Does anyone have teenage kids?

Question

What is your best and worst issue with them, and how do you deal with it?

If you are a teenager tell what works with you and your parents when you have a good or bad issue.

Hello, is there anybody out there? I know that some of you have kids, or are kids. Give me some feed back please.

Well considering the response its nice to know that all the teenagers and parents get along so well and there are NO issues. Hhhmmmm! Maybe this is too serious a question? I do think that relationships between family are important. Parents brought children into the world and kids help parents go out of it gracefully. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Do my husbands' kids count?

If yes, then:

The best issue: my word still has some value, though the books and folks told me the opposite. Perhaps because I do not repeat twice.

The worst is her constant lying. To do with this I:
- set clear expectations,
- let her know, that it hurts me and her father;
- let her know that I'm to face the truth, whatever it is (and I mean it),
- remember myself - I've lied as well.

Answer 2

Personally, my children that I gave birth too are not quite at the teenager state although I have my suspicions my eldest assumes he is. I do; however, have a teenage stepson. The worst issue we ever had with him actually didn't have to go as far as it did. He sneaked a cigarette lighter into school and was fined for it. He was living with his mother at the time and she left the responsibility of telling his father what had occurred up to him. Well, as most teenagers left to their own devises with such a responsibility he opted not to inform his father but left the fine in his desk drawer. While cleaning one day (and I stress I was not snooping because to be honest I never expected him to do anything, he is usually a relatively good kid, just a tiny bit of a slob who leaves food and drinks hidden all over his room) I happened upon it. When his father called to see what he could do about setting up some sort of payment arrangement we discovered there was already a warrant issued for his arrest. Thankfully they worked with us and put a stop to the warrant. Honestly, our son's behavior wasn't really that bad, it was the lack of communication that created all of the problems.

Answer 3

Yes, I have two teenage kids. I think that the hardest issue to deal with is trying to get them to listen to my advice (derrived from life-living experiences which they lack), and convincing them that my advice or guidance is truly worth implementing.... They seem to think that they "know it all" already, even to the point of knowing "more" than I do.... it's hard to get them to realize that the "generation gap" is not quite so large as they seem to think, that parents really CAN offer some useful advice, and save them some heartache and hard lessons in life if they would just trust us enough to really hear us out!

Answer 4

My teenager is suffering from angry young man syndrome. I leave him alone.