Trying to compare safe sex with alcohol consumption is wild.

Just focusing on the liability here and the reality that children may do it regardless of legality.

With that in mind, are you saying that if your state does have a Romeo and Juliet law you’d be fine with offering a private and safe space for your children

That would change my posture.

you were complicit in helping those juvenile criminals avoid legal persecution by not informing law enforcement.

Nope. I am not obligated to report the issue to the authorities if Inform the other child’s parents and take steps to prevent future occurrence.

Or you can get another kitchen scene. Right in front of your salad.

Don’t be facetious Jeffery.

Then you’d just be discouraging sex in your own home.

Replace sex with alcohol and maybe the issue will be more obvious for you. Knowingly providing a minor who is not my child with a “safe place” to drink is actually a larger liability.

They decided to do it in the car or public bathroom instead

There many places to have and enjoy sex. The key is not telling them to go fuck in the car or a pubic bathroom. It’s far more likely it will occur regardless. I have walked into my kitchen and interrupted oral sex. This didn’t result in high fives but insteads discussions and and me informing the other teen’s parents. To be clear there was also no punishment.

without your knowledge

If I know I am legally obligated to intervene. I am not sure how much more clearly I can state this.

without the safety net you could have provided if anything went wrong.

The condoms are the safety net.

I have made it very clear to my children that I cannot know because then I am legally required to intervene.

You should check the local statutory rape laws applicable to you.

My state has zero exceptions around this.

Sounds very hypocritical. I mean, why are you disallowing it in your home when you already offer condoms “no questions asked”?

It’s a nuanced approach. It’s possible they are being used for water balloons.

You need to understand that giving permission is not encouragement

I have already explained the liability in giving a minor permission to break any law.

You may not want your kids to have sex

I never said this.

if they understand the risks and still want to,

I openly and routinely discuss these risks. I challenge them not to be basic.

the best thing you can offer is safety and privacy.

Safety yes. Privacy with potential sexual partners as a minor, no.

Safety is a larger issue. I have had open discussions with them at a very deep level on this and other topics to get ahead of embarrassment and guilt.

My state has laws that I do not agree with but which I must abide by.

I am approaching the issue without emotion or judgment. I literally said others are free to choose their own liability risk which you chose to ignore.

Your feelings on the topic are not going to sway me.

A permissive parenting style isn’t my style. I prefer to have actual discussions with my children on important topics and do so throughout their development into adulthood.

I have had great success on this as well as the other topics. When I clearly layout what is legally required of me in various situations, they understand.

This creates fun opportunities where I can layout the world as I wish it were vs the world as it is. Children are not dumb. They can grasp the subtext. I know because they will repeat it back to me in their own words.

Yeah, no.

Tell me you’re still a child without telling me you’re still a child or tell me you’re an uninvolved parent without thoughts telling me your an uninvolved parent.

Not worth the trouble, wouldn’t allow them in a bedroom door or no door ever.

Contributing to the deliquence of a minor is broad law.

The main worry is how the other child’s parents would react were something to occur. Also, your co-parent if they not on board with your decision.

I’ve definitely done the talk, “box of condoms under the bathroom, no questions asked, give them to your friends if needed” but that is vastly different than tossing a box of condoms at a minor and telling them to have fun.

You are of course free to assess your own willingness to risk such liability and take the gamble that there will be no fall out. The odds are heavily in your favor.

Toothpaste makes an excellent fuel additive. I suggest it to all customers who come through my small engine repair business. They love me for it.

Mega corps do that all the time. They have shell corporations for the exact purpose of obfuscating their future intentions.

Men’s underwear.

If Mastercard really was not involved they would be suing for libel.

Bird flu is very deadly for chickens. Testing or not testing doesn’t affect mortality rate. It’s 75%-100% either way.

Not testing would mean they are not culling before it spreads therefore more dead chickens and fewer eggs.

This is not the same as testing cows where there is much lower mortality rate. In cows it results in lower milk production.

Yawn. Let me know when they announce their substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Parents are humans with their own flaws and backstories. They’ve had (presumably) 20 years of the worlds bullshit flung at them before you entered the picture.

This sort of sentiment is fine to say parent to parent but parent to child it is a massive cop out.

“I had to put up with this bullshit, so you do to” is terrible parent.

It’s not acceptable for a parent to forward the world’s bullshit onto their child.

So I wasn’t sure if you were an asshole, but based on this comment, I’m am not certain you are.

I say this because it’s fun for me and I’ve been taught to speak at my audience’s level.

It’s pretty clear the issue here is you. Specifically, your reaction. The solution to than can only come from you. The world will not bend to you and the world is not responsible for making you feel certain things, that’s all you.

Drop of water depends on where the water is. Watch online videos to diagnose problems, it’s the opposite of doing this for personal health. People have some crazy cheap ways to address issues.

Crack, draw a line parallel to the crack on each side. Measure it and it on the wall. Check back and see if the measurement is changing. Patch it if it’s stable. If it’s not stable, probably not good news, start with videos of what others have done.

Ants are the easiest. There are barrier sprays that will keep out any insects. Fall instructions on the product but typically just spray it on the outside of the foundation once a year.

Houses are over engineers to stay standing up so don’t worry too much. The expensive stuff will come around ever couple decades like roof replacement so plan for that but most everything can be remediated with little effort, especially if you don’t care how it looks. You said it’s a fixer up, each patch is just another layer to its character.

I’m jealous you managed to finish it in a single sitting. I’m still not done, started and stopped three times so far.

I place is squarely in the “It insists upon itself.” category of movies.

The one I have I bought long long ago and it does indeed cut without leaving any sharp edges. I’m not sure if that’s universal or just the type I have, I purchased it without any research.

I don’t want to suggest any specific brand because fuck corporations. But the one I have is “Hamilton Beach Smooth Touch Electric Automatic Can Opener with Easy Push Down Lever” so that smooth touch might be the keyword to look for or they could have some ridiculous trademark on the term.

I didn’t know this was an option until I bought this one and it appears I’m not alone on this. Such a simple device no one thinks about and the default option is primitive.

Side cutting openers are a must in a home with children.

It wasn’t a loan. It’s ours now.

Stop using it before we make you another state.

Discovery a truth of the universe is not going to affect the truth of the universe.

You’re appearing to claim something nonsensical. The sort of wow-bang nonsense one reads about in pop-science magazines.

No surprise. American companies are chasing fantasies of general intelligence rather than optimizing for today’s reality.