Originally Posted by nuttyjoe

I'm glad to hear of your cousin and his wife. I would definitely agree to calling them a model family.
Please don't misunderstand me, H80. I wasn't trying to start a race blaming discussion with my post (We've already had enough of that on this forum!). The point I was making is that the drug problem has sread from ghetto upwards to gated communities. Drug users nowadays are wearing Botany 500 and Percy Ellis suits in the male sector, and sporting Donna Karan and Minola in the female sector.
I'm just of the opinion that we as parents must take on the resposibility of seeing to it that our children are raised with a good sense of values. We must not blame a celebrity figure for our child's mistakes in life- we must accept it a our failure as a parent ( or parents). Hopefully, we want these mistakes to be something that we can correct. If not, then society will with prison sentences and other forms of punishment. I don't believe there is anyone out there who can truthfully tell me that it is their wish to see their child in prison. I know I don't. That is why it is my job to instill upon my child the best set of values that I can, and not hope that somebody else will do so.