in the supermarket...
a mother and teen daughter. Daughter attempts to sneak a packet of choccy biscuits into the shopping trolley; the mother spots this and puts them back on the shelf.

Defiantly, the stroppy teen tries again ...

... but the mother then threatens to throw a strop at high volume unless the recalcitrant teen behaves.

The choccy biscuits stay on the shelf.


Does it count if it's the parent threatening to throw a tantrum?
(haberman is singing in the changes, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 11:50, 9 replies)

not sure...
but the threat of embarrassment is the best weapon in the arsenal against the moody teenager.

Personally, I think I'll threaten to take up skateboarding again to be "cool" and pick the kids up from school wearing a hoody and shouting "Yo blud, I is over here, innit!"

That should make sure they never, ever, step out of line... :-)
(Chad, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 11:59, closed)

I am definitely going to use this
My eldest is 11 and in a year or two he'll no doubt go batshit if I did this.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:02, closed)

perhaps its just me
but my parents stopped taking me to/from school when I was 7. Can't entirely get my head around the idea of an 11yr old being picked up from school.
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:29, closed)

Same here
Well, walked from 9.

I got picked up occasionally after that but it was just when there was something to do straight after school (dentist usually...)
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:24, closed)

depends on the kid/school...
my mates went to local comp - had one small bag and took bus/walked. I went to a public school miles out in the countryside, had to take a bag of books, gym kit, rugby/hockey/tennis/cricket gear (depending on what season it was), music instrument (compulsory learning of violin, woodwind and percussion for two years, after which I played guitar) and god knows what else - I could barely lug it all up the driveway, let alone 5 miles down country lanes.

Having said that, if I had gone to school just down the road, I'd have walked or taken my bike.
(Chad, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:00, closed)

Dictionary Corner...
What does recalcitrant mean?
(Lip Up Fatty Fatty Reggae still loves BBQ food on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:05, closed)

Defiant, obstinate; opposed to authority

_{I like this word and may try to use it more often in conversation.}
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:07, closed)

Like that advert
Where the mum throws the crisps onto the floor and has a tantrum to show her 4 year old kid just how stupid he's being?
(No offenc - not to be confused with no_offenc, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:25, closed)

My friend
marty has 4 of the fuckers/teenagers. Managed to stop them playing their shit music loudly all day by spending a lot of time remarking on how much he liked it and playing it himself.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:49, closed)