Don't Do It

This was red ribbon week for at the kids' elementary school. As part of his homework, T-Bone and I had to listen to a CD of 6 or 7 songs with anti-drug/peer pressure messages on it and fill out a response sheet. I am very picky about my musical entertainment and this process was particularly tortuous for me. But we made it and by the time it was done, T-Bone had already filled out the sheet. "Hey, I thought I was supposed to fill this out," I said. He just looked at me in his unreadable way. I continued, "I see that you gave the songs a 7 out of 10." He smiled and said, "Yeah, and you gave them an 8 out of 10." I was going to change the score just to save my honor, but then I let him make the call and left it. Maybe he did like the music. I saw that he had marked that we had never discussed drug or alcohol abuse before this time. "What?" I said, "What about our lessons in FHE about the Word of Wisdom?" I did change his mark this time to indicate that we talk about it at least 2 or 3 times a year. So maybe this is something I can improve on. I know drugs are everywhere and that it's naive and foolish to think your kids won't ever be exposed to them. And I can't assume that just because my kids are good and smart, they'll always know the right thing to do and do it.

But honestly, if the school wants to hand out anti-drug music, let's go with Grandmaster Flash:

"Little Jack Horner,

Sat in a corner,

with no shoes and clothes.
This ain't funny,

But he took his money,

and he sniffed it up his nose."