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In article <1995Aug30.020155.13328@crc.ricoh.com>, runyon@crc.ricoh.com wrote:


> OK, just my $.02 here...
>                          note in the history book known as the 
> "old testament" there are references to the Hebrew nation being
> captive in a strange country ( Egypt, Babalon or? ) and the 
> parents are encouraged to teach the young to stay away from the
> temple prostitues ( + other evils ) .... 
> 
> now, I don't write very well, but what I really want to say is
> that I am VERY tired of brats who will say "Joe Camel made me 
> smoke" or that "peer pressure" is SO intense that kids just 
> gotta smoke... NO !!!! where are the parents ??????
> I have met parents who are teaching there childeren ( from an
> early age ) that ALL ADVERTISING is a LIE ! & that if You want
> the TRUTH about any commercial product, You gotta dig for it !

Spoken like a true non-parent. You can guide your kids and set them an
example, but sure as hell you can't make them do a damn thing they don't
wanna. Or stop them doing what they wanna. 
All too often, the act of smoking against their parents' advice is an act
of rebellion that is part of the 'fledgling fleeing the nest" syndrome.

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Keep in touch......Ian O

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