The school summer holidays can be a testing time for both parents and children, as they try to get used to spending much more time together.
But the mother and father of a teenager in Essex have resorted to issuing their daughter with a "rap sheet" of all the things she has done wrong in a bid to calm tensions in the house.
The list, with which other parents will sympathise, includes complaints about constantly taking photos, always being on the phone and failing to say hello.
The 15-year-old immediately posted the letter online and it has now been shared more than 9,000 times.