The Silver Fern

<p>Yeah, I'm still keen</p>

<p>Nah, not really. Her attitude was pretty crap for basically the whole of last year.</p>
<p>Some bad days may have coincided, but I wouldn't label them as part of the cause, just this generation & their expectations of entitlement.</p>

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<p>Please let us know the outcome. Sounds like a real nuisance.</p>
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<p>Well, she has moved back home this week.</p>
<p>Decided that her parents aren't all that bad & agreed to a couple of simple house rules.</p>
<p>She is looking at doing a couple of courses (yes we'll pay, but that is what parents are for after all) & looking for a part time job.</p>
<p>She no longer expects everything to be her way (mostly) & is actually looking forward & wanting to have some control over her future & not wanting to become a waste of space (her words).</p>
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<p>Things are going really well in the house at the moment (I'm aware that this might just be a honeymoon period though) & communication is at an all time high.</p>
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<p>It took 3 weeks & was hard to do as parents, but I think the "real world experience" has taught her a lot in a very short space of time.</p>
<p>Apparently life sucks with no money & no one will just give it to you. Go figure.</p>

<p>2 daughters, oldest was bullied all through high school, but did really well at brushing it off (mostly), was into everything & is now at uni doing a bachelor of science majoring in chemistry (don't tell Winger, but she's right into climate change & we have some really good discussions about it around the dinner table when she's home). On uni - be prepared, it costs a small fortune for parents if you live out of town.</p>
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<p>She put the bullying down to having to learn life lessons & all in all she is a bloody good kid & still does what she's asked/told.</p>
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<p>The youngest, well you read above what she's like now, but until 15 she was super talkative & wouldn't shy away from anything or anyone, very empathetic, everybodies friend, loved school & very artistic (most of those qualities came from the wife I reckon).</p>
<p>She turned 15 & became a different kid. Pretty much became the bully & when we confronted her about that, got into self harming (I don't get that shit, I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to causing pain to myself on purpose).</p>
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<p>Fighting between them was the norm though, argued over everything, including who got more pieces of hokey pokey in a bowl of ice cream.</p>

<p>We have made a point of saying that the door is always open & that she will always be welcome to come home if she is prepared to follow a couple of simple rules.</p>
<p>I'm picking (hoping) that after a couple of months in the real world, she'll work out that having to follow a few rules really isn't that bad & be back at home with us paying for the course that she wants to do.</p>
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<p>I'm pretty keen to know outcome as well.</p>

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<p>Good on you for not backing down, do winz get in touch with you if she applies for that benefit? I would have thought there'd have to be a decent reason for to be able to get it rather than she doesn't want to say " is that a regular or large combo?".</p>
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<p>They have asked why she needs to leave home.</p>
<p>We have said that she doesn't, she just needs to go to school or get a job, we are happy to do what parents should be doing & that she WANTS to leave.</p>
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<p>Their reply was pretty much, Ahh... another teenager thinking she knows best & rebelling against authority & her parents.</p>
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<p>At this stage no benefit, but she still believes that she is entitled to one & is now citing mental health issues (depression from having to do what her parents say).</p>
<p>There have been some rather scary threats that as a parent you never want to hear.</p>
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<p>So she is currently leaving with the assumption that once she has left she will get what she wants.</p>

<p>I've got a 16 year old daughter threatening to leave home because I don't want her to drop out of school.</p>
<p>Get a qualification or get a job I said.</p>
<p>She said the government would pay her a benefit if she was to leave home & I didn't have any idea what it's like to be a teenager & not get what I want.</p>
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<p>I'm currently helping her pack her bags.</p>
<p>Not ideal I know, but how else do I teach her about the real world?</p>

Fullermog & his fear of sharks, maybe...

We seem to have two TSF Super XV 2011 Comps running on Oztips.<br />
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Comp #236892Comp Name:TSF Super XV 2011 Password:Bartman & Comp Name: TSF Super 15 Comp Number: 247256 Comp Password: chiefswillwin <br />
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Which one do we want to use??

[quote name='Crucial']Some pretty wild backstage stories about him too. Totally at odds with the geeky white guy image that was portrayed, the man was a sexually deviant animal by some accounts.[/QUOTE]<br />
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See, I always thought that he was the true king.<br />
Look at what he started for all others to follow in his footsteps. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /><br />
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Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll.

[quote name='red terror']Spent most of the weekend working, and had Buddy Holly rolling in a continuous loop for most of it. Fabulous songwriter, and those short snappy rockabilly numbers help make the time fly.[/QUOTE]<br />
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In my opinion, Buddy was the real king of rock 'n roll. Shame we didn't hear so much more from him.<br />
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The 1st non negro to get a standing ovation at the Appolo theatre, after they booed him when he 1st walked out onto stage.

[quote name='mariner4life']Right, so a quick google search and it turns out i was watching episode 3.[/QUOTE]<br />
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So it gets worse & not better then?? Bummer

[quote name='Kirwan']@papamoan, I love that kind of shit.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Yeah, I've got that DVD. Shaolin Soccer is definately worth a look at, if as you say, you love that kind of shit.