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[quote=Anonymous]Meh...I've never bought into the forbidden fruit argument. Kids and adults like to do certain things. They will want to do these things whether you forbid it or not. Not being allowed to have it doesn't make you do it more, it makes it harder to obtain. You may appreciate it more for the effort you put forth getting it BUT it doesn't make you want it more than the next person.

Personally, I have no intention of monitoring what the majority or teen or preteen kids is doing to make sure that our boundaries or rules fall within a specific range. We don't allow TV during the week. It doesn't make them want it more on the weekend. We don't allow soda and so far at age 10 and 8 neither has expressed any interest in it.

I probably will not allow make up at age 13 either. Its a bad idea as this is the age when they start to break out and make up makes it worse not better. I'm not really worried that it will become forbidden fruit and DD will end up looking like Tammy Faye Baker once she gets her hands on some eyeliner.

I wouldn't care about boys at parties because DD has friends who are boys and my kids have never had one gender only friend circles. [/quote]

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