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Created on : Friday, May 16, 2008, 02:20:59 pm
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Have you got a whiny, crying, tantrum-throwing, feet-stomping, door-slamming, spoiled or entitled child? When you ask your child to clean up his or her room does World War III break out? Have you ever thought, Who is running this house, me or my 9-year-old? Four families who say their kids are out of control move out of their madhouse and into The Dr. Phil House. This is no summer camp … it’s Brat Camp! Skylin and Robert are newlyweds with a blended family of five kids. Robert’s two boys, Andrew, 12, and Micah, 8, constantly torment their new sister, Kaitlyn, 8, which causes yelling, crying, screaming and chaos. Helen and Tony recently divorced, but one thing they agree on is that their 9-year-old son, Ethan, lies, steals, cheats and bullies other kids. Lisa says her teen daughter, Haley, is spoiled and unappreciative. Wendy is a single mom who lost her daughter two years ago to brain cancer, and now her 10-year-old son, Noah’s, behavior has spiraled out of control. Are you in a constant battle with your child? It’s time to step up, take back control and create a happy, healthy and peaceful family. Talk about the show here.

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May 19, 2008, 1:55 pm PDT

I can't wait for this show!

 It's always fun to watch other people's kids act up, but it's so embarassing when their your own.  I predict that Dr. Phil will be focusing more on the parents than their kids.  It will be interesting to see how brat camp parents feel about  the behavior of the'brats' who are not their own.  By the way, it used to drive me crazy to see a toddler throw a tantrum in public, but now I just get jealous!  There are moments in my day where I'd like to have a meltdown, too.

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May 19, 2008, 2:42 pm PDT

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Kids don't wake up one day bad, they are only responding to the way they've been allowed to act their entire lives.  Discipline and respect begins on Day One!  These parents overindulge all their children's lives and then wonder why they have problems later.  DUH!  Remember who is the parent and who is the child!
Dr Phil calls it the tail wagging the dog.
 
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May 20, 2008, 5:31 am PDT

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 Did  you read the rest of the post, or did you only focus on that one statement, I ADMITTED it was a KNEE JERK RESPONSE, sheesh.
I got it. I expect that clip is being shown for it's shock value alone. I know the first time I saw it I was certainly shocked and thought "You've GOT to be kidding me!". I would venture a guess that most of us have never been slapped by our kids? We'll just have to see the show to get the whole story behind that clip.
 
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May 20, 2008, 6:15 am PDT

05/20 The Dr. Phil House: Brat Camp

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 It's always fun to watch other people's kids act up, but it's so embarassing when their your own.  I predict that Dr. Phil will be focusing more on the parents than their kids.  It will be interesting to see how brat camp parents feel about  the behavior of the'brats' who are not their own.  By the way, it used to drive me crazy to see a toddler throw a tantrum in public, but now I just get jealous!  There are moments in my day where I'd like to have a meltdown, too.

PJ

I don't believe in hitting children!!! But there has been times standing in line at the store, and hearing a child speak so ugly to the clueless parent, I just want to thump the child in the mouth and thump the parent in the head, and say shut up the the child, and why are you letting your child speak to you this way, get a clue to the parent!!!!!!!!
 
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May 20, 2008, 6:50 am PDT

Brat?

I am not sure that Noah is the BRAT, I think his mother is a BRAT! She is a bully and is the example for her son. She acts bratty so why shouldn't he? She needs help to get over her depression.  Just look at how she looks at him, that is not a look of love. She lost a child, he lost a sibling. He is paying for that loss. This family needs therapy!
 
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May 20, 2008, 7:26 am PDT

Brat camp

I was disconcerted when I viewed today's aired episode of Brat Camp. I have a 12 year old son on the autism spectrum and felt so bad for Ethan( the boy in the red shirt).

My husband have not given our son everything he wanted , when he wanted it. He does not have a t.v. or computer in his room. We do not have cable and just got online last year! I have friends that joke we're Luddites:) We did not give him the latest cell phone , I got us each a cheap pay as you go phone. That's right , no camera or internet!

Seriously , there are many children on the autism spectrum that behave the way Ethan and Noah do. I could sense their genuine frustration and thought of my son. KIds on the spectrum behave as if they are entitled to everything and are very difficult to be around.

My son has no concept of consequences , acts self centered , rude , interrupts , yells and has massive meltdowns that rival the fussiest 2 year old!

We have him in a social skills group and he is improving. We finally got a 504 plan at school that we can live with.

If Dr.Phil is worth his phd on paper , then do a service to some of these kids. Maybe they could be tested. It would be interesting if these kids in Brat Camp were tested.
 
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May 20, 2008, 7:37 am PDT

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 This could be interesting I remember the preview the kid slapping his mother "Be quiet, I am speaking ", my first thought and I'm not kidding, " They wouldn't find the body ", then after the knee jerk, I thought, hmm how did the kid get this way in the first place. Now I'm sure we'll hear ADHD be brought up (raised two boys with this disorder, and nope, ADHD is NOT synomous with this type of behavior ).
Is Mom parenting out of guilt ? Or has the boy never LEARNED no hitting, or that kind of backtalk ? How have the adults in his life modeled appropriate behavior, are they the parents who go into a store or retaurant bully the staff, yell at service personel for no other reason than they KNOW that service provider has no recourse or they lose their job ?  Are these the parents that SCREAM at a teacher because the teacher had the NERVE to fail their precious child ?
More seriously, has he learned from the male role models in his life, that this is the way we treat women, or anyone who has the NERVE to not "Toe the Line ", so to speak, and is Mom too tired or too much of a wimp to be the parent he NEEDS, if he needs counselling, then you take him.
How much good are these camps really, if there is nothing in place to change the home environment for these kids to come home to.
I am also tired of these parents that allow their kids to run wild then scream foul when their kids become unruly teens, then instead of being parents, we just send them away and let someone else fix them.
Dr. Phil always says the strongest role model for the child is the same sex parent.  Where is Noah's dad?
 
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May 20, 2008, 7:42 am PDT

brat camp is great!!

  Hooray for Dr. Phil!! I agree with him. There are many kids in America that need to be in a brat camp. My son is 16 and he is not  a brat. He is just spoiled and very lazy. It is harder now than ever before to raise children. I am a christian mother and it is extremely hard to raise good, christian children. I fall very short sometimes. We as parents have to deal with more negative infulences from society and drugs than ever before in history.  If you are a parent raising a brat, dont give up, just pray and get help.  It is so hard being a good mother these days.
 
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May 20, 2008, 7:49 am PDT

Have I got a brat for your camp...

I have a 12 year old nephew who has physically accousted his mom and dad, had the cops called on him more than once, has told him mom that he was going to drive a knife into her skull and even told his father the other day that he better "sleep with his eyes open". Noone seems to know what to do with him and I'm afraid it is going to go on until something really bad happens that destroys his chances to turn his temper around and have a happy, productive life.
 
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May 20, 2008, 7:53 am PDT

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Dr Phil! Thank You so much for airing this show. I have a 11 yr old name Joshua and he is Ethan and Noah rolled in to one. For a long time I though I was the only one going through this. Wow! It's very frustrating when you are try everything and nothing works. The only thing Joshua hasn't do was hit me and I just pray that never happens, Cause I honestly don 't know how I will react. I think Oliver handle herself very well. I totally get that having a yelling match with him will not solve the problem and I just learned that. He has services, he is on probation, he's very aggressive in school towards the staff and students, he's tries to urinate in the class room when he's out of control that's just a little of what I go through. Now! on a positive note Joshua is the sweetest child, very smart and very giving. I know that something is going on with my son and he won't talk about it to no one. I'm scared for him and sometimes I'm even scared for his siblings, cause you never know when he' s gonna go into a rage. My biggest fear is them removing him from my home. I love my son dearly. And to see him struggle everyday breaks my heart. What do I do.
 
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