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Lori was suspended (暂停)from
school for having cigarettes in her locker. She told her dad, "I don't
know how they got there! I was just putting them in my pocket to take them to
the principal when a teacher 1 and sent me to the office." Dad had a
hard time 2 that Lori didn't know how the cigarettes got
into her locker, 3 only she had the key. He also found it hard to
believe that she was putting them in her pocket to take them to the principal.
He felt disappointed that Lori would 4 to him because they had always been such a
close and loving 5. He was also
worried that she was beginning to 6 her life by getting involved in smoking,
drinking, and drugs.
Dad felt like 7 and punishing and letting her know how
disappointed he was.
8 , he decided to look for the positive. It is
never difficult to find, if you are willing to look for it. As he got into
Lori's 9 he could understand that she was probably
having a tough time deciding how to 10 with family values and still be part of the
crowd. He also realized that the only reason Lori would lie to him would be
because she loved him so much that she wouldn't want to disappoint him.
With this 11 , Dad approached Lori. Instead of scolding and
punishing, he kindly said, "Lori, I'll bet it is really difficult trying
to 12 how to stick up for what you believe and yet
not be called a 13 by your friends.
Lori felt such 14 as she said, "Yes, it is."
Dad went on, "And I'll bet
that if you would ever lie to us, it would be because you love us so much that
you wouldn't want to disappoint us." Lori got tears in her eyes and could
only nod in 15. Dad added,
"Lori, we would be disappointed if you did something that would 16 you. But if you don't know that you can always
tell us anything, then we aren't doing a good enough job in letting you know
how much we love you — 17Lori gave her dad
a big 18 , and they just held each other for a while.
They never did directly discuss
the problem of smoking and lying. Over a year has gone by, and Lori seems to
delight in letting her mom and dad know every time she 19 the temptation(诱惑)to do something contrary to
her 20. She also feels proud
that she is influencing her friends to stick up for their belief.