Chris Jones wrote:

        "Not teaching them may be unwise, Husband. Control is as
important as power."
        "I'm starting to agree with you..."

Unfair.  In terms of martial arts, Ranma and Co. have perfect control
over their abilities.

Hmm... Besides not knowing 'The Rules' of sorcery, most of the Ranma
characters only use their skills in extreme stress. This kind of use
increases the possibility for one of them to do something to destroy
themself. Ex: A 'suicide'

Not always under stress.  True they don't use ki blasts all the time,
but they do used their physical abilities a lot more often.  Ryoga uses
his breaking point, Ranma uses his amaguriken, Kuno uses his fast bokken
attacks many times.  However, you are right about them doing something
wrong in this new world.  I can imagine Kuno yelling at Ranma to "Be
not!" as a battle cry.
 

"Akane was very brave. She broke her ropes and kept that nasty man
from taking Shampoo's blouse off."

I don't understand why Shampoo didn't break the ropes herself.  She's
certainly strong enough.  Maybe she was still dazed from being hit over
the head.

With the possible exception of Akane, Shampoo would be the hardest to
subdue. She would be more likely to get 'knocked silly'. Maybe they
just tied her up better than Akane, who's the strongest of the girls
hands down anyway.

Not hands down.  Do you forget the super stength story line?  Shampoo is
stronger than Akane.  And if you're talking about blue aura Akane,
Shampoo has shown that she can do it too.  In terms of strength Shampoo
is stronger than Akane and nowhere is it shown otherwise.

Match Ranma up with somebody from the Eddings universe.  I just dare
you.  Maybe a young dryad...

I'm tempted. Seriously, this is somthing I've (obviously) already
considered for some of the other characters.

Anybody have any input?

Nearly every girl in Edding's world is taken, except for Garion's
daughters.  So they boys will have to make do with them.  As for the the
boys in Edding's world, there are none young enough other than Eriond
and Geran.  My choice would be Kasumi and Eriond ^_^