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cherylpf
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 Posted: 12/09/04 - 16:37 Post subject: you have officially lost control
Is this me or is this more telling of the parents than their kids? 
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041209/ap_on_fe_st/parents_on_strike
Parents Go on Strike, Move to Front Yard
Wed Dec 8,11:28 PM ET Strange News - AP
DELTONA, Fla. - Even though the dishes, garbage and dirty laundry were piling up, homeowners Cat and Harlan Barnard were getting no help from their two children.
After begging and pleading with their 17-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter to help out around the house, the Barnards decided they were fed up. So they went on strike — and moved out to the front yard.
"This was our last-ditch effort," Cat Barnard said.
Since Monday morning, the Barnards have lived in a tent in their front yard, going inside the house only to use the restroom or shower. The couple sits on lawn chairs and roasts marshmallows over a hibachi.
Their children were confused on the first day when they came home from school. "It's extremely inconvenient," said their son, Ben Barnard. "Every time the phone rings, we have to run outside to give it to them."
Whether the couple's actions could be regarded as abandonment depends on how much guidance the parents are still providing and "if the children are suffering as a result," said Carrie Hoeppner, a spokeswoman with the Department of Children & Families in Orange County.
But Cat Barnard says the strike may already be paying dividends. She noted that her daughter washed her own clothes for the first time on Tuesday.
"This is war," Cat Barnard said. "I love my babies, but I don't like what they're doing."
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Molly600
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 16:39 Post subject:
Ya, that's smart. Let the kids have the house, boy, that will teach them a lesson.
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 16:39 Post subject:
This is ridiculous. You TELL your children to help, not BEG and PLEAD for them to help. Friggin honestly.
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 16:40 Post subject:
Dude! I totally ignored my parents and they, like, moved out and sh!t!
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 16:53 Post subject:
| Molly600 wrote: | Ya, that's smart. Let the kids have the house, boy, that will teach them a lesson.
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Well, you can't legally lock them out, but you can move yourself out.
It's their 15 minutes of fame, cut them a little slack. 
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Molly600
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:02 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | It's their 15 minutes of fame, cut them a little slack. |
Slack, no way!!! Too many parents are just complete IDIOTS! Just watch Dr. Phil sometime. 
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:07 Post subject:
Little Poky has been doing a good job of picking up her toys. She informed me that she does not want Santa to trip over them, and then hate toys like the Burgermeister Meisterburger.
I'm so glad we don't have to camp out it's wet and yucky here
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:09 Post subject:
I am sure this problem started way before this. Nothing will be accomplished here.
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Molly600
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:15 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | | Little Poky has been doing a good job of picking up her toys. She informed me that she does not want Santa to trip over them, and then hate toys like the Burgermeister Meisterburger. |
She sounds like a wonderful and caring young girl. 
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:32 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | I am sure this problem started way before this. Nothing will be accomplished here. |
Oh heck, they'll probably start a reality show based on this and they'll get rich for being slobs!......dang, why didn't I think of that!........ 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:35 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | Little Poky has been doing a good job of picking up her toys. She informed me that she does not want Santa to trip over them, and then hate toys like the Burgermeister Meisterburger.
I'm so glad we don't have to camp out it's wet and yucky here |
what is a burgermeister meisterburger??
I used to worry that Santa would hate warm milk as much as I did so I used to leave him water so it wouldn't matter how late he got there he could drink it.
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:38 Post subject:
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what is a burgermeister meisterburger??
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The mayor in Santa Claus is Coming to Town. He banned toys
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:38 Post subject:
desperate times call for desperate measures.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:39 Post subject:
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The mayor in Santa Claus is Coming to Town. He banned toys
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oh my gosh I'm officially scrooge that I forgot that... 
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Posted: 12/09/04 - 17:39 Post subject:
| Molly600 wrote: |
Slack, no way!!! Too many parents are just complete IDIOTS! Just watch Dr. Phil sometime.
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Aww, come on, Doc Phil isn't that big of an idiot!!!
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