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is this teen behavior when they have a difficult child sib, or more?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 546213" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>MOSTLY typical teen. </p><p>The restaurant example is definitely typical teen - even a typical teen 14yo will set off a typical teen 16yo, both sides being partly to blame.</p><p></p><p>The river example... mixed. Was it HER idea to include him? or yours? or difficult child's? If it was her idea, she should have known what she was in for, and been prepared for it, but if it wasn't her idea, then maybe a different approach? </p><p></p><p>But the whole TV remote thing? That's frustration with a difficult child sibling. She needs to understand and accept that there are limits to what YOU will tolerate, and when she does this kind of garbage, she is making YOUR life difficult. If my typical teen were to behave this way? She'd be losing the opportunity to stay up all night... Her brother's need for sleep and a proper bedtime routine trumps the issue with the remote. YOUR need for things to go smoothly at the end of the day trumps the issue with the remote. If she wants to be having the liberties you currently allow her, she needs to plan ahead, and deal with these issues well before bedtime. And if difficult child is deliberately hiding the remote, that will also need to be addressed, because HE doesn't like it when she has to go hunting for it and disturb his sleep routine either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 546213, member: 11791"] MOSTLY typical teen. The restaurant example is definitely typical teen - even a typical teen 14yo will set off a typical teen 16yo, both sides being partly to blame. The river example... mixed. Was it HER idea to include him? or yours? or difficult child's? If it was her idea, she should have known what she was in for, and been prepared for it, but if it wasn't her idea, then maybe a different approach? But the whole TV remote thing? That's frustration with a difficult child sibling. She needs to understand and accept that there are limits to what YOU will tolerate, and when she does this kind of garbage, she is making YOUR life difficult. If my typical teen were to behave this way? She'd be losing the opportunity to stay up all night... Her brother's need for sleep and a proper bedtime routine trumps the issue with the remote. YOUR need for things to go smoothly at the end of the day trumps the issue with the remote. If she wants to be having the liberties you currently allow her, she needs to plan ahead, and deal with these issues well before bedtime. And if difficult child is deliberately hiding the remote, that will also need to be addressed, because HE doesn't like it when she has to go hunting for it and disturb his sleep routine either. [/QUOTE]
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