Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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Where do I start?One incident sticks out in my mind. I must've been about 6 and I'd fallen out with my sister. My mum had "taken her side" and I was throwing a strop. My mum had a really annoying tactic of not shouting back sometimes and it really frustrated me when she would simply reply "yes mole, if you say so" etc. So I decided to run away. Now being 6, my playtime boundaries were pretty narrow, so running away basically consituted crossing those boundaries. So I packed a little bag with some clothes and my toy rabbit (not the rampant kind) and off I went.
After going down the road and hanging around for a bit, I got bored and a bit scared so I decided to go back home. I arrived to find that mum had gone out looking for me. So my dad bundled me upstairs and when my mum got back he told her I was still gone so she went off in a panic looking for me, when all the time I was sitting in my room. She went mad when she found out!
There are other bad parenting stories but they're far less amusing!
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El Lazarus is calm now, Ish,, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 20:39,
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