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Tough Love for the Modern Teenager

January 23, 2015July 4, 2016 Brettalarm, bed, kids, late, teenagers, waking up0 comment

TOUGH LOVE in the Partington Household today! My teenage boys have been sleeping in up till midday through the holidays. We thought we needed to get their body clocks ready for school next week, so we had a practice at getting up at 6.30am today so they can catch the bus by themselves. As expected, both boys slept in till 8am(when their bus would be leaving) I decided to teach them a lesson. I burst into their rooms with a megaphone, sounding an ‘air raid ‘ siren at full…

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Do you approve of teenage sleepovers?

January 21, 2015July 5, 2016 BrettAlcohol, drugs, feral, Issues, kids, security, sex, Sleepover, teenager0 comment

“Nothing good comes from a sleepover!”. This is the mantra that I tell my two boys everytime they ask if they can stay over at a mate’s place. Can someone please tell me what the purpose of a sleepover is and why as parents we allow them to happen? I don’t know about you but my boys come back the next day as tired, snotty little ferals with a whole heap of gangster attitude that us parents have to put up with for the rest of the weekend. What are…

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Passing on Bad Habits To Your Kids

January 8, 2015July 8, 2016 Brettcostanza, kids, parenting, pass the parcel, rant0 comment

Costanza Rant of the Week : ‘Pass the Parcel’ at children’s parties needs to be OVERHAULED! That’s right, I said it!….no one has had the guts to say it till now, but as parents we have lost it!!! When preparing the game ‘pass the parcel’ the modern parent now places a chocolate in every wrapping layer, so everyone wins a prize. This is because it is all about our own child’s feelings and overprotective parenting. The result is that once each child gets their chocolate after each layer is unwrapped,…