rocketgirl
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Teenager Angst...
06/15/08 02:08 PM
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How do you of those with teens do it? This weekend w/OS14 has been the weekend from HELL...
Yesterday, he didn't want to go swimming with me and YS.. he had a sunburn from earlier in the week so I said fine.. no big deal. I told him I didn't want him laying around doing nothing, he needed to clean his room, help his stepdad outside with whatever he needed done, etc.
I come home and he is laying on his butt in front of the TV. Ask hubby if he helped him and he said... Uh.. no. He came out and asked what I was doing (stacking wood), said "Oh", and turned around and went back inside. Then had the nerve to ask hubby what he could have for lunch and what was for dinner? Ugh... I have just never seen such laziness and absolutely NO motivation to do anything. Is it just mine?
Of course, when I came home and found out he hadn't done ANYTHING all day, I went ballistic. Son is VERY good at twisting your words to make himself out to be a victim.. this time it was:
1. I don't treat him as fair as I treat YS. Not true.. I've even made sure to ask hubby about this.
2. He has to do so many chores, YS does nothing. (He also gets paid for the chores he does, and YS doesn't do much, so he gets no money)
3. His dad plays the favortism game w/YS (This IS true.. OS is adopted by my ex and he has always treated them differently, which pisses me off)
4. He is miserable, ALL THE TIME. Teenager angst?
I am at my wits end with him.. and he started again this morning. Was pissed because the shirt he wanted to wear to church was wet in the dryer. That little tantrum has earned him to sole right to do his OWN laundry from now on since he doesn't like my timetable.
Any ideas on how I need to be handling this? I lost my temper yesterday for a bit, but the regained composure.. he however, yelled, screamed, cried and was outright defiant.
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Lisa
Diplomacy - the art of telling someone to go to hell, and them looking forward to the trip.
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