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Originally Posted by Hugh
I bet you're the guy in the design meeting who can always find the problems, but rarely offers a solution....  |
Oh I'm the guy who
always has the solution to anything. Usually however, my solution is the one nobody likes.
I'd heed this guy's advice (adapted):
http://matt.might.net/articles/tenure/
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First, your question is trivial to answer: to minimize the risk – to zero – that you’ll have a disabled child, don’t have a child.
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Best way to deal with problematic behaviour in teenage kids? Don't have teenage kids. Alternatively, try this:
http://www.funnyordie.com/articles/6...ur-problem-now
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Dear ISIS,
Last week our seventeen year old daughter, Cressida Bowan, ran away from home to join your ranks. We have only one thing to say to you. Good luck! We raised a monster. And now she’s your monster, ISIS.
We understand that you hate America and our capitalist system. And hey, we get it, we really do. We focus way too much on material goods. But if that’s what you believe, then inviting an American seventeen year old girl to come live with you was the stupidest thing you could do. Cressida spent $1,600 on nail polish in the last year alone. When she finds out that she’s not allowed to use makeup, guess what she’s going to do? She’ll pit each of you against each other until she gets her own way. You don’t know the meaning of psychological warfare until you’ve raised a teenage girl.
Seriously, if you get her to have a meaningful conversation with you, please tell us how. We’ve threatened her with everything: boarding school, house arrest, jail- I don’t think that even the threat of getting shot to death will wake her up from her entitled dream world. I’m saying that as her mother.
Honestly, we think that joining ISIS is the best thing that could have happened to Cressy. We’re hoping it will be a real wakeup call. God knows nothing we did was getting through to her. Either way, she’s your problem now.
We’d say take care of our girl, but make sure you guys are taking care of yourselves. She can be really taxing on your mental health. Then again, maybe she’s finally found her people. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by Mike
Right update for you
I am concerned
Eldest daughter (14) has called an Extraordinary Meeting tonight...
This follows a rude comment written on the monitoring chart and concern over the authenticity of a signature signing off a task as being complete 
I also get the impression they are going for a hike in pocket money.
Problem is youngest daugther (12) is chairing tonight and there is 2 of them so I might have problems if things are put to the vote
I am taking the minutes 
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You're far too generous. When I was a 12 year old my parents dragged me out of my room, yelled at me, and beat me with a stick until I did what I was told.
Unless the offence was computer related, at which point they'd beat me with a computer keyboard.