Question for parents, parents to be, and parent want to be's.....

[Dionysus]

I thought cheerful's tone was more like "what secrets would devastate you?", I might be wrong...

I would hate to find out that my son or daughter is dating someone abusive, or has been sexually assaulted.

[GMUBunny]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

I thought cheerful's tone was more like "what secrets would devastate you?", I might be wrong...

I would hate to find out that my son or daughter is dating someone abusive, or has been sexually assaulted.

That's the feeling I got from the question as well. I took it to mean more like "what kind of secret or shenanigans would scare you most?" To answer that question, I'd say drugs and/or prostitution.

To answer the more serious question raised here, I'd have to say death, terminal illness, abuse of any sort. The absolute worst would be an untimely death, like a car crash. I couldn't imagine any of those things happening to either of my babies.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

I thought cheerful's tone was more like "what secrets would devastate you?", I might be wrong...

Oops! I goofed.

You guys I am so sorry, this is exactly what I meant. I should have said with the exception of death. I meant secrets. Thanks Dionysus.

I'll go back and edit my post.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

Wow. Just wow. You won't be friends with someone because of their political affiliation?

That's just pretty damn stupid and self-righteous...

I can usually see someone's point-of-view even if I don't agree with it. But, you have totally amazed me with your post. It's very small minded. Wow. So, where do independent voters fit in your hierarchy of friendship acceptability? Do you only speak to them when they agree with you?

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Agreed. There are alot of way worse things a kid could be (you know, a drug addict, serial murderer, etc).

I thought it was a little drastic too, but what might be bad to kstar may not be bad to someone else and vise versa. Some people are just affected by things others aren't.

[christiangirl]

I wouldn't go quite as far as kstar, but I understand that. I mean, if my daughter grew up to be a Republican or believed W was the greatest, most intelligent president our country ever had...well, I'd wonder what the heck happened but that's hardly the end of the world. Now, if she grew up to be a Satanist, I would probably die a little. If my son became a rapist or a murderer...I'd still love him and he would still be my child but I just don't know how I'd handle it. We want to be the kind of parent who is open and our children can tell us anything, but can you imagine if your child confessed that to you one day?