Do you think 14.5-15 is the most difficult age for boys?
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Anonymous
Just wondering if it gets worse or better.  
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Anonymous
That's an oddly specific question. Of course it varies. |
Anonymous
| That seems weirdly specific. But as a mom of 2 older teen boys, I’d say ages 13-15ish (or 7th-10th grades or so) tend to be rough. Obviously it will vary a bit. Things get better when they are upperclassmen in high school, IME. |
Anonymous
| Really? My son is 15.5. He’s still a sweetheart but I’d say after 15 he’s definitely more attuned to his peers than parents now. |
Anonymous
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12-13 were the roughest for us, with both of our boys. High school is so much lower drama than middle school.
With my older kid, every year after 14 just got easier and easier. Younger kid just turned 15, so we'll see. |
Anonymous
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With my son 12-13 was the worst and for him that was peak puberty. He was on the earlier side to puberty.
As a high school kid, he is pretty easy. |
Anonymous
| Definitely difficult for my son. Ninth grade particularly awful. Things completely improved by junior year. |
Anonymous
| For mine it was 13.5-16.5. He emerged from his teenage chrysalis as an (almost) beautiful butterfly. |
Anonymous
| Maybe. Mine is 14.5 and there’s definitely been a shift recently. No major problems, but things are definitely different now. |
Anonymous
| Our rough patch was 9-12. He’s 15 and been great since then. |
Anonymous
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Yes, it's always those 6 months, OP. Never fails. On the dot. Law of nature inscribed in the genes. |
Anonymous
| Mine just turned 13 and it’s been rough for a couple of months now. Fingers crossed. |
Anonymous
| For me (3 boys) it was 14-16. |
Anonymous
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#1 was a psycho from 1-6, then great until 18 for about 2 years.
#2 only had a rough patch 1 year of college. They were both lovely from 6-12. |
Anonymous
| For my son, it was 11-13 (so far; he’s currently 16). He was a lot more pleasant to be around from 13+. |