Melody, you are spot on and have me dying laughing!
I KNOW what you are speaking of. When my daughter was younger and had her ears pierced, I told her...if I EVER see you wearing enormous hoops, your butt will be mine LOL! Well, you know what I mean...I just never wanted her to go out of the house looking "rough". But she learned early how to dress so I really never had an issue with that. Now, a sass-pot mouth? Yep, sometimes. But I am thankful that was worst of it and I did nip that in bud whenever she spewed. Anyway, she turned out A-okay so I did my job ha!ha!
Finz, I hear ya. When I was very, very young...probably 5 or 6, I was at the dimestore with my mom and took some fake earrings. I think I knew it was wrong but I did it anyway. Kids ya know. Well, when my mom saw those on my dresser, she took me by the hand and took me up to the store to return those and to apologize. I was never so embarassed in all my life. Trust me, I NEVER did it again LOL!