jad n rich

The teen years are bloody hard work. They can be Selfish, rude, angry and the way they think you are a idiot. Lovely.

Yep and my partner often didnt back me up, he wanted to look like the great guy while I had to deal with it.

In the end I joined a lovely gym, went to yoga, pilates 5 times a week. If they started up I would grab the yoga mat and leave them to it

moneypenny20

Teens were/are a breeze. Early 20s? Not so much! Mind you mine didn't have terrible twos, more like feral fours

brissybee

I hope you're joking.

moneypenny20

I wish! First Born has caused me more mental grief in the past two years than all the previous 20 years put together. However she was a fricking awesome baby/child/teen so that's not hard.

brissybee

Wow, that's tough. Hang in there.

ozzieeagle

Heh, thats exactly why I'm doing a red rodger ..... It'll probably cost me a flat deposit for my Youngest though....We'll be selling everything and going on the road for a year at least... Circa 3 to 6 years away now

Done our bit, parents without extended family relief for 32 years almost now.

Todays skirmish between the siblings was over headphone buds..... lots of screaming, and agro, with very little outcome.

brissybee

Our trouble today is a smashed iphone screen and who is to blame and who should pay to replace.

ozzieeagle

I think we've had that one.... Just goes around and around doesn't it, All you can do is laugh at the end of the day.

I bet this Teen and older kid issue causes a hell of a lot of split ups. Even we have differences over this teen stuff. Still, thats why I came up with the carrot of hitting the road and a permanent holiday at end of teen years.

I'm orf to let steam off at the Melbourne Victory game.... I may be shouting a bit louder than ususal today, wifes out and I've dealt with the kids on my lonesome.

northernbird

Eldest now 16 and we are entering our 3rd year of hell! I am hoping youngest is watching and learning how not to upset her mother!

Dorothy

Youngest is now 17 1/2. We're into our 18th year of hell. (He was difficult as a baby and got more difficult every year) The last 5 years or so have been very difficult with the last 3 being the worst years of my life. Like Daisy I have a husband who has a difficult time being a bad guy so leaves the discipline and tough decisions to me then doesn't back them up.

Sorry you're still going through a tough time C.

Beaverstate

Did I read somewhere that you are headed to Canada or the Northern US this summer? Is a boot camp sign up too late?

Dorothy

Yes and yes. My husband daughter and I are going. My son is not. He's not likely admissible to the US, so boot camp there is not possible. Besides, he doesn't live with us (chose his meth head friends and junkie girlfriend instead when he got out of prison last time).

DeadVim

Yeh but house rules.

I should and AM be drinking ... a camera memory card full of, er, memories and a load of happy kids asleep.

Don't get better despite my dodgy Egyptian costume.

old.sparkles

Where's the photos of that then?

Molly Coddle

Yep I'm with you there it's hard work!



I have my youngest in Germany on a school trip at the moment and I'm really missing him but not the rows he has with his brother.

What I want to know is when do they get easier?