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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The friend was an insensitive jerk, and the father was wrong for not defending his daughter against his own friend's ruse comments. However, I do think it was reasonable for the father to have told off the daughter for snapping. [b]That wouldn't fly in our house either: we have high standards for how our children are expected to interact with adults,[/b] in a way she was a host or at age 16 at least sort of a representative of her parents who were the hosts of this guest, and byou that age she should have or be really working on developing the social skills to show grace under fire in such situations. [/quote]

What you have is fear. Fear of confrontation. Fear of people not liking you. Fear of people not thinking you are awesome. Fear of others not being comfortable.

You are more worried about how other people feel than how your kids feels. You are setting them up for disaster.  Instead of patting yourself on the back so hard, reflect on why you need other people's approval so much that you would think it's ok to throw your own kid under the bus.

What the girl replied was spot on and as a parent the father in this case should have been saying the same right along with his DD. He should have had an angry reaction because what dad wants some grown man thinking about his teen DD's sex life or preferences. [/quote]

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