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RockaFowler

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20. He was always in trouble according to that stupid calendar of his
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 04:21 PM
Oct 2018

He was Grounded multiple times in the Summer.
They knew.

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Parenting in Absentia. MineralMan Oct 2018 #1
Social infractions that are a serious problem for most of us DBoon Oct 2018 #4
Why do any parents miss something going wrong with their kid? mythology Oct 2018 #2
It's not that uncommon..amongst that set.. HipChick Oct 2018 #3
They don't look. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2018 #5
What makes you think they didn't notice? MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #6
Whose to say that they may not have been, ahem, wild in their youth too? Tom Rinaldo Oct 2018 #7
I'd say they knew what he was like very well, but made excuses for him all his life. OnDoutside Oct 2018 #8
Jesuits ran this boarding school. irisblue Oct 2018 #9
ALL the DC area schools had this problem, so they were all blind to it. n/t pnwmom Oct 2018 #17
How come every parent from the 80s missed this Johonny Oct 2018 #10
Problems? The guy's some kind of genius! JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #11
You also have the problem customerserviceguy Oct 2018 #12
And possibly the parents were alcoholic? Not uncommon in that set. SharonAnn Oct 2018 #13
I'm wondering how these underaged kids had access to so much alcohol DesertRat Oct 2018 #14
Drinking age got dropped in many states after the 26th Amendment in 1971 irisblue Oct 2018 #15
It's called "privilege". athena Oct 2018 #16
His mother knows the truth malaise Oct 2018 #18
This was the culture in ALL of the DC area private schools at the time. BK didn't stand out. pnwmom Oct 2018 #19
He was always in trouble according to that stupid calendar of his RockaFowler Oct 2018 #20
Entitled assholes are generally raised by other entitled assholes. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #21
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