Fed-up mum’s joke offer to give her teenage son away to ‘good home’ hailed by parents who share her pain
Ella Brookbank, 30, from Wilmslow, Manchester, posted tongue-in-cheek offer on Facebook and has been inundated with sympathy from parents who share her pain
AN EXASPERATED mum who jokingly offered to give her teenage son away to “a good home” has been hailed by parents who share her pain.
Ella Brookbank, 30, posted the tongue-in-cheek opportunity on Facebook after being driven to the end of her tether by 14-year-old Bradley's mood swings.
The mum-of-two from Wilmslow, Manchester wrote: “Teenager - 14 years old - but thinks he’s 32 - could pass for 4 though.
“Free to a good loving home. After all we only want the best don’t we?”
A list of Bradley's ‘qualities’ was also included in the post.
Ella added: “Qualities include door slamming, wearing battered looking trainers in the house, spending more time on his hair than his showers, mood swings, not having the energy to hoover his room but having the energy to skateboard.
“He is polite enough but be wary about taking him out in public - because although he is used to people, you never can tell whether he’ll have a good enough social response to any situation - a soft grunt now covers most basic conversations - followed by the dreaded eye roll.”
The post has received hundreds of shares from parents in the same boat.
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One mum wrote: “Um! Same in my house, same age but different sex and double the hormones! Plus a ton of makeup just to walk the dog.”
Ella, 30, said: “When I made the post public I got loads of responses. All sorts of people have shared it.
“It was just a bit of a laugh really but I think a lot parents could relate to it.
“Usually people only post about the perfect moments on Facebook and sometimes you just feel like saying, actually I’ve had a really bad day with my kids.
“I should say I’ve got lovely kids and that my son’s behaviour isn’t malicious or anything like that. I’m very lucky...he can just be a very moody teenager at times.
“I just thought I’d post something about it.
“Loads of other people with teenagers said they had a similar experiences.”
Luckily Bradley saw the humorous side too.
The 14-year-old said: “I thought it was pretty funny to be fair.
“Some of my friends had sent me a Snapchat of the post.
“I don’t think I’m that moody though.”
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