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Thread ID: 123207	2012-02-10 21:02:00	Good parenting	kenj (9738)	PC World Chat

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1258520	2012-02-13 00:28:00	My take on it: Redneck control-freak dad spits the dummy and destroys a bunch of his own hard work. x2	Agent_24 (57)
1258521	2012-02-13 08:44:00	I don't see it as spitting the dummy, I see it simply as a parent drawing a line in the sand. I don't necessarily agree with his methods, simply selling the laptop might have worked just as well and not offered the opportunity for righteous indignation, but hell, it's the wild west and guns are everywhere, so when in Rome........ We had to draw just such a line once with one of our kids (call it bluff and counter-bluff if you like) but the lesson was learned and when later viewed in retrospect by all parties, it was an effective response. About 35 years ago (in my mid-twenties) I had to deal with a knotty issue with my own parents over my then choice of girlfriend, and I had to stand up for my right to choose my own companion so I made my point, drew a line in the sand and stayed behind it. They came around in the end, but I'd hate to have heard their discussions on the issue, my Dad liked her, my mother didn't! The key is to recognise when enough is enough and take a positive action that captures the other party's attention. Perforating the iPad was an effective mechanism that allowed her father to let off steam while at the same time depriving her of a privilege that she clearly did not value. In the fullness of time they'll hug and make up, but I wouldn't be holding my breath waiting for a replacement iPad. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
1258522	2012-02-13 13:07:00	I can relate to that video clip because many years ago my late father told me that if I ever brought a motorbike home he’d put an axe through it. What a preposterous proposition, cutting up a motorbike with an axe. But my father was a man of his word so I cunningly bought a motorbike but kept it at a neighbours place four doors down the road. All was fine and I guess from time to time I was seen roaring past until one day I needed an urgent toilet stop so I roared in home, parked my bike against the shed, and headed for the dunny. Whilst sitting on the throne with pants around my ankles I hear this commotion outside. So taking a peek out the toilet window to my horror I find father with his axe demolishing my motorbike. By the time I’d hitched my britches and got outside it was far too late to do anything and the old bugger didn’t even blunt his axe, he used the back of it. So you see that type of parenting isn’t all that new. :lol:	B.M. (505)
1258523	2012-02-14 07:05:00	I can relate to that video clip because many years ago my late father told me that if I ever brought a motorbike home he’d put an axe through it . What a preposterous proposition, cutting up a motorbike with an axe . But my father was a man of his word so I cunningly bought a motorbike but kept it at a neighbours place four doors down the road . All was fine and I guess from time to time I was seen roaring past until one day I needed an urgent toilet stop so I roared in home, parked my bike against the shed, and headed for the dunny . Whilst sitting on the throne with pants around my ankles I hear this commotion outside . So taking a peek out the toilet window to my horror I find father with his axe demolishing my motorbike . By the time I’d hitched my britches and got outside it was far too late to do anything and the old bugger didn’t even blunt his axe, he used the back of it . So you see that type of parenting isn’t all that new . :lol: Have you ever been caught short since then . :D	mikebartnz (21)
1258524	2012-02-15 20:09:00	Have you ever been caught short since then.:D Well never with such consequences Mike. :D I do know however that if I’d been brought up under all the PC Bull...t that we have today, I’d have spent most of my life in Jail. So I have to be grateful for a father with iron fists, (yes I had a go at him about 3 or 4 times and always walked into a “lip buttoner” and wound up on by backside) a couple of Teachers that could wield a Cane, and a local Bobbie with size 12 boots. And for those that like a happy ending, my father and I wound up the best of mates, and the Teachers and local Bobbie, just friends. :D	B.M. (505)
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