Chapter 10

After reading chpt 10 with the section about children and having sources of power, I thought immediately about my 16 year old brother. He exerts considerable influence over my parents. This past weekend I was home with my family. My brother was supposed to be grounded from the previous weekend because he never came home and stoped answering his phone when my mom called. My parents are not together so my brother always uses the act that he is with my dad or helping him with something on the farm. With my brothers lies he is excerting power over my mom. This weekend, when he was supposed to be grounded he did the same thing of not coming home. My mom doesnt know how to handle him and make him listen. She is coming to my sister and I to help her call him or figure out with he is doing. Which isnt fair for us to rat on our brother. Child power can cause great distress in a family :S