Or Feeble tips for "they think they are so adult already" children,
Never start off phone conversations in which you wake up your Mamma in the middle of the night with:
Now mom I don't want you to panic.
This phrase is pretty much a guarantee to set off alarm bells ,especially when it is hurriedly followed by:
Just thought I would call and fill you in because the police may show up at our door or call...
I'm just saying.....this is not the way to reassure a parent that all is good. In this case it turned out my young man stepped in to defend a young lady who was being harassed by an obnoxious drunkard , but still....
