Posted on 03/20/2006 7:34:30 AM PST by mathprof
An exasperated father has discovered to his cost that cyberspace is not the ideal arena for family feuds. Two weeks ago Steve Williams became so fed up with his daughter's messy bedroom that he built a website featuring pictures of his slothful offspring's lair in an attempt to shame her into action.
But the public humiliation proved a short-lived victory. While it did spur his daughter, Claire, into tidying up her room, it also whet her appetite for revenge. With the help of her father's friends, the 20-year-old business student has now set up a rival website that displays photos of him in a variety of compromising situations.
"All my friends feel sorry for Claire so they're ganging up on me," said Mr Williams, of Whitehaven, Cumbria. "They've managed to dig out photos of me drunk and dancing round with a handbag at a party, and also put pictures of my garage on to show it's not just Claire who's untidy...
Despite the embarrassment, Mr Williams said he had no regrets.
"It started off as a flippant remark, with me saying to Claire if you don't sort your room out I am going to put that pic on the internet," he said. "It had the desired effect. Her bedroom is not immaculate, but it's a hundred times better. My son has started keeping his tidy too. He's living in fear of being outed!
"Claire is absolutely mortified. She has only just started speaking to me again."
Mr Williams' site, www.shameit.com, has proved hugely popular with disgruntled families from all over the world. Nearly 40,000 people have visited the site in its first fortnight.
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Student to teacher: "Mrs.blu, why don't you know this stuff? Have you been FReepin' again?!"
What do you do when it's your Daughter-in-Law, and the house is a pig sty....??? With cat poop in the clean clothes basket, a full cat box on the front porch to greet you when you arrive, or on the back porch baking in the sun......? And, the one bathroom (for 6 people) didn't get cleaned until around oh, 4 months or so....
Note: The DIL's Mother is the same way....
you have to start teaching them when they are young if you wait till they are 15 you've already lost.
my brother wanted me to take his kids when they became teenagers and started acting badly....
I said "no way" you want me to pay the price for you lack of parenting the last 15 years? forget it! you reap what you sow.
I have several kids younger than 4 that I can just look at the right way and they burst into tears, that's parenting.
I was at 18! So Yeah!
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Does anyone but architects need to measure triangles???
Yes, your writing is be more fun then math!
The best thing to do is simply have a rule which says you have to keep the door to your room closed. I don't want to see it. If you like living in squalor that's fine. If you leave the room door open (and I don't care if you are 13 years old or 20 years old) you get grounded.
That's very nice for you. You have compliant children.
I could beat mine to death and they wouldn't care. It is a constant struggle to discipline a child who doesn't care about anything.
I was 18 when the Army removed me from home. After my discharge, I was invited to stay at home for a short period, but was charged rent. I was incensed, but paid it. I soon found a reason to leave permanently. Re-instate the draft and the problem of 18 plus kids at home would be solved. For the really messy kids, make sure they are inducted into the Marines. That's a swift cure for many bad behaviors.
I was a full time student until about 6 months before I moved out and except for my last year at school I always had a job and always paid rent.
Kill the cat. 'Pod.
She's in college.
I disagree...........if they do not respect you, you have done something wrong. There is a vast difference between fear and respect.
YOU miss the point. Not all children are the same.
My oldest child is bi-polar. I have struggled with him from the time he was a year old. The ONLY thing he has ever been afraid of was a cold shower. I had to reserve that for the big issues. He doesn't care about anything. Literally. Think about that. No motivators work. Spanking didn't work. If I wanted him in time out, I would have to sit on him to make him stay.
I am just thankful that after all my struggles he, and my girls are excelling in school, and that I get compliments on my their behavior when someone takes them out. I guess I, the rotten parent by your standards, will have to make do with that.
Just thank God you have "normal" children. Perhaps a trifle less arrogance might be in order.
Interesting family dynamics . . .
If your 20 year old does not obey rules of the house because they are geting "older" are they asked to leave. As a regular course of maturing kids tend to want to start their own set of rules.
Fair's fair.
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