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How many out there have teenagers ??? And how many of you felt like throttling them cause they tend to drive you nuts sometimes ???

I have a 15 yr old daughter that thinks she's 18 , and decided that since she's become one that she shouldn't have to do any more chores and have a curfew , and then wants to constantly spend the night away so she can have FUN with her friends . It's too bad that we can't take their voice boxes out sometimes lol .

My 2 eldest are both in their teens. The eldest can be a nightmare at times & thinks it's ok to come up withexcuses for pretty much anything. The other one is so laid back & placid.

Two sons living with me. 18 and 21. They went through their phases and now are both nice young men. Both work hard and are 'slowly' achieving their goals.

Someone posted a thread about throttling their cat. One peice of advice was to shoot it, have you tried that?.


Seriously the child is breaking from the nest and will soon begin their own life. There are points in a childs life when they are ready to change, and those are times to help them on their way. It is somewhat simular to toilet training, if you catch the right point it is a much easier transition betwine stages. I realy can not say or know the proper responce for your child but would approach the situation from the perspective of treating them as an adult and helping them grow into that situation.

Let her know that at sixteen the allowance ends and she will get a job, the chores should continue untill she has a job. The law in most places has a curfew that makes you responcible for her indiference (good luck).


Dennis ( I wish you luck with making anything that I have said work, and keep in mind that the only responsibility to your children is to give them the opportunity to survive , hopefully that is started at a younger age than fifteen).

I have 16 year old twins...my son...I have never really had a need to want to throttle him because he's pretty laid back and has a good head on his shoulders...My daughter on the other hand...is another story.....I have wanted to commit murder on more than one occasion and yes voice box removal sounds like a good alternative!!!!!!!!!!!!


I know nothing...she knows everything and I have never learned a thing in my 40 years on earth!!!!!!!!

There are no answers to raising teenagers, you tough it out, do the best you can which will never be good enough, and keep the hope alive that they do grow up eventually.

I understand the saying now, grandchildren are your reward for not killing your kids!

i raise my daughter myself

althought my daughter is older than teenager (22) once she used to be a teenager

there are many ways to have them folow the rules

they worked for me

between the age of 15yrs and 19yrs can honestly say i didn't like my daughter much, loved hey yes, but

she is stong willed and we fought like cat and dog! Then as she got older the relationship changed again

can say she is my best friend. She has her own daughter now and she her bringing her up

instilling the same values as i did with her, interesting to watch

Good morning, Morgan!