What's the world coming to?

**Morcs** · 27th November 2007, 18:30

I came home at 9am this morning to see my little sister (14yo) snoozing away in bed (and was still sleeping when I went out at lunchtime).

This has been a regular thing, shes doesnt have nights out, or any illness/disorders.

Its basically skiving off school.

Back in the day, the only way off getting off school would be either if you are dying, or spend the entire day hiding on the run from parents, teachers and the police...

Now her parents are good parents, no-where near as harsh on her as they were to me (maybe cos shes a girl and has a different mother?) but this sickens me.

Society is so fucked that a kid can bunk off school for being 'tired' and there is fuck all parents can really do about it, unless they are really decent kids, or have had the fear of god beaten into them.

So, what is the world coming to eh?

**Trudes** · 27th November 2007, 18:35

Generation Y. Spoiled kids by parents who can't say "NO". The world owes them something, everything maybe, and they want it now!!

**Disco Dan** · 27th November 2007, 18:49

Originally Posted by Morcs

I came home at 9am this morning to see my little sister (14yo) snoozing away in bed (and was still sleeping when I went out at lunchtime).

This has been a regular thing, shes doesnt have nights out, or any illness/disorders.

Its basically skiving off school.

Back in the day, the only way off getting off school would be either if you are dying, or spend the entire day hiding on the run from parents, teachers and the police...

Now her parents are good parents, no-where near as harsh on her as they were to me (maybe cos shes a girl and has a different mother?) but this sickens me.

Society is so fucked that a kid can bunk off school for being 'tired' and there is fuck all parents can really do about it, unless they are really decent kids, or have had the fear of god beaten into them.

So, what is the world coming to eh?

9am? Did not think the sun comes up until at least lunchtime...

I have contacts with a certain organisation that 'catches' truants?

**Mom** · 27th November 2007, 18:53

Assume she lives at home?

Parents drag missy from her pit, insist she gets dressed, if refused drive missy to school in her jimjams or whatever she happens to be wearing at the time.........reckon that would be the last time she did that.

Fuck what is wrong with parents these days.........

Morcs..........you do the deed.........drag the madame to school, she will hate you for it, but I figure eventually she will thank you for it!

**Timber020** · 27th November 2007, 19:04

Do what any other older sibling would do, kick there butts. Your parents are letting is slide, but you dont have to. My brother at 26 knows if he screws up royal I will be on his case, dont blame the world, blame the people who complain and do nothing.

**Morcs** · 27th November 2007, 19:09

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

9am? Did not think the sun comes up until at least lunchtime...

I have contacts with a certain organisation that 'catches' truants?

Yeah only problem is its the parents who get punished, not the kid.

Originally Posted by Mom

Assume she lives at home?

Parents drag missy from her pit, insist she gets dressed, if refused drive missy to school in her jimjams or whatever she happens to be wearing at the time.........reckon that would be the last time she did that.

Fuck what is wrong with parents these days.........

Morcs..........you do the deed.........drag the madame to school, she will hate you for it, but I figure eventually she will thank you for it!

I would except I work from 7:30-7:30...

Though I do like the idea of slinging her on the bike of my bike in jimjams and scaring the living shit out of her all the way to massey...

**yungatart** · 27th November 2007, 19:10

I work with several teenagers who are too tired to come to school. Apparently they all have "chronic fatigue syndrome".
Apparently they often play on the XBox or PS till the wee small hours too!
Seems to me, their parents are letting them down big time.
Kick their lazy arses off to bed at a reasonable hour, and them kick them out in the morning, I say!

**HTFU** · 27th November 2007, 19:11

Originally Posted by Mom

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Fuck what is wrong with parents these days.........

Morcs..........you do the deed.........drag the madame to school, she will hate you for it, but I figure eventually she will thank you for it!

Where do you start ?. Go spend a lunchtime at your local high school just to see the extent of the problems out there, and these are the ones at school

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As for physically trying to make her do anything. Joke right.

Take away phone credit, or cell phone. Restrict the supply of the good things, to give her a bit of a wake up ( pun not intended) call.

Maybe parents giving a shit during the years 12-14. Doing stuff as a family you know all the basics. Showing her the real world through leading by example as parents, getting out and doing things, not just watching tv or movies. Work, work, work.

Funny watching the 100 or so parents who come out enthusiastically to watch their 5-11 year olds do athletics club each week, swimming club, tennis lessons, dance and gymnastics. They get to high-school and not one turns up to anything. I even contemplated buying a van just so I could transport all the school teams around as no parents turn up for anything once they reach high-school.

(life story warning) My old man came to everything he could, rugby on weekends, athletics meets. Parent teacher interviews, school camps the works. Kids telling parents not to come because they are embarrassed

and the parents not actually coming, crazy stuff.

**Mom** · 27th November 2007, 19:39

Originally Posted by Morcs

Though I do like the idea of slinging her on the bike of my bike in jimjams and scaring the living shit out of her all the way to massey...

Not so sure about the scaring the living shit out of her but.......taking her to school in her jammies would work, she would hate you of course!.....meh, that till she matured a little bit!

Originally Posted by yungatart

I work with several teenagers who are too tired to come to school. Apparently they all have "CROCK OF SHIT SYNDROME".
Apparently they often play on the XBox or PS till the wee small hours too!
Seems to me, their parents are letting them down big time.
Kick their lazy arses off to bed at a reasonable hour, and them kick them out in the morning, I say!

+10 +10 What the fuck is wrong with parents these days!

Originally Posted by Robignevil

As for physically trying to make her do anything. Joke right.

Nope! This stuff should be done when kids are small enough to educate them you mean it!

My 15y/o daughter played the going to school (and heaven knows where else card) with a restricted driver behind the wheel. I told her never again! The consequences for her if she did were all of these.......

1. call to boys parents to let them know what he was doing outside his liscense conditions;
2. call to school to let them know he was breaking the rules around being allowed the priveledge of driving to school and;
3. call to police with rego number of car, and advice tht he was breaking license conditions.

Yep I got the "you would not dare, then the i will hate you forever comment, then the "look"" That look says...........oh shit you mean it!........and that was the end of me having to worry about her in that car......she feels great, because she can blame me for being a bitch, I feel great because she knows I will not hesitate to follow through.

**Swoop** · 27th November 2007, 19:51

Originally Posted by yungatart

I work with several teenagers who are too tired to come to school. Apparently they all have "chronic fatigue syndrome".
Apparently they often play on the XBox or PS till the wee small hours too!

Spot on with that one!
Bedtime at a reasonable hour - WITHOUT a cellphone, playbox x-station or whatever in the room!
A lot of kids stay up untill very late and then wonder why they are tired... Geeze. Go figure!
Weekends, yes. Schoolnights, no.

A lot of the international students stay up late so they can chat with overseas friends on msn (etc).

**TerminalAddict** · 28th November 2007, 06:44

get elected on to your kids high school board of trustees, then volunteer to run the disciplinary committee ... suddenly your 14 year old daughter is an angel.

and in a school of 2000 kids she can't hide anymore.

"Hello Ashleigh, you're Mr Willards' daughter aren't you?"

**imdying** · 28th November 2007, 06:57

Originally Posted by Morcs

Now her parents are good parents

No, no they're not. They let it come to this. That != good parents.

**naughtygirl** · 28th November 2007, 07:03

Same thing at my parents, both of my younger sisters get days off so easy, when i was at school, if i wasnt vomiting and on my death bed then i was at school!

My sister had a swollen lip from biting it in her sleep = Day off school
My sister was tired from riding her horse all day the day before = Day off school
PATHETIC!!

**Skyryder** · 28th November 2007, 07:11

Don't know how old she is but at this time of year many students don't have classes to go to. I think they call it study time or something.

I picking, if you will excuse the pun, you have a case of sour grapes.

Skyryder

**yungatart** · 28th November 2007, 07:25

Originally Posted by Skyryder

Don't know how old she is but at this time of year many students don't have classes to go to. I think they call it study time or something.

I picking, if you will excuse the pun, you have a case of sour grapes.

Skyryder

At 14 y/o she is probably year 9 or 10 (3rd or 4th form) and will have classes.
It is only seniors who have study leave for external exams.