he'd put rules on his own kids before, but they'd been his kids. harder to do that for those conditioned under a different style, especially when there's so damn many of them. ]
i can get the booze under lock and key.
what do you plan to do about those rules? house meeting?
( Itβs a flimsy barrier given the abilities the kids in the house have, but itβs something. Sheβs not sure what else Frank could suggest thatβd be reasonable - a giant safe for booze? Thatβd be ridiculous. No, lock and key is the way to go, if only to represent a boundary. )
what if they just keep doing it anyway? I mean, Brianna's right. I'm ten years older than her. She doesn't have to keep living with us, and I feel like if she decides to leave it'd probably be to teach me a lesson. And it might work.
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he'd put rules on his own kids before, but they'd been his kids. harder to do that for those conditioned under a different style, especially when there's so damn many of them. ]
i can get the booze under lock and key.
what do you plan to do about those rules? house meeting?
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I guess. This is the part Iβm lost on.
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they're at that age
rebellious streaks and all that shit
i was the worst with it
[ having much older parents also meant they were never too capable of handling him, either. ]
kid like that she's probably not used to having people on her back
she's gonna get mad
but you gotta stand your ground
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What worked for you and didn't just make you get surly and ignore them? Or did you do that anyway?
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[ waverly does have that "play by the rules" good girl vibe. it's pretty easy to tell the differences between the earp girls in that capacity. ]
i only ignore them if they're being a real pain in the ass
when the answer's no it's no
especially if it's shit that can get someone hurt or sick
whining and yelling is just them trying to get attention because they're used to having things their way
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what if they just keep doing it anyway? I mean, Brianna's right. I'm ten years older than her. She doesn't have to keep living with us, and I feel like if she decides to leave it'd probably be to teach me a lesson. And it might work.
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if she was gonna go she'd have done it already
the girl's stubborn and she's all tough skin
but she likes you
laura and i fight over the shit she does practically every day
it's about working out compromise
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but I'm too young for grey hairs π