gallantwarrior
Gold Member
Sometimes there is little satisfaction when your child(ren) finally understand the lessons you tried to teach them. When my daughter was a teenager and I worked graves, she was told that no guests in the house while I was gone without prior approval. One night, I approved her best friend, M. to stay the night. Well, the girls decided to invite some young guys to come on over, too. Long story short, those "nice" boys stole my Leica Trinivid binoculars, a nice video camera, and my Blackhawk. They contrived to toss my place and took those particular high-dollar items. Long story short: she disobeyed a parental edict and learned the hard way that I just didn't make grunting noises when I laid down the law, there are good reasons why I made rules.
Fast forward to now. My oldest granddaughter saved her money, having asked for monetary gifts for the past two years, so she could save up for an expensive tablet. Her mother told her never to take it to school. Granddaughter knew better, took the thing to school, left it briefly unattended in her backpack and now's she's out a tablet and some very expensive programs. Expensive lesson, perhaps learned best because she had to pay for the thing herself. Too bad listening doesn't come before the learning.
Fast forward to now. My oldest granddaughter saved her money, having asked for monetary gifts for the past two years, so she could save up for an expensive tablet. Her mother told her never to take it to school. Granddaughter knew better, took the thing to school, left it briefly unattended in her backpack and now's she's out a tablet and some very expensive programs. Expensive lesson, perhaps learned best because she had to pay for the thing herself. Too bad listening doesn't come before the learning.
