You got it my friend. Let’s start building a big-ass fortress now. I’m totally locking my girls in the tower. (Problem is my youngest is already growing her long Rapunzel-style.)
I’m working on personal force-field technology.
In the meantime, I’m instilling self-respect and confidence.
Make sure you keep them away from lasers and sandworms. 
I’m in too. I love the line from Sally to Linus in Charlie Brown Halloween: “If you try to hold my hand, I’ll slug you!”
The Frakkintalos method plus a regimen of self-defense is my current strategy. Maybe by the time they’re teens, dating will go out of fashion, along with phones and messaging devices. Probably not, but I can hope…
Hey, that’s my line!
I’m still wrestling with whether or not to read “Paul of Dune”.
I’ve read more bad reviews than good so far. But some of the bad reviewers were predisposed against the Brain Herbert/Frank Herbert Dune continuations anyway.
Yeah, yeah, thereby leaving more for me. Not to imply that I am interested in young girls, just that you can’t keep girl-children from developing sexuality just by keeping em away from boys. Which I know you know, but really. It will all be ok…
…especially because for mainstream non-feminist identified dudes you all are making serious investments in this part. It will pay off.
Yeah? YOU stay way from my daughters too. 
You still have to watch out for gods and dragonslayers. Towers aren’t even a challenge for them. :rolleyes:
Just borrowing it. 
I’m still wrestling with whether or not to read “Paul of Dune”.
I’ve read more bad reviews than good so far. But some of the bad reviewers were predisposed against the Brain Herbert/Frank Herbert Dune continuations anyway.
Predisposed by the fact that many of the others were complete crap? 
I tried to convince my wife that we could stop saving money for the kid’s to go to college, because one of them says she wants to be a Princess, and the other wants to be a starving artist/actress. So either way, no college needed.
But, according to my wife, apparently it’s possible that they may change their minds.
I read a review on Amazon.com that I thot made a good analogy.
The original Frank Herbert Dune books are look home made baked treats made with love and care and designed to please the reader, with healthy ingredients that sustain you.
In contrast, the Brian Herbert/Kevin Anderson Dune books, are like fast food. They’re tasty and greasy and they fill you up temporarily, but then leave you feeling unsatisfied and needed more nutrition a short while later.
Well…I guess I don’t mind a Big Mac now and then to satisfy my hunger.
That made me chuckle.
It brings up an interesting point, though. For me personally, I’m afraid of the whole boy thing cuz I’m a guy. I know how guys think and the thot of my daughters with an animal pig-dog scares the craaap outta me. I think I just called myself an animal pig-dog. Yeah I did. But let’s face it, once them hormones took hold it was all I could think about. No not animal pig-dogs, that’s sick. I meant S-E-X.
But why am I only weary of males? What if my daughter’s sexual preferences is the same gender? Would I still be worried? Is the real fear…pregnancy? Is it a loss of innocence? Am I jealous that their affections would shift to someone else? Would I no longer be their hero/protector?
When I first became a parent, I promised I would try to balance between knowing when to trust and knowing when to intervene. I was working with a youth group at the time and had some experience with teens and their parents. Let me tell you, raising children is much different from the outside.
I don’t know why but I feel compelled to tell y’all something else. Maybe it’s the mother of one of teens shouting in my head, “You think I’m a nag, don’t you?” I answered her, “No. I don’t think you’re a nag. I think you’re afraid.” I didn’t judge the parents or the teens. They were trying to get through this thing we call life. It ain’t easy.
We all make mistakes and when you’re a parent that scares the craaap out of you because they are no longer your mistakes. They effect another profoundly.
At this point, I’m thankful just to get through another day.
Amen Frakk. I’ve got three boys, and I worry about them too, from the other side of the equation! So much pressure and temptation to make stupid, life-altering choices, and mistakes, before they’re prepared to deal with the consequences. It’s scary. I guess all we can do is try to imbue them with the lessons we’ve learned, and make sure they feel that they can come to us with their questions. And we should try not to be complete tools in the process.
Not gonna be easy, is it ?
Finally- another all boy parent! Honesty though, I don’t think it’s easy on either side. Boys do think about sex, but I’ve seen how the girls frak with their heads and emotions. My older son has a girlfriend, for six months. She’s a lovely girl, but the odds of it ending without heartache are so slim. While heartache isn’t as live alerting as a pregnancy, it’s still tough to watch your child go through. But I wouldn’t want to forbid him from having relationships either. Funny how we all know how stupid we were and the thought of our kids being even a tenth that stupid terrifies us.
I’m not concerned by the idea of their developing sexuality… What does concern me is that boys are primitive little animals until, well, quite late in the game. Which I know firsthand, being one.
I’m sorta famous in our circle of family and friends for the holiday newsletter. This year I really stepped out of the box and had my boys help me with my first iMovie. I even opened a You Tube account!
Enjoy!
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A big thanks to 'Talos for helping me overcome some technical issues with the uplaod.
During our power outage, !Gwen got bored and decided to be a robot-so I put a Santa hat on her…
Have a Merry Christmas! (or be DELETED)
Cute. OMGs! There are copies, and she looks like she has a plan
Merry Christmas, fellow GWCers!
In the spirit of Christmas, I hope you´ll pardon my work-induced absences and my guttery posts…
Merry Christmas to everyone here at GWC! Hope that no one is on the Naughty List and that you get everything you asked Santa for this year!
Merry Christmas from starwars.com!
http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000594.html
I guess I’m doing their light work.
Why does dear ol’ dad Jango look like his pecs have started to sag?