parenting teens

I have had it. Daughter (15) bad attitude and self importance has ruined the day. How dare we ask for an hour of her time to decorate the tree like we do every year. So she grumpily decorated the tree then proceeded to tell us we waisted her time. So I said if you can’t participate in the pre...

Our 15-year-old has been stuck in a sad, angry place for about a year. She has refused to go school for the past 4 months, and is halfheartedly following along with her studies at home. She is now failing almost all her classes. Despite several therapists, doctors, a brief hospitalization...

I need help on how to deal with a selfish teen whom has previously self-harmed. We are at our wits end with her and want to place her in therapy for her belligerent and unappreciative attitude. Our challenge is, she has flat out told us she will not speak to a therapist, PERIOD.. We are now...

My teenage daughter every time I question her how she's doing in school or if there are assignments she needs to finish she always tells me she's got it handled. So I trust her to make sure her assignments are turned in and she's passing her classes. I'm not strict on grades but at least to pass...

I’m beyond frustrated. Edit to add: my son will be 13 in December. I’ll try to stay brief about the events that led to today being basically an all-day screaming match: He started by getting into some red food coloring on Halloween after he decided his inflatable chicken costume was too hot...

I’m a single mother of 2 daughters, 14 and 17. Through tons of hard work, sacrifice, and grace, I was able to pull the three of us up from poverty into a reasonably comfortable life. We literally went from being homeless to being homeowners in a very good neighborhood with great schools and all...

What are your thoughts on kicking your teens out when they turn 18? Does the decision change depending on whether they are attending college/tech school or not? What new dynamics/boundaries have you set with your new adults? I'm not telling you about my specific teen because I don't want that...

Hey guys, bit of backstory posting for my parents (I'm the older 25yr old daughter) my little brother just turned 12yrs in August and my parents are in their 50's with heart problems, so I'm basically living with them to help raise him so they aren't so stressed out. Tonight my mom sent me...

She is a smart and responsible child and got admitted to one of top universities in CA this year. She started her sex life since 16 and I didn’t say anything about it. I think she and her boy friend make sex in her room or in her car or in his car in the neighborhood park near trails. I...

Sorry, this is long. I dont know what to think of it so I am asking for advice please. There was a situation today between my 14 year old son and his classroom colleague (not really a buddy/friend). I didnt know anything about it until I got a message late evening from the other boy's Dad. So I...

Hi all FTP so please be nice. My son B (13m) has most definitely hit puberty. We love each other to death but we are bickering so much recently. He gets into a mood every now and then where he will just go a little hyper and not knock off annoying behaviour when I ask him to. I tell him to...

Hello, I’m currently navigating some difficult topics with my 19m teenager. He is currently studying abroad and called me in absolute distress to confess he had “Grey bugs in his bush” his words not mine. After taking down his symptoms it wasn’t difficult for me hypothesize that he had crabs...

I feel like I am reliving my HS years with cliques again. My son is shy and just started to make friends. He is in sports and we all meet as a group for after parties, events. I've become friends with some of the parents but a few, I just cannot stand. I don't want to throw the r-word but my...

I don’t know if you heard kids making moans/sex noises, but I can’t stand it. All I did was ask him to stop, didn’t yell or anything else. It wasn’t even a big deal to me. He has this thing about making things worse. It could have ended there, no issues. He just keeps going and going until I’m...

Should I force my 12.5F to spend days with me that legally belong to me? Her other parent and I share custody, but for several weeks now she’s spending more and more time with her grandmother, in the same city where we live. We took a vacation together for a week and she wanted me to drop her...

I still think it’s a little silly for rules like this while I’m in my second year of college. My dad actually agrees with me. What do you think? Should I stand up for myself or is she being reasonable?

Hello everyone, I have a 14 year old brother who is extremely stubborn. This is starting to cause a problem with communication between us and him. The main challenge that we're facing right now is that he doesn't want to study at all. He reached the point where he hates studying. We have...

My daughter is two weeks away from taking her driving test. As you would expect, she is asking dad, (mom will not help unless daughter pays her back for the hair care mom has paid for in the past 4 years) every day for a car. My question, how have you handled teen drivers in your home? I’m in...

My 16 yr old is finishing their junior year in high school. They are involved in a certain performing art that is very niche and specific and it’s become their whole focus. For our purposes here, let’s say it’s puppeteering (it’s not, but it’s equally obscure with no place in modern culture)...

TLDR: daughter received expensive gift from bf parents and I’m feeling it’s from a manipulative place vs an appropriately generous one. Opinions wanted while we wait for our counseling appt. My daughter is 16, been dating her bf about 9 mo. She just started her junior yr (11th grade) doing...