Posted AT 9:03 AM EDT on 21/06/07
Teens talking back? Just ignore them
Fifty years ago: "Lucinda, would you please wipe off the kitchen table for me?""Sure, Mom."Now: "Lucinda, would you please wipe off the kitchen table for me?""Excuse me? I'm not your slave. What about Jared? Why do you always ask me and not him to do stuff in the kitchen? It's because I'm a girl, isn't it? It's not fair.
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