Originally Posted by Tam

I have a right to know if she is under 18 or older if she lives in my house.

If she is under 18, I damn well have the right to know anything and everything about my kids, for their protection as well as I am 100% responsible for their well being and their messes teens tend to make, so yes I have a right to know.

If she is over 18 and not living in my home, then she is her own person and I am not so hellbent on knowing every little thing. I'd like to think we are close enough that she'd come and talk to me about something like this, but it isn't a must.

If one of my kids came to me in a situation like this and told me, I'd support them 100%, but let someone take a knife to one of them under 18 and they are going to have one pissed off mother. I am brutally protective of my kids and if there was a case like this where she just felt this was a decision she had to make, while I am adamantly against abortions, it's her body and I'd support her on it, but wouldn't have to like it.

When my kids turn of an age where this is going to be a question, we take them and get them protection and talk to them about this. SO many parents don't and those are the ones you see that are having to deal with problems like this. Parents don't pay enough attention to their kids these days. They have a definite "That won't happen to my kid" attitude, but how can we expect them to make right decisions if we don't take the damn time to TEACH them?

Sorry, this one grinds on my nerves, parents don't pay attention and then when shit like this comes up, they somehow think that NOW they have some sort of right to know what's going on? WAKE UP, and pay attention to your kids, and be there for them and you won't be in court telling them how you have rights as a parent!!!