Smith says she has learned how to use boundaries with her children, imposing consequences such as confiscating computer equipment when one of her sons refused to go to school.

To the Editor: Did it occur to your writer that young people engage in this behavior because their parents don't set rules or impose consequences?

Yet in the intervening two months, the will to impose consequences on Syria seems to have all but evaporated.

Southern congressmen, meanwhile, expressed concern that freezing Federal welfare spending would impose "severe budget and human consequences" on states with growing populations.

The City Commission sided with the Citizens' Committee but was unable to impose consequences, especially since Brown had the support of the library board.

However, Reagan's insane actions will certainly impose unexpected events and dangerous consequences on everyone.

Society's acceptance of alcohol without responsible warnings, coupled with the encouragement to use it inappropriately, causes us to impose minimal consequences for alcohol-related problems like drunken driving.

And he has imposed stark consequences - like withholding high school diplomas - for failing to meet those standards.

We need to impose tangible consequences once and for all, because what we are talking about here is the implementation of sensible, necessary and good European law.