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Why I am an overprotective dad
Or, how I became a paranoid who spends his time knocking down walls of his house and collecting assault rifles.
My daughter is 16 and a half. Yesterday I grudgingly agreed to let her ride in a friend’s car to go to a matinee movie. The thought scares me to death. We home school her because I think that the philosophy of our small school is you are either an adored, pampered, athlete, or you are garbage that will probably end up bad and knocked up and on drugs, and a drop out. My daughter is not a jock, but she is damn good kid, she likes computers and anime and video games, and I just don’t want her in an environment that treats her as a second class citizen. My wife went to a big school with something like a 5000 kid enrollment. I used to think that would be bad, but I have changed my thinking on this. The beauty of the big suburban school is that is seems like no matter what a kid is into, there is a peer group and a clique that shares the same interest.
She and her friends think I am an over-protective, paranoid, nut case (they are right – especially when it comes to my daughter. In fact one could throw the word extremely in front of each of those descriptors without fear of excess) Although compared to my neighbor I might not be the worst. My neighbor told me his daughter was out in her boyfriend’s car, in the driveway, “talking” for a little too long after coming home from a date. He put an end to the “talking” by walking out on his porch with his 12 gauge and letting one bang off up into the air. Apparently this is an effective way to break up “talking” and send a young suitor packing. I give it 9.8s for style points. Read more…
Beyond Prop 8
Most of the results were in. With all but a few House and Senate seats nailed down, my attention turned to collecting the scattered results of all the ballot measures I was following this year. By and large, it’s your standard culture war stuff: abortion, affirmative action, gay marriage. Read more…