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THE FAMILY

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NotAnOtter · 01/10/2008 21:24

is it just me or is tom overindulged rude and immature

if my 14 tear old was as rude and pathetic as that she would not be carried around on my back!

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FioFio · 02/10/2008 10:38

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NotCod · 02/10/2008 10:41

no
perv.
oh god i dont want hkids who shout and swear all the tiem
ill send em away to borstal then

WendyWeber · 02/10/2008 10:46

Fraid so, cod - some very volatile personalities (& very loud voices anyway) in our house. But we're used to it. It would be nice if we were all quiet & calm, but we're not, & we all get along pretty well

MaryAnnSingleton · 02/10/2008 10:49

actually I was quite heartened by Tom's behaviour ( the cuddling his dad and seeming young for 14 bit - it made me think that ds has a few more years of being sweet and cuddly!) He seems a very nice,normal boy to me.

chopchopbusybusy · 02/10/2008 11:05

WW, yes, I really laughed at the bit with the pork chop too... I think it showed that they do all get along very well. I think a lot of family arguments should end that way.

The thing about these programmes are that they are so heavily edited - 45 minutes out of 7 days - means that we see the family in the light that the producers want us to see, hence why Emily looked like an out of control super bitch last week and this week she wasn't.

I like them, yes, the Dad does go on a bit - but as the mother of one teen and one soon to be a teen, so do I.

turquoise · 02/10/2008 12:09

I feel really sorry for Emily, she is totally the family scapegoat. When the father finally stopped going on at her and gave them both a reasonable telling off, mum decided to put the boot in on her instead! And the parents always undermine each other.

Think they're a lovely, loving family though - but dad doesn't half play to the camera. And all his psycho babble is a bit annoying.

ruty · 02/10/2008 12:14

Tom is beautiful. I was enthralled last night, though i did feel the dad was performing a bit for the cameras in his little speeches, maybe unconciously.

ruty · 02/10/2008 12:15

God knows why they agreed to live their life on camera though.

turquoise · 02/10/2008 12:17

I think Dad has read a couple of self-help/parenting books, and is very keen to use the spiel on camera.

turquoise · 02/10/2008 12:18

Clearly getting something right though, as I think all 3 kids are fantastic (didn't see the first one though that caused all the horror).

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NotCod · 02/10/2008 12:34

tom will be signed up by a modelling agency as soon as

luckylady74 · 02/10/2008 12:43

I think the editing is interesting - the mum does all the housework, but that's never seen. Dad does all the cooking asnd we see it all the time.
The fight reminded me of fighting with my brother and we always made up too- no punishments though as our parents ignored it.

Boyswillbeboys · 02/10/2008 13:51

The Dad does go on a bit but I felt sorry for him when he was hoping for the Mums support during their talk with Tom and Emily. She just sat there rolling her eyes and looking as sulky as the kids! I think she needs to show a bit of solidarity.

Loved the bit at the end where the kids were all dancing in front of the TV. Reminded me of when I was little and me and my big sis used to dance in front of Top of the Pops!

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NotAnOtter · 02/10/2008 20:17

i think they communicate VERY well for a family of teens
I think Emily gets a rough time and Mum is idle with the discipline and too happy to let Dad do all the nasty stuff

yes he goes on and on but you HAVE to with those age kids ..

Tom is very young for a boy of fourteen and some ... and somewhat cosseted imo

They all get on well though - my teens NEVER cuddle one another too busy trying to get one over!

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sherby · 04/10/2008 12:25

God I love this programme

The mum does seem really spaced out all the time, but nice clothes

I thought the dad was really good, involved with the children, affectionate, seems to cook the meals etc but he does seem to get bored and start looking for an argument

Emily seems picked on by him but nice girl

I loved when the girls were dancing in the living room together and Tom was watching v sweet

NotCod · 04/10/2008 12:28

god you lto wiht teens myust haev horrendous times.
i cant imagine being like that in 4 years.
do you haev to hate ech toher all the time

WendyWeber · 04/10/2008 17:27

I think families without hormonal girls can be a little more peaceful, cod

Lazycow · 04/10/2008 17:40

Those with boys will be far more silent (or morose if you prefer) if my teenage dns are anything to go by.

I really likes the scene (was it last week?) where the dad just rattled off a really long list of questions about the Spice girls concert that Charlotte had gone to. The rest of them just ignored him and made 'oh dad's off on one again' faces. Then in the kitchen the dad said 'I hate children' in a really exasperated tone. It really made me laugh.

I think this family is clearly a loving one. The parents do hector and lecture a lot and even shout but I still think they are loving. I'd say they do all love each other quite a bit. They strike me an amazingly normal family with teenagers and young adults at home.

kiddiz · 04/10/2008 18:07

Oh how I wish my ds2 (17) was more silent. When ds1 reached 13/14 he just shut himself in his bedroom and didn't speak to me for 2 years. Ds2 is a whole different ball game. Way too clever for his own good with an answer for everything. Picks holes in every opinion I have. Yet still comes for a cuddle and tells me he loves me (although I am well aware that usually coincides with him wanting something!!!)Give me toddlers any day

MrsTucky · 08/10/2008 00:49

I absolutely LOVE this programme.
Don't you think it's very clever editing tho'? It tends to show all the fights then generally ends with the famiy showing their loving sides towards each other.
My 2 boys are almost 16 and almost 14 and they both fight with each otherm altho not that often...but they will get together and aplologise of their own backs. I rarely need to intervene. They kiss us good night every night and tell us they love us. They're not sissy boys, just decent lads, I call them...to be mild.
my daughters are 12 and almost 11, and again both kiss us goodnight, and tell us they love us. They also can go from fighting like cat and dog (more so than the boys do) but will also apologise to each other without intervention.
I have to say I'm proud of my family for it's loving, caring values....but by god do they do my head in when they're fighting.

Tom's A 14 yr old boy being sent to bed at 9.30, now compromised to 10pm. I do feel sorry for him. Surely that's a bit early for a boy of that age. my 10 yr old daughter goes at 9, but she's the only sleepy head int he family. The rest go later, but get up no bother. As for Tom being immature, don't you think it's cos he;s the baby of the family amongst all those women,..and does the mother not just look 'spaced out' cos it's edited that way. To me it looks like she's trying to defend the kids without getting into a fight with the dad, or looking like she's 'siding' with them, against the dad.
Oh god, I'm gonna have to shut up cos I could 'gob on' forever about this programme.

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NotAnOtter · 08/10/2008 21:24

the mum is too idle to parent imo

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Saturn74 · 08/10/2008 21:26

I wish the mother would step up a bit more.

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NotAnOtter · 08/10/2008 21:30

she is happy to let dad do the parenting

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turquoise · 08/10/2008 21:31

The dad created that entire situation. Even allowing for editing, he is an arsehole.

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