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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2535907" data-attributes="member: 151">Which makes them perfectly normal, doesn't it?  I mean, this is a core lesson we drill in children, after all.  Certain settings require behaviors once they're old enough to understand that a trip to the Mall, a funeral and wedding reception have different acceptable protocols.  I mean, think back when you were their age; didn't you act differently when it was just your friends as opposed to being in your parent presence?  When I was 14, I cursed like a red-necked sailor with my friends...if only because I could.  I pushed boundaries, until it became clear with my parents (as your kids with you) that it wasn't kosher.  Boundary established, life goes on.  I didn't look at porn while my parents were around, either (and when my mother found them, they just quietly disappeared). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I'd like to think if you laid the solid foundation, you just have to trust that they are the people you hoped to help them be.  But I don't have to face the challenges you face for a couple of years yet, so I dunno. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /></blockquote>

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