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Doing this to a child is wrong

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fuckxmas · 27/11/2020 18:09

BBC report : His said his 14-year-old daughter had not left her bedroom for four days, with meals being left outside her door, until the family learned the result was void on Thursday

This is so wrong to do to a child

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SchrodingersImmigrant · 29/11/2020 12:41

Beef rib stew sounds great @JesusInTheCabbageVan !

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 29/11/2020 12:41

@SchrodingersImmigrant

So you don't think we should respect the thread's right not to die?

Not only that I don't think that. I am actively trying to murder it😂

Poor fred Sad
ILoveYou3000 · 29/11/2020 12:41

@JesusInTheCabbageVan do you have a recipe for those brownies?!

flaviaritt · 29/11/2020 12:42

JesusInTheCabbageVan

Squash risotto with cavolo nero. In honour of mad tyrants everywhere.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 29/11/2020 12:42

@SchrodingersImmigrant smelling pretty good... what's your fish?

slashlover · 29/11/2020 12:42

flaviaritt not sure if you're still on the thread

Grin Grin Grin

SchrodingersImmigrant · 29/11/2020 12:42

Jesus😂 Did you just got so attached you name this thread @JesusInTheCabbageVan 😂

HazeyJaneII · 29/11/2020 12:43

I just can't stop coming back, it's like being in the mafia...."Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"
I'm looking forward to the moment the curtains are flung open and the thread can explode into a pile of dust.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 29/11/2020 12:45

[quote JesusInTheCabbageVan]@SchrodingersImmigrant smelling pretty good... what's your fish?[/quote]
Just a simple white fish. I had sea trout (prefer it to salmon) few days ago so fancied something lighter. Shame I didn't score any coley. Lovely budget fish!

slashlover · 29/11/2020 12:46

I'm not sure what I'm having. Might have a Pot Noodle as I'm studying so trying to have the full student experience while I'm on furlough. Grin

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 29/11/2020 12:47

@flaviaritt lovely! No fiddling while it burns, now Wink

@ILoveYou3000 yep! It's this one www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/best-ever-chocolate-brownies-recipe but I use just dark chocolate (no milk or white) and bung some raspberries in. Also I don't do all the separating eggs, beating whites etc because it's boring.

flaviaritt · 29/11/2020 12:48

JesusInTheCabbageVan

Okay, that was quite good. 😂

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 29/11/2020 12:49

@slashlover I hear pot noodle sandwiches are The Bollocks.

@SchrodingersImmigrant personally I think they should name everything after me. Grin

ILoveYou3000 · 29/11/2020 12:49

I am perfectly willing to listen if you want to contradict me and say you think it’s wrong to confine a teenager to their room against their will. That’s my position. Feel free to come on over.

You said I don't respect my child's right to Liberty, where is the evidence for this? I'll help here, there is none. I wouldn't need to force anything, my kids would make the decision themselves to isolate and they'd do it happily to protect me and their sibling because they love us both and would prefer keeping us safe over being able to roam the house.

flaviaritt · 29/11/2020 12:50

Also, a suggestion: the 4 year old is watching Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Watch that and then tell me it’s okay to lock people in one room for weeks.

flaviaritt · 29/11/2020 12:50

ILoveYou3000

I don’t need evidence. To me, you don’t appear to respect your child’s right to liberty.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 29/11/2020 12:50

@flaviaritt

Actually, that's kind of a pun too, but it wasn't meant to be.

ILoveYou3000 · 29/11/2020 12:52

@JesusInTheCabbageVan thank you! Have added it to my list of Christmas baking. If I ever get off this thread that is.

slashlover · 29/11/2020 12:52

@JesusInTheCabbageVan

@slashlover I hear pot noodle sandwiches are The Bollocks.

I had Super Noodle sandwiches back when I was a teenager, also tinned spaghetti in a roll. The only bread I have in at the moment is in the freezer and I hate that for sandwiches.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 29/11/2020 12:52

I was locked in a hospital room in infectious deseases dept for week and half and my family could come and talk to me through a window😂 Trying to throw an apple in through high windows is bloody hard😂 And no tv.

I am not as old as it sounds.....

ILoveYou3000 · 29/11/2020 12:53

I don’t need evidence. To me, you don’t appear to respect your child’s right to liberty.

You're wrong. But then that's a running theme with you it seems.

slashlover · 29/11/2020 12:53

@flaviaritt

Also, a suggestion: the 4 year old is watching Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Watch that and then tell me it’s okay to lock people in one room for weeks.
Maybe turn the phone/computer off and interact with your kid? You've been on here since 8am.
SchrodingersImmigrant · 29/11/2020 12:53

You brits can make and do make anything into a butty and it's absolutely fascinating 😂

flaviaritt · 29/11/2020 12:56

I was locked in a hospital room in infectious deseases dept for week and half and my family could come and talk to me through a window😂

In the UK? Then you could have left. But there is legal provision for the State to confine you under those circumstances. There just isn’t provision for parents to do it.

ILoveYou3000 · 29/11/2020 12:56

@slashlover super noodle sandwiches were a staple of my youth.

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