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j/k For the most part it is easy to tell which people have had kids and those that haven't.
It's also easy to tell who is capable of using rational and who isn't and just acts based on emotions. Then again it was easy to figure out a long time ago based on responses in the pure football section.
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j/k For the most part it is easy to tell which people have had kids and those that haven't.
I'm all for public humiliation if I think it is warranted. I told my son on multiple occasions to pick up our yard which he blew off multiple times. I put a message on my Facebook page telling him if he didn't do it now I would post it on his page next. Yard was cleaned in 15 min.
I tell my son to do something and you know what he does.
He does it.
I'm happy for you. I wish my kids were that way.
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j/k For the most part it is easy to tell which people have had kids and those that haven't.
I'm all for public humiliation if I think it is warranted. I told my son on multiple occasions to pick up our yard which he blew off multiple times. I put a message on my Facebook page telling him if he didn't do it now I would post it on his page next. Yard was cleaned in 15 min.
I tell my son to do something and you know what he does.
He does it.
I'm happy for you. I wish my kids were that way.
I'm not trying to get smart,but why not. Who's the parent?
I sometimes tell my son something and he says he will get it. 30 min.later when he forgets I tell him again with a sterner voice and he does it. Never do I have to say it 3 times.
No I'm not a perfect parent, far from it but I honestly can say my children have never done things that would be considered unruly
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My teenage son has never done anything unruly. My wife and I have had people we barely know tell us what I great young man he is. He refuses to go to parties where there is drugs or alcohol. Everyone of his teachers have come to us and told us what a fantastic kid he is. He has past coaches that always keep tabs on him.
The thing is he just doesn't always listen at home. I tell him to do something, sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't.At times he talks back to his mother and I. He makes fun of his little sister. He has even lied to me. I always chalked it up to being a teenager. Now I realize I am to blame.
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At times he talks back to his mother and I. He makes fun of his little sister. He has even lied to me. I always chalked it up to being a teenager. Now I realize I am to blame.
Honestly, if that's the worst he does. You've done a damn good job as a parent.
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At times he talks back to his mother and I. He makes fun of his little sister. He has even lied to me. I always chalked it up to being a teenager. Now I realize I am to blame.
Honestly, if that's the worst he does. You've done a damn good job as a parent.
Thank you but I can't take all the credit. No matter what we say or do as parents our children still have free will. We can teach them right from wrong but ultimately they choose what kind of person they are/will be.
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At times he talks back to his mother and I. He makes fun of his little sister. He has even lied to me. I always chalked it up to being a teenager. Now I realize I am to blame.
Honestly, if that's the worst he does. You've done a damn good job as a parent.
Thank you but I can't take all the credit. No matter what we say or do as parents our children still have free will. We can teach them right from wrong but ultimately they choose what kind of person they are/will be.
True, and there's also outside influences.
My stepson was a very good kid growing up. He was a little sloppy and getting him to clean his room was a real chore, mostly because he knew if he "forgot" long enough, his mom would do it much to my opposition. Being a step-dad there were self imposed limits on myself as to what I could and couldn't when it came to discipline and such.
Now when he got into high school, he made new friends, kids who when at our house were very polite and well mannered, but now many years later found out were a bit troubled (1 is in jail for armed robbery, another for B&E). During high school he got a bit unruly, and tested the waters as well as expiremented with drinking and drugs, luckily we noticed it quickly and corrected it. But 9-11 grade were a real struggle, and it often created tension in my marriage as the wife and I had different ideas of how to deal with it. His real father was also part of the problem which compounded things.
In the end he's 25 years old, a police academy grad, currently working in loss prevention for a retailer, while trying to get into a law enforcement department.
So I know first hand that no matter how well you raise your kids, there is a time they may push and push hard, and you never know how your going to deal with it or what it will take to correct until your in the shoes of those involved.
We don't have to agree with each other, to respect each others opinion.
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At times he talks back to his mother and I. He makes fun of his little sister. He has even lied to me. I always chalked it up to being a teenager. Now I realize I am to blame.
Honestly, if that's the worst he does. You've done a damn good job as a parent.
Agreed. I was making statement off of things you said. This is how I would describe my son. .with a son that you've described I don't know how you can defend the actions of this guy as possibly necessary. I still say if he had handled her in the past at a younger age she might not be so unruly now
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My impression from watching that was that while it may have been satisfying to him to one-up his daughter that way, he won the battle, but lost the war. In the vid he mentions her disrespecting her mother, and then disrespecting her step-mother, which suggests to me that it is a divorce situation and introduces a whole new dynamic to the situation. I think a private conversation expressing his disappointment and hurt from her airing private family business in a very public forum, suggesting strongly that she apologize to all involved on the same forum, restricting her internet use, reminding her that he has the ability to see what she does online, and grounding her for a couple weeks would have been a lot more effective. Just not as much fun.
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I wish my life had been so hard that I could afford to shoot a laptop I've spent hundreds of dollars on 7 times, on what appears to be my multiple acre farm... 
First of all, what he does with his money is up to HIM, nobody else. He said he's in IT...I'm sure he knows exactly what investment he shot up. He's allowed to do that. I pretty much shot up THOUSANDS upon thousands of dollar buying PSLs...my choice.
You wasted that money, Michelle. 
LOL, yes, that's what I said. 
I think you should make a video tape and send it to Randy Lerner with you burning your PSLs 
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I wish my life had been so hard that I could afford to shoot a laptop I've spent hundreds of dollars on 7 times, on what appears to be my multiple acre farm...
First of all, what he does with his money is up to HIM, nobody else. He said he's in IT...I'm sure he knows exactly what investment he shot up. He's allowed to do that. I pretty much shot up THOUSANDS upon thousands of dollar buying PSLs...my choice.
You wasted that money, Michelle.
LOL, yes, that's what I said.
Although, I shouldn't be laughing. I've got DirecTV and purchase the NFL Sunday Ticket so I can watch the Browns every game. I've thrown that money down the rathole too!
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