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<blockquote data-quote="busywend" data-source="post: 183859" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>You did nothing wrong, but maybe try to talk to a teenager with an attitude (is that an oxymoron?). </p><p> </p><p>I will tell you this. It DOES get better. My difficult child is 17 now and after about 7 years of telling her I was just 'trying to have a conversation' she is JUST NOW starting to calm down when I say this. She views all of my tones as offensive. So, basically every time I open my mouth it is to do some motherly picking on difficult child. In her opinion, of course.</p><p> </p><p>So, keep up with the 'I was just trying to have a conversation' theme. It eventually will sink in. Every now and then I would point out others having a conversation - even if their voices were up and down in volume. It was a conversation, not a confrontation. </p><p> </p><p>You did good!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="busywend, post: 183859, member: 391"] You did nothing wrong, but maybe try to talk to a teenager with an attitude (is that an oxymoron?). I will tell you this. It DOES get better. My difficult child is 17 now and after about 7 years of telling her I was just 'trying to have a conversation' she is JUST NOW starting to calm down when I say this. She views all of my tones as offensive. So, basically every time I open my mouth it is to do some motherly picking on difficult child. In her opinion, of course. So, keep up with the 'I was just trying to have a conversation' theme. It eventually will sink in. Every now and then I would point out others having a conversation - even if their voices were up and down in volume. It was a conversation, not a confrontation. You did good!! [/QUOTE]
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