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Then she added: "But we need a private beach. With a butler. And no seagulls. I hate seagulls. They're suspicious."

"We are on the highway, Bratleigh."

And just like that, the female brat was back. But honestly? I wouldn't trade her for the world. Summer Vacation With A Female Brat -2023-11-22-...

"Yeah?"

"No, kiddo. It's just washing the world." Then she added: "But we need a private beach

Let me take you back to July, 2023. Or as I call it, The Fiscal Apocalypse . It started innocently enough. I pitched the idea: "Beach. Sun. Sandcastles."

My daughter, whom I will call "Bratleigh" (fake name, real attitude), looked up from her phone. She is eight, going on forty. She sighed—a deep, guttural noise that rattled the windows. I hate seagulls

The keyword “Summer Vacation With A Female Brat” brought you here. Perhaps you Googled it in a fit of desperation after she threw her iPad into the pool because the water was "too wet." Perhaps you are a grandfather preparing for the annual visit. Or perhaps, like me, you are a parent who just survived the "Summer of the Screaming Mimi," and you need to know you aren't alone.