Sir, - A scene from family life in the wake of the archbishop's comments:
Troubled Teenager to Doting Parent (menacingly): "Mum, did you want me or unwant me?"
DP (bemused): "What do you mean? My darling, there is nobody or nothing in the world your father and I ever wanted more than you."
TT (beside himself with anger): "I knew it, you silly cow, you never loved me!"
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TT storms out of the room, hurling the pack of Durex he found in his parents' bedside table at DP and shouting: "Well, I'm going to Church, so there! At least they don't abuse their authority the way you do!" - Yours, etc.,
Eric Haywood, Maretimo Gardens East, Blackrock, Co Dublin.