Now Playing: Children Are A Blessing
Topic: rants
Just a note for parents: your children are a blessing. Treat them accordingly.

Don't go away for the weekend and expect your teens to take care of each other. When the cat's away, the mice will play, and the rats come in for dinner.

Investigate your prospective dates. This is the information age. Such things are possible. Isn't it worth it to find out that Mr Right is a sex offender BEFORE you bring him home to meet your children?

Don't send the kids off to play in the toy aisle while you shop. It's not fair to the sales clerks who must clean up after them; and it makes them prime targets for a snatch.

Don't drop them off a mile from home so they can walk back and "cool off." Sorry, folks, but I have more faith in a few swats than a lone walk, for disciplinary purposes.

Don't let your teens use your home for drinking parties. I don't care how diligent you are about taking their car keys, it's still just plain stupid.

Don't let them drive high-powered sports cars. They think they're invincible. Why give them toys that foster that illusion?

The 18-year commitment you make when you have unprotected sex may seem like a burden at times, but, if you're not ready for it, use birth control or abstain.

Our children deserve better.