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Why you shouldn't try to be your teen's friend
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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 712999" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.essentialkids.com.au/health/relationships/why-you-shouldnt-try-to-be-your-teens-friend-20170529-gwg01z" target="_blank"><strong>Why you shouldn't try to be your teen's friend - Essential Kids</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Middle daughter slams the door. "I hate you. What sort of mother are you?" she screams as I take her phone off her late at night.</p><p></p><p>It's the night before I'm due to interview the teen whisperer, psychologist Michael Hawton. I hold my fists tightly behind my back.</p><p></p><p>Parenting is the hardest job I have ever done. On a good day, I would ignore my darling's rudeness. But tonight, I hit back. "I'll send you to live with your father, or to boarding school!" I yell.</p><p></p><p>"At least he's nice!" my 14-year-old strikes back.</p><p></p><p>And what does Hawton say in his new book, Engaging Adolescents? My frustrated teen has spat an insult my way. I should look her straight in the eye and come out with this: "You must have had a pretty bad day to feel the need to say something that nasty to me when we are trying to work out a solution to a problem. I hope you feel better."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 712999, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.essentialkids.com.au/health/relationships/why-you-shouldnt-try-to-be-your-teens-friend-20170529-gwg01z'][B]Why you shouldn't try to be your teen's friend - Essential Kids[/B][/URL] Middle daughter slams the door. "I hate you. What sort of mother are you?" she screams as I take her phone off her late at night. It's the night before I'm due to interview the teen whisperer, psychologist Michael Hawton. I hold my fists tightly behind my back. Parenting is the hardest job I have ever done. On a good day, I would ignore my darling's rudeness. But tonight, I hit back. "I'll send you to live with your father, or to boarding school!" I yell. "At least he's nice!" my 14-year-old strikes back. And what does Hawton say in his new book, Engaging Adolescents? My frustrated teen has spat an insult my way. I should look her straight in the eye and come out with this: "You must have had a pretty bad day to feel the need to say something that nasty to me when we are trying to work out a solution to a problem. I hope you feel better." [/QUOTE]
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