation was very experimental and pretty out of control. Children are conservative, and want moral absolutes and sensible rules. Would you want your daughter to frolic in the Summer of Love? Would you take the chance of an overdose for your son, just so he could experience what you did? I think everyone who made it through those years and is solid now is pretty lucky, and I would not want my daughter's future to depend on luck. I would rather offer her a good example of moderation and healthy living.