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Many of us have children entering the adult years. Anyone have issues with teenagers talking back and asserting their independance? I have two boys - one is easy and the other wants to be controlling like my ex-husband. He also mouths off like his father. Any suggestions as how to handle this?
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Permalink Reply by ThisAndThat on
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Good points and I always let him know this is not a fair game. I want to break the habit in him so his future relationships with women do not suffer. I am a firm believer in positive reinforcement for good behavior. My relationship with his father is good now that we are not in the same household. He has a new soon to be wife and can control her.
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Wouldn't you know - - - he is marrying the barista in one of our local coffee establishments. She's 16 years his junior. He's 48 and she wants to have children right away. Send your ex here because I'm sure this one has plenty of friends. Actually I get along with her well and know what she is in for. I feel a little sorry for her.
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Permalink Reply by Maricel Evasco on
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I have two teens- age 15 (son) and the other one turned 18 (daughter) yesterday. She's in West Palm Beach right now vacationing w/friends (classmates)--the first time I let her travel unsupervised. She a tougher cookie to handle than my son. I think in general boys are much easier to raise than girls based on my own experiences and those of friends and relatives.
She does mouth off sometimes and acts nasty, but the worst way for me to respond is to "react" by shouting or threatening. I think when a parent talks calmly and reasonably to his/her child giving them a genuine opportunity to respond, the results are almost always positive.
Here is a recent photo of my kids and I which I posted yesterday:
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Awwwwwwww. So cute - all of you!
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Permalink Reply by Mother Sanity (JackieRodzinski) on
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My philosophy has always been to educate the child, then allow them to make their own decisions. This has worked remarkably well. We discuss the out comes, what we might have done differently...and that includes me. But theses are their lives, I have no desire to relive my passionate and turbulant youth. Comes a time you need to let them make their own mistakes, it's their life. And you would be surprised how much though they put into their choices, given the freedom to make them. Mother Sanity
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