"The first time I was called to the principal's office was to discuss some questionable artwork my oldest son had created in 3 rd grade. The principal expressed his concern that the picture of bloody, beheaded snowmen was a warning sign. It wasn't. In fact, my son and his classmate had drawn the snowmen after watching a particularly graphic, but PG cartoon on TV."
"I am the mother of five - four boys and a girl. Given the size of my family, there have been plenty of messes to clean up. There was a fist fight on the walk home from school one afternoon. There were a couple of shoplifting episodes, such as when my 2-year-old son, who was 2 years old and unbeknownst to me, grabbed some candy from a lower shelf in the grocery store."
A mother of five recounts frequent childhood mishaps, from fights and shoplifting to property damage caused with a hidden BB gun. One son produced disturbing artwork influenced by a graphic cartoon, later becoming a successful artist. Early parenting involved cleaning up collective misbehavior and taking responsibility for consequences. Over time the mother shifted boundaries, stopping constant monitoring after children left home and allowing adult children to face their own mistakes. The change reflected recognition that persistent intervention can be unnecessary and that personal growth often follows independent decision-making and natural consequences.
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