You understand-- Yes I do.
That you still are a mother of a minor?
Yes I do.
And you understand that your fitness as a mother
is still evaluated by Child Protective Services
or Department of Child and Family Services
whatever they call it in your particular county.
Yes.
And they look at 10 different categories
to determine your fitness as a parent.
Number one, do you provide a safe, stable
and secure environment? Yes.
Number two, do you maintain a loving,
stable, consistent, nurturing relationship with the child?
Yes, I do.
This is the one you slapped, sit on, pull hair.
Do you provide for the financial support of the child?
Yes.
The ability to identify and prioritize
her needs ahead of your own?
Yes.
The ability to empathize with
and meet the child's needs.
Ability to regulate impulses and emotions?
I'm working on that.
Assist the child in developing
and maintaining appropriate relationships?
You wanna compare me to any other 16-year-old,
go ahead, you know.
Let me just put on the best act I can for all you
'cause I'm not perfect and I don't think any one of you
in this audience can say that you are perfect
in any sort of way.
Number 10, exercise appropriate judgment
regarding the child's welfare?
I don't want to have to restrain my child,
but when she's punching me in the face
and hurting me and hitting me,
I have to restrain her so she doesn't beat me up.
Do you see me beating her right now?
No, I'm not in her face, spitting in her face,
throwing (beep) at her acting like some hard ass,
like yeah, my mom and I have gotten into fist fights.
Yes, honestly, maybe like 75% of the time
I throw first, like I'm at her
way before she's at me.
And I will charge at her.
I'll do anything to scare her,
but you can't tell us that.
We're here right now trying to work together.
Like we're here.
I can't tell you what?
Tell us that we're not here trying to work together.
We're here right now.
I'm not all up in her face trying (beep) her up.
Watch your mouth, don't talk like that on this stage.
(audience applauding)
It's just gonna be one beep after another
and it's just--
Am I in her face?
Am I trying to fight her?
Am I showing any type of emotion of anger
or disappointment in my mother?
Do you refuse to go to family therapy with me?
Has it worked ever before?
I believe it was working.
I believe it was helping. No, duh, duh, duh, duh, no.
Duh, duh, duh, duh, no.
Yes it was helping. Duh, duh, duh, duh, no.
What do you want?
Honestly, do you expect me to go through counseling
and therapy my whole entire life?
Do you think that's a normal life for a kid?
Oh no, no.
Okay, so what are you saying?
You know, I'm here trying to get help.
Hello Dr. Phil, it's nice to meet you.
And?
And you know I'm here to get help.
Do you not like what you're hearing?
I didn't say that, but I'm saying like,
you know, whatever you're saying like
is duh, duh, duh, duh, duh.
And it's like duh, duh, duh, duh, duh.
Like I'm trying to get help right now
and obviously it's not helping.
Why don't you listen to Dr. Phil?
(audience applauding)