Simon
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| posted on 12/9/10 at 04:57 PM |
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Sue your wife and her ex for producing such offspring, then tell Edwina she has 3 days to sort her life out or you'll put her up for adoption
(or bin all her stuff, buy her a sleeping bag and show her the front door).
ATB
Simon
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 12/9/10 at 09:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
My advice would be to spend some quality family time, and do something that Edwina wants to do, (snip)
It's all about patience, and lots of it.
What she wants to do:
Argue with people on MSN/bookface/bebbo or whatever the hell it is.
Eat.
Wind people up.
Make things (in particular missus's make up and perfumes) go missing.
I was hoping this time it would be different but aside from the abuse we (well her and her mum) are having the same arguments again..
Oh and social services came round this morning, THEY knew she was moving in friday, over 24 hours before anyone here and I've told them as such
too..
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StevieB
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| posted on 12/9/10 at 09:25 PM |
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The problem with teens today is that their access to technology is way, way ahead of anything most of us experienced when we were younger. It serves
to give a more sinister side to things, as the usual teen sneaking around that we all did is now suddenly so much easier and can be taken to a larger
extreme.
The biggest thing you need to know is that your situation isn't difficult, special or unique - it's just a later version of the
'terrible two's' that everyone has to go through - we had the same $hit with my sister (now 16 and coming out the other side, with
the odd relapse). All the usual stuff - Facebook, MSN, "nobody likes me", "everybody hates me", "I wish I was dead,
you'll be sorry when I am" - the whole range.
Every time it gets bad, just think "Kevin and Perry Go Large" and laugh (inside, not openly as that's like throwing petrol on the
bonfire!).
Look at the way the police control riots these days - they don't wade in with stick and horses anymore. They just contain it and let everyone
get bored and go home - most of the arrests come later on when it's safer/easier. Same tactic works with teens as well (and 3 years olds, as
I'm finding out tonight  )
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 13/9/10 at 08:13 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
Every time it gets bad, just think "Kevin and Perry Go Large" and laugh (inside, not openly as that's like throwing petrol on the
bonfire!).
Look at the way the police control riots these days - they don't wade in with stick and horses anymore. They just contain it and let everyone
get bored and go home - most of the arrests come later on when it's safer/easier. Same tactic works with teens as well (and 3 years olds, as
I'm finding out tonight )
Never thought of it that way, I'm going to have to watch the film now 
And I wouldn't know how crowd control works I behave
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