Make a crazy big deal of disinfecting everything around you before picking up your child in a huff. She'll (theoretically) be shamed into leaving or at the very least doing something constructive, like put a fucking bag on its head.

I've often found in the places I've worked (hospitality and retail) that the parents who let their kids run feral are the ones that get offended/threaten to sue for discrimination/want free shit when staff call 'em on it. Sometimes (again, in my experience) it's easier to let it slide, clean up the aftermath and…

100% this. Some kids are fortunate to have a support network, positive influences that far outweigh the negative and a relatively clear perspective on their world. Some do not.

Dunno about 'race card' but otherwise I'm with you - that pissed me off royally (no pun intended). 'Murica might've had slaves 150 years ago; we had convicts, First Fleeter's and the Royal fucking Army.

Given the BOLLOCKING she's receiving on the MH website via Disqus, I don't think she's too concerned about Lindy's piece here. The wolves are tearing the wee lass to shreds.

Nahhh... just shoot the fucker.

I'm simultaneously sorry you had to go through this, happy you've been able to find treatment and angrier than a coked-up rhinoceros that your wellbeing was more or less ignored by those we look to for help. Whatever happened to the Hippocratic oath? Fucksake.

So your precocious brain didn't allow for timezones? Australia is 15 hours ahead of New York City for example; plenty of time for a dude with a bit of magic to fly from one part of the world to another - maybe even stop for a wee and a smoke while he's at it!

THIS. I'mma do this to my niece and nevvy before they go to Church on Christmas eve, just to fuck with their mother. We're not a religious family by any stretch but if I can make sitting in church for 2 hours just that little more uncomfortable for them, then why not?!?

So... did your mother even hold you when you were a child, or were you made to stand on your own two feet? Fucking killjoy.

Us too! Plus, we have REALLY HOT Christmases here so my dad suggested leaving a note for Santa to help himself to a beer from the downstairs fridge before he flew off again. Then would rant because "the fat ol' bastard took a six-pack! I said ONE!!!"

I bought my first washing machine at the tender age of not-quite-27.

Wow, I feel like I just gave myself a partial lobotomy. I'm so sorry! :D

Lol sry babez cnt help myself

PS you're more than welcome down here - I even have an airbed you can crash on ;)

I'll say this for Australia - we've never been too culturally sensitive full stop. Sometimes it's to our benefit (when we're laughing at ourselves, eg movies like The Wog Boy and The Castle), other times to our detriment (Cronulla Riots).

Thank you!

Wanna know something hilaaaarious? A bunch of dumb drunk Aussies thought they were flying "our" version of a rebel flag, aka the Eureka Flag at some event (think it was V8 supercars or similar). Turns out it was actually the US confederate flag. Dickheads.

I think you're the one with the problem WWP. You seem hell-bent on catching out others. Are you attempting to justify your own bigotry and ideologies?