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Anonymous wrote:Who says a kid who doesn't "party" must come from a strict household?

My high school senior has her own car, plenty of spending money, no real curfew...and enough common sense to be a responsible citizen. She's not drinking, smoking pot, having sex, etc. She's still out at least a couple of nights a week with friends and has a pretty active social life; she just doesn't need to act like an idiot to have a little fun. I guess most of you think that she's not the normal one though, but I hope you're wrong.

Congrats, seriously! Same here, my DS was given plenty of freedom including driving himself once he turned sixteen. Didn't do drugs, still doesn't do drugs and thinks girls who twerk are slutty. That is the opinion of a now 22 year old college student who still doesn't do drugs and whose girlfriend finds the practice of twerking not, in her words, "ladylike." Perhaps those of you who judge the nice young people who choose a different path because they witness such ill behavior amount their peers should stop judging. I am ever so thankful that my husband and I were good role models and instilled these traits in our children. Freedom and turning eighteen doesn't have to mean inappropriate choices, especially if it embarrasses your father and mother.

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Anonymous wrote:If you'll re-read the post, it doesn't say that most kids go to Lollapalooza, just that it's nice for kids to go to special events now and then. And your PP very specifically said, aside from the behavior, that simply attending a music festival in the first place would be "absurd". And there was no mention of the experiences having to involve pot, drinking, sex, or anything else like that. Just fun with friends, dancing, and enjoying themselves. Obviously that's off limits in your view.

Anyway, you're clearly starting with "I don't like Malia Obama" and working backwards from there to justify it.

I said, " spending $120 just to get into an event like this would be absurd to her." She wouldn't consider lollapalooza a "special event" but there are plenty of other things she would and does enjoy. I'm confident that she doesn't smoke pot and dance like stripper when she's there though.

And I don't know Malia Obama, so I'm in no position to like her or not. That has nothing to do with my position at all. All I said was that the exhibited behavior shouldn't be called "normal."

Unfortunately (or maybe not) Malia's behavior IS normal for her age. That doesn't mean that NOT doing those things is abnormal. It simply means that some kids, like your daughter, don't do it. Driving at 16 is normal, but tons of kids don't do it. Pimples are normal, but may kids don't get them. My DC didn't have one bump through highschool but that doesn't make acne any less normal.

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Anonymous wrote:When your kid is at the top of their class at Sidwell, accepted to Harvard, spends most of their summer after HS graduation interning for the ambassador to Spain, and makes it through 8 years as a presidential kid and 2 presidential campaigns (age 10-19) in the spotlight, without a single tweet, post or photo causing controversy, you can bust on Malia Obama.

Until then, STFU. She worked most of the summer, will probably intern next year, then hit the books at Harvard. She took a week off to cut loose, dance to the music, take one hit from a joint (or so it is alleged) and cut loose.

We should all be lucky to have "problem kids" like her.

She got all that on her own. OLOLOL

What teenager got anything on their own???? Besides their grades? Which is exactly what she did.

Anonymous wrote:The only shameful thing in these pics is that blonde in the jean shorts... ass cheeks hanging out, tummy roll hanging over.

Nice body shaming.

Anonymous wrote:Who says a kid who doesn't "party" must come from a strict household?

My high school senior has her own car, plenty of spending money, no real curfew...and enough common sense to be a responsible citizen. She's not drinking, smoking pot, having sex, etc. She's still out at least a couple of nights a week with friends and has a pretty active social life; she just doesn't need to act like an idiot to have a little fun. I guess most of you think that she's not the normal one though, but I hope you're wrong.

No one said a kid who doesent party. We are talking kids who are allowed no freedom. I was the poster who said +1 and that was me. You're daughter has her own car, money and no curfew. She is not who we are talking about. I had no car, a 9pm curfew and couldn't leave my street and wasn't allowed on the phone after 9pm. Oh, and I grew up in the midwest in a very small town. That's keeping someone on a tight leash. I went away to college and had no idea how to manage the new found freedom.