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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, your 17 year old is likely going to college in August. Can they watch it then?  As PPs have mentioned, when kids are getting ready to be "launched" and are applying for and choosing college, it seems so much better to spend your last few FT parenting months spending time with them and discussing things than banning a TV show that they will either stream behind your back now, or as soon as you drop them off at college. [/quote]

So should they be allowed to smoke pot at home as well?  After all they'll be out of the house in a year and I won't be able to stop it then. [/quote]

Well, pot is illegal, for one. There is no law against watching Game of Thrones.

Logic fail.[/quote]

Ok. Then how about letting your 17 year old have their boyfriend spend the night?  It's not illegal and they will be out of the house soon enough anyways where you won't be able to prevent it. [/quote]

Again, there is a major difference. Assuming that you mean that DD & her boyfriend will be staying in the same room, there are actual, life-altering risks (pregnancy, STDs) involved with the boyfriend spending night.[/quote]

Well, really, there isn't a major difference. If you tell your kid that she may not watch Game of Thrones, what will she do? Will she not watch Game of Thrones? Will she just go somewhere else to watch it? Is it ok with you if she just goes somewhere else to watch it? Will she know why you don't want her to watch it? If something upsets her when she watches it somewhere else, will she talk to you about it?

Similarly, if you tell your kid that she may not sleep over with her boyfriend, what will she do? Will she not have sex with her boyfriend? Will she just go somewhere else to have sex? Is it ok with you if she just goes somewhere else to have sex? Will she know why you don't want her to have sex? If something upsets her when she has sex somewhere else, will she talk to you about it?

For almost any issue, with a 17-year-old, it's not as simple as issuing a you-may-not! edict and then they don't do it and the issue goes away.[/quote]

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