embarassingly enough. I used to be one of those teens that mom and dad had to ‘bail’ out. But the sad truth is, no one can completely ‘bail’ out their kids. It stays on your record which makes getting a job that pays the bills hard enough, much less getting a job that pays the bills and holiday/birthday gifts for the grandchildren. Maybe my parents paid the ‘bail’ money, but to erase a state jail sentece no money can do that.

When I was a teenager many years ago, my Dad told my brother & I, if we ever ended up in jail, not to waste the money for a phone call, because he wouldn’t bail us out, and we knew he meant it. We never did have to find out however. I think they call that fear motivation, which probably isn’t politically correct today, but it sure worked for us.