Supernanny

[Reg Perrin]

I'm a parent of an 18 year old and a 12 year old. I also came from a Catholic family of 12 kids, my parents were a teacher and a policeman. I'm a trained Teacher and a Social worker. Nothing bugs me more than quietly spoken therapists.

 

[lyra_k]

I'm sure it's going to get more so as she gets older, cleverer and better at pushing my buttons.

But looking on the bright side, hopefully we'll get cleverer at it too, eh?

 

[madzone]

Madzone! Come on now gel, not like you to take comfort in other's misery.

But she wasn't miserable
Not all sex workers are victims - some are actually happy with it, especially the end of the market that she was at. And I may have been over - egging the pudding somewhat wth my 'addict' comment. She was going through shit-loads of the stuff but I couldn't say if she was addicted or not.

 

[madzone]

This pretty much describes Mr weepiper's childhood. His mother regularly lost her temper with him over tiny things and had screaming rows at him (still does actually) then expects everything to go back to nicey nicey ten minutes afterwards when she's calmed down. Some of the things she's said to him have made me want to cry for him He can't cope properly with it now and he's 33, so god knows what it must have been like as a child. AFAIK she never hit him as a child although his father did on several memorable occasions.

That's not what I said though. I wasn't talking about losing your temper over minor things and then expecting everything to go back to normal.
The trouble with parenting threads is that poeple take extreme circumstances to describe what they think other poeple mean.

I give up

 

[madzone]

If she's a coke addict hooker, the street corner is only a matter of time.

No it's not Johnny. Do you get the Daily Mail in Canada?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

No it's not Johnny. Do you get the Daily Mail in Canada?

No, but we have drug addicts here. I know women who ended up on steet corners as a result of a coke addiction.

 

[madzone]

No, but we have drug addicts here. I know women who ended up on steet corners as a result of a coke addiction.

And it would be churlish of me to sugest that the situation doesn't exist. However, by the same token not all sex workers are drug addled victims and not all drug addled victims are sex workers. In this particular instance the woman in question was actually fairly happy. I also met a woman who had moved over from a latin american country and who was a highly trained professional. She needed money fast whilst she was here and she turned to selling sex for a year or so. She was really good at it, made shitloads of money and walked away with some funny stories and no scars.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

And it would be churlish of me to sugest that the situation doesn't exist. However, by the same token not all sex workers are drug addled victims and not all drug addled victims are sex workers. In this particular instance the woman in question was actually fairly happy. I also met a woman who had moved over from a latin american country and who was a highly trained professional. She needed money fast whilst she was here and she turned to selling sex for a year or so. She was really good at it, made shitloads of money and walked away with some funny stories and no scars.

Sure, but you said this particular girl was both addicted to coke, and a prostitute. From what I've observed, that combination often leads to a downward spiral. The drugs and the hours you keep affect your looks, and your looks affect where you work and how much you can charge.

 

[madzone]

Sure, but you said this particular girl was both addicted to coke, and a prostitute. From what I've observed, that combination often leads to a downward spiral. The drugs and the hours you keep affect your looks, and your looks affect where you work and how much you can charge.

I didn't say prostitute - I said call girl

 

[winterinmoscow]

This week's looks a bit of a mission for supernanny.

makes me glad I don't have kids...

 

[Stobart Stopper]

My son was never like that, ever. I always had a houseful of kids but he never behaved like a monster at that age.

He just saved it up for now!