Dear Ann Landers: Three months ago, our 18-year-old daughter "Ramona" had her tongue pierced. My wife and I had warned Ramona that if she pierced her tongue, she would lose her rights to the family car. She apparently didn't care, because she did it without our knowledge. In fact, her tongue was pierced for almost two weeks before we noticed.

I grounded her and took away the car keys, but the punishment lasted only a week because it became too inconvenient for me to drive her ...

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