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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, as someone who had parents like you, there is absolutely no way to make sure she isn’t alone with this guy and still be a normal parent. My parents were very strict but they also didn’t want to (thankfully!) go so far as to say I couldn’t do anything social with my girl friends. I used to get dropped off with a friend and then we would both spend the evening with our respective boyfriends. I would spend the night at friends’ houses and the boys would come to hang out. I was a member of a made up club that met twice a week. For context, I was a straight A student who ended up at a great college. Sex Ed and DARE worked on me and I didn’t do either of those things. They didn’t really have anything to worry about, but they didn’t trust my judgment.

I hope all of that doesn’t make you more strict. I really wish I could have talked to my parents and had their counsel on many things I went through in my teens and early adulthood. But there’s no going back from an initial judgmental attitude. My parents continued to be incredibly strict but even if not, I would not have trusted them with anything that they could use against me in the future. Don’t you want an honest relationship with your kid? It’s not like she’s 10 and in 3 years, she may be completely on her own doing whatever she wants! [/quote]

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