What can be done when a teenager whines, to try and stop it? ( Archived) (15)

Some days it just grates on my last nerve. Is this a phase they go through?

Stun gun

Set to medium.

It's a phase my dear, and the balance is up-bringing.

If your son or daughter cannot tell you what is wrong, who would you have him talk to? Life is never easy for any of us. Rise up to the occasion.

It really is a phase, but I had three daughters and one of them was particularly prone to whining. I was tried of hearing it and she was tired of my ignoring it. I hate whiners, they drain me. I got better things to do. So one day I sat her down and explained how much it irritated me and she told me likewise. We agreed at this point to set aside a time for just her and me. A time that I was fresh and non stressed or occupied so we can communicate. Alas the whining stopped and we developed quite a close relationship after that, without the whining.

Hope this helps.......

"the teenage is a disease which is cured with the time"

"beware, teenager growing up"



i have a teenager, she is 16....so I get relax remembering how I was on that age.....

good advice sunset, i can see that you are a natural at raising kids

i think i am one who is not, but one thing i've learned with my teenager (16) is that she is complicated, yet needs some very simple things...boundaries and support and most of all someone to listen to her...

if you are new to single parenting, it may be that you are the problem,,,don't take me wrong, but you may be more sesitive because of all that you've been through recently

if you've been at it for a while, you may just be fried

either way, give yourself a break, do something just for you and then you will feel refreshed and have some new insight for handling behaviors and issues

oh, a glass of wine or 3 helps sometimes as well...

good luck

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