Child Jewelry Box.
Q: Children in another family rummaged through their mother's
jewelry box and lost her diamond engagement ring.
And they are still able to sit down?!? My mom let me go through her
jewelry box, but she knew I was a responsible kid who just wanted to
try on, not toss things about. She would have gone ballistic over
this, and rightly so...
A:I wasn't allowed to rummage through my mother's jewelry box. That was
one of the things that was off limits to me as a child in our home.
She did allow me to look through it a few times, but that was when I
was 17-18 years old and even then only when she was right there. If I
had done it without her present, I wouldn't have been able to sit down
either!
Her jewelry box didn't have a working lock either, nor did it need one.
I understood what rules were. Having sensible, consistent rules
actually gave me some comfort in my life, because I knew right from
wrong.
My mother didn't have a lock on her jewelery box and I did spend alot
of time at home alone when I was growing up so I could have gone in it
any time, but never did. I knew to respect my mother's property and of
she gave me an appropriate amount of respect as well.
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