Remember how I’ve said Erin is my "sensitive" daughter?  By that I mean she’s got a crazy hair growing out of her butt whose origin is unknown.  This child of mine seems to be attracted to the bad boys.  The last one she "went out with" (they don’t say "go steady or going with" anymore) was the king of bad boys.

How bad was he?  One of my friends called because her Mom is a teacher at Erin’s school. She WARNED me that he is the baddest of the bad.  Gulp! I faced a dilemma… if I made a big deal out of it or if I FORBADE her from seeing him, she’d just want him more.  Instead, I talked about how important it was for guys to treat her the way she deserved to be treated, how *she* was awesome and any guy would  be privileged to go out with her, blah blah blah.  I also emphasized that if any boy made her cry, then he definitely wasn’t worth her time, energy, or affections.

So she saw a picture of this bad boy online with another girl.  When she asked him about the picture, he got mad at her and said, "I hate you! I wish you were dead!"  What a jerk.  So she’s done with him and didn’t waste but one or two tears on this dude who we’re thankful is now an EX.

Given the harshness of his words, I did ask my friend’s Mom to talk to the teachers so they could quietly keep an eye on my Erin.  I want to make sure the guy doesn’t continue to bully or intimidate her.  This parenting stuff is HARD.