Originally posted by popcornbird


A middle age adult with a full life experience yelling at a 12 year old kid is not nice at all.
No, but that's what parenting is - it's not always about warm fuzzies. I'm not Mother Teresa; if a kid (even my own) grates on my nerves that much, I might impart some of my "life experience" in a crabby way, especially if the kid in question has been told NUMEROUS times that her behavior is unacceptable and still persists. I start out asking my daughter nicely, to do something. After several hours, several "nice" requests, and nothing but disrepect and inaction in return, I blow a verbal fuse. Several people have tried nicely with Britt, but she's not getting the message. (Notice that I did not use foul language or character assasination, just some theories on what the problem might be, and suggestions on where to find sites where her stories might be better appreciated.) I wouldn't care if it were just about her, but this is a pet forum, and she has animals that aren't being treated well. Life is not always nice; parents who coddle their children aren't doing them any favors, although I must say, Popcornbird, that your parents seem to have done a good job with you - you're very intelligent and literate. Unfortunately, some of us parents weren't blessed with cooperative, respectful kids like you, so our job of molding their little personalities is sometimes beyond our ability. And yes, my daughter is sometimes VERY rude, and that's been her basic personality since birth, pretty much, although in her teen years it has really exploded. I do read ALL of her posts on here, and I don't agree with a lot of them or the way they are imparted, so she and I discuss it, but she usually decides to express herself the way she wants to. She needs to experience the results from her actions, like the scoldings she gets on Pet Talk - if she hears it from more people than just me, she might get it. (Kind of like when I let her smack her head on the dashboard - she needs to have things demonstrated graphically because she is EXTREMELY bull-headed and argumentative.) Oh, and by the way, YLL - I LOVE YOU - ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL even though you don't make it easy at times .

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