[TChris]

The mom lost this fight years ago. You don't have uncontrollable teenagers without first failing to control them as toddlers, preschoolers, etc..

Children learn to respect and obey their parents at a young age, or they don't learn it at all.

[DallasDeb]

The mom lost this fight years ago. You don't have uncontrollable teenagers without first failing to control them as toddlers, preschoolers, etc..

That's a lot of kids to take care of while they're young (4 in 5 years). Parenting skills do not come naturally. They have to be learned. She probably threw up her hands very early in their lives because they were more than she could handle.