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Hiccup won't go to school

You have to reason with these kids. Everyone says they're quiet and polite and open to a reasonable discussion. Above all, they're sensible. You have to rise to their level. Discussing school reasonably and calmly will persuade them to love and respect you more, and - yes - want to go to school. You need to contact their inner Want-To-Go-To-Schoolness. Otherwise try brute force, shouting and bribery.

Murdering them won't get them to school, even if it gives you some relief. Remember - always - that You're the unreasonable one, who is never fair. So start being fairer to them.

She has *reasonably* agreed to go to school tomorrow *says through gritted teeth*

and now is reasonably getting on with home school although the naughty is trying to do his very best to distract her from of mice and men

for the day

Hi peanut!

I'm so glad you took my advice, and proved to yourself how sensible it was

You seem to have put it into practice rather well, resulting in a Result (of sorts).

How old is s/he, and do you have others who have to try to deal with your own unreasonable parental unreasonability?

Always here to help, -Jus' call my name 'n I'll be there -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6bARIaMhCMJabs


Jabs

I'm am feeling reasonable now not just feigning it

Hiccup is 16 and at the moment she is only one that has to deal with my parental unreasonability

later on though I will inflicting my unreasonablity on my Mum who I am hoping is taking things easy

any advice on how to deal with parents?

Tell them they're adopted

Yay, Hiccup went to school to day and it wasn't hard work getting her there now I am off to tell my parents they are adopted

Good luck with that

Missed this journal yesterday. Glad to hear Hiccup is not giving you so much grief today Just as well I wasn't here yesterday, I probably would have said good for her (about not going to school, not about giving you grief). I always wanted someone to tell me I was doing good by not going in My mother was mostly off at work though, so she didn't know the half of it.

just as well as she not here then you

we don't need any encouragement

while I was being unreasonable I was thinking 'Right ho Hiccup,lets sort our kit out and go' bad parent *slaps own wrist*

Nah, you weren't being unreasonable and certainly not a bad parent. *soothes wrist*

Is she not allowed to read here at all?

she is allowed to read whatever she wants

If she's 16, get her to join Hootoo...


.. We'll teach her a thing or two

you'll scare her off!

Hi L'il

as for teaching her a thing or two I told her about Astrid and Matt 'goings on' and she said she would rather not read all about it