my parenting views

Now, i am not by any means judging anyone's parenting skills at all and i also know that some people will read this and think, "wtf she isnt even a mom what the hell does she know about parenting." I dont blame you for thinking that but just because im not a parent doesnt mean i dont have a view on the type of parenting i will have. this has to do with the teenage years of a kids life.

I was watching World's Strictest Parents and i felt the need to blog about this. I totally understand where parents are sooo afraid of their kids drinking, doing drugs and/or smoking.. though i would NEVER let my child smoke or do drugs... (eddie and i have talked about this) we know kids will experiment. this being said... from my personal experience being super strict and not letting your children do anything will only make them rebel more (i know i did). Eddie and i feel that no matter how much we try and shield them that temptations and such will always arise. we both are hell bent on our kids having a good education. SCHOOL FIRST. I was super lazy in school and i was never pushed to succeed in school so i never felt like i needed to get more than C's in school (sometimes not even that much!). I almost didnt graduate High School. til this day my procrastination still comes to bite me in the ass. Eddie on the other hand is SUPER smart and always got A's in school AND graduated 2 years early! I do not want my kids to have to stress about not graduating. I want them to experience the college life (its something i wish i had experienced).

Anyway, School will always be first and with that means that if they keep their grades up that they can get whatever they want.

We also decided that if our kids want to drink (cause you know they will at some point) that they will do it under our roof with our supervision (mostly because we can monitor them)... now this does not mean we will supply other kids with alcohol because we wont. they are not our kids and we will not be responsible if something happened to them. we also know that kids want to go to parties. we also know that most if not all of the parties will have some form of alcohol there. If that be the case, if they decide to drink they can call us and we will go pick them up no questions asked. we want to avoid drinking and driving at all costs.

eddie and i are very adamant on having our kids trust us with anything.

i know there is a lot more to this blog but im losing my concentration very rapidly so i will continue this blog at a later date when i can remember everything

SORRY IF THIS IS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND DOESNT MAKE SENSE =P