I dunno, does anybody have to consciously do this and have strategies that I might find useful?
I h...
Honestly, I usually yell. And then I remind myself to walk away until I’ve calmed down. So I try and...
Yes the same as [Login to see the link] Walking away, and I let them know either then later or that
Tell me, I usually flip my lid at the teen and growl at the pre teen, so I have no strategies for se...
My wise older sister told me she thought her daughter would never be nice again, but she is now.
Sh...
I don’t find it easy either. There’s a lot of “poor me other people’s parents do XYZ with them all t...
Sometimes if I catch myself about to really really lose it, I will stop then and there, close my eye...
I dont have teens,.so I’m just gonna come in like my single childless friend and be all confidently ...
Run away. Hide in your room. As they get older, they will insist on debating the rights and wrongs o...
DS 15 has his moments and I find what works best is if I dis-engage. If I step in and match my tempe...
M-M I also find that talking after DS has eaten helps. Hanger is a very real thing for him.
Yeah th...
I have a near 20 year old (August) and a sole parent (have been since pregnancy days), don’t ask me....
My go to is to snap “don’t you bloody roll your eyes at me!”. And to remind her that what is given c...
I don’t know.
I failed that parenting exam. 🙁...
CallMeAl Sucker 🤣 my response to that is that there’s nothing else, no devices, TV games etc etc. An
Hah! Wonder how im gonna go with a teen? My response would be ’go to bed then, and then we can’t ann...
Actually, who am I kidding, of course they still try it 🤦 I just try to ignore them and drink wine. ...
Chookas I always said I would need a wine cellar when my boys were teenagers - and I was right!
I give it back, in a sarcastic way. It can be fun if you can hold the fury down 😂...