Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:

> Obviously, Eric has never been a parent of a pre-teen 

Thus far, pre-teens are all I have. And they aren't alleged repeat sex
offenders, kidnappers or murderers, premeditated or otherwise.

> and has forgotten his own teenage years.

I didn't do those things then, either. My mother was too strict, and I
went to church from kindergarten. Trouble I got into was after leaving
home for university and I stopped going to church.