Family Exiles Misbehaving Teenage Daughter to Siberia

хороший денек! That's 'Good Day' in Russian, and translates as 'khoroshiy denek'. How's it going? I've got my skates on trying to catch up with my posts so help yourself to coffee and a VT while I keep on writing here, okay?

While most parents punish kids by sending them to their room, Sofia Petrova’s mother went a little further than that – she exiled her misbehaving daughter to another country. The
18-year-old hasn’t been home in three years; her mother hasn’t permitted her to return in spite of repeated apologies and pleas.

So how does a parent actually convince a 15-year-old high school freshman to board a plane to Siberia? Well, it turns out that Sofia was tricked. Her mother and stepfather told her that they were sending her on a three-week vacation to visit her biological father for the first time. But when Sofia reached Novosibirsk city, she realized the chilling truth – there was no return ticket.

That’s when her mother and stepfather informed her that she was actually being ‘punished’ for her typical teenager behavior – flunking school, running away from home and stealing money. She was to remain in Siberia with her father until she learned to change her ways. 

Sofia was pretty much helpless; although she grew up in the US, she was born in Siberia and had a Russian passport. So she needed her mother’s consent to return.

That'll teach her, eh! If I read any updates to the story, I'll definitely let you know. She may return to the States as another Russian tennis star...who knows!

See ya, eh!

Bob

PS: Show this to your kids and grandkids. Remind them to do their homework, or...