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[morningapproach]

You have a younger sibling who is in grade 8 who has a horrible attitude and is constantly disrepectful. You no longer live at home, but you talk to your 5 siblings frequently. Your Father and Step-Mother have, as your other siblings have grown up after you, taken a decidedly hands-off approach to parenting and often have your 13yo sibling

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[owlsarentaholes]

If I'm the one with an issue or concern, then I should be the one to sit down and talk with my sibling about it.

It takes a lot to offend me, and I don't know as I think anything is 100% inappropriate on a social networking site . . . it's a personal page and as long as you're aware that it can be used against you in the future (by potential employers or schools), you should post what you want to post.

[anagramofbrat]

Both. That's not okay.

[lovetokate]

If talking to them once about it had not worked, I would then bring it up to my parents if the things being posted bothered me that much.

My sister is 14, I live several states away, and my parents basically leave her to fend for herself. A few months back we had an incidence where I found out some very troubling things through what she posted on her FB. At first I confronted her about it...tried to play the cool-but-responsible big sister card. But when I found out she was still holding things back from me and acting in ways that could have lasting consequences not only for her, but for my entire family, I went to my parents.

[meshuggenah42]

I would have a nice "Stop being a dick" talk with my sibling.

[morningapproach]

tried that :( He's still being a dick. I can attribute some of that to being a hormonal teenager, but a lot of it I feel comes from a lack of parental role models in the house :(

[meshuggenah42]

Yeah, to be honest I probably would have more of an issue with my parents than with my brother.

I'm very protective over my brother (also in 8th grade) and I would have a tough time not saying anything to my parents if I thought they weren't doing their job.

[morningapproach]

I say things to my dad, and to my other brother (22) who still lives at home, but I have a hard time saying anything to my step-mom, as she is a complete lazy bitch - she quit her job about a year ago, and hasn't gone back to work since (voluntarily) and just sits on her ass all day and plays flash games. She doesn't take any time to spend with her son, and refuses to discipline him when he acts out or does shit. I just want to smack her and tell her that he wants her attention, hence why he is acting out.

[tauruschick]

I would talk to both my parents and my sibling.

however, is this really a parenting debate?