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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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[sheisred]

Talk to my parents/ask WTF their problem is and why they refuse to parent. AND I would talk to my sibling face-to-face, since I can't count on my parents to react appropriately. And I remove the sibling from my FB.

[la_jolie_vie]

I'd talk to them all as a whole.

[maideleh]

When I caught my 16 year old brother posting violent misogynistic stuff on his facebook I had a long conversation with him (via facebook, since he lives states away) about it and he's since stopped. I don't know what I would have done if he hadn't listened to me... certainly not call my mother over it. She'd likely make the situation worse.

[icedtea627]

I'm not sure. I have a 15 year old sister, but she listens to me. I guess if she didn't I might go to my parents if it was serious. Otherwise I'd probably just figure they were being a hormonal teen and would let it go for now.

[missingkeys]

Both, I suppose.

I don't think having a thirteen year-old prepare family meals is a bad thing, though if they're a poor cook the family might not appreciate it very much. I started making the family meals in grade eight and my family admittedly had to suffer through mushroom casserole at least once a week until my mother mentioned perhaps my favourite meal wasn't everybody else's, but it certainly didn't kill me.

My seven year-old cooks, though she's supervised. It's a good skill.