Typical teen or something to worry about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a big three and had to come down to breakfast groggy every morning because I had been up past midnight doing homework and was sleep deprived. I just needed to eat and wake up, alone, while reading the paper.

My mom who didn't have a job would criticize me for not being chatty Cathy. it was really annoying. Here I was, this kid who was working my ass off from 8am to past midnight with schoolwork and activities and then she'd criticize me for being tired and not chatty in the morning? It was annoying AF. And I really did not need the criticism on top of everything else I was dealing with. She should have been praising me for managing to work so hard, not criticizing me for not being Merry Sunshine when I was exhausted.

Maybe your daughter is too busy and needs more sleep.

How old are you?? This is so childish. Good lord. Your mom also went to high school, presumably bought all your food and made sure what you had for breakfast and if she was like most moms, had washed your clothes, made food, done dishes, fed the dog, cleaned up, dealt with a ton of emails and life things you weren’t doing as a teenager. Why was your homework at a school your mom was paying for so much harder that you couldn’t say good morning? GTFO yourself. I can’t stand people with this insane sense of entitlement. You did some homework. Doesn’t entitle you to be a jerk.

Really gross. Tired and overwhelmed? Don't let mom know, just fake it! People like you are the parents of kids who killed themselves and were like, "I had no idea Larla was struggling so much. She never told me."

You are a ridiculous child. A conservation re being overwhelmed and adjusting is far different than ridiculing your mom for not having a job and wanting you to say hi. The a hole is you, I promise you.

There is no conversation that magically fixes chronic sleep deprivation. You really must think quite alot of yourself! If somebody doesn't feel better from missing out on two hours of sleep merely by looking at your smiling face there's obviously something wrong with them. You should bottle your essence for an energy drink.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a big three and had to come down to breakfast groggy every morning because I had been up past midnight doing homework and was sleep deprived. I just needed to eat and wake up, alone, while reading the paper.

My mom who didn't have a job would criticize me for not being chatty Cathy. it was really annoying. Here I was, this kid who was working my ass off from 8am to past midnight with schoolwork and activities and then she'd criticize me for being tired and not chatty in the morning? It was annoying AF. And I really did not need the criticism on top of everything else I was dealing with. She should have been praising me for managing to work so hard, not criticizing me for not being Merry Sunshine when I was exhausted.

Maybe your daughter is too busy and needs more sleep.

How old are you?? This is so childish. Good lord. Your mom also went to high school, presumably bought all your food and made sure what you had for breakfast and if she was like most moms, had washed your clothes, made food, done dishes, fed the dog, cleaned up, dealt with a ton of emails and life things you weren’t doing as a teenager. Why was your homework at a school your mom was paying for so much harder that you couldn’t say good morning? GTFO yourself. I can’t stand people with this insane sense of entitlement. You did some homework. Doesn’t entitle you to be a jerk.

Really gross. Tired and overwhelmed? Don't let mom know, just fake it! People like you are the parents of kids who killed themselves and were like, "I had no idea Larla was struggling so much. She never told me."

You are a ridiculous child. A conservation re being overwhelmed and adjusting is far different than ridiculing your mom for not having a job and wanting you to say hi. The a hole is you, I promise you.

There is no conversation that magically fixes chronic sleep deprivation. You really must think quite alot of yourself! If somebody doesn't feel better from missing out on two hours of sleep merely by looking at your smiling face there's obviously something wrong with them. You should bottle your essence for an energy drink.

The conversation referred to above is about adjusting so that there is not sleep deprivation. I’m not surprised high school was so hard for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a big three and had to come down to breakfast groggy every morning because I had been up past midnight doing homework and was sleep deprived. I just needed to eat and wake up, alone, while reading the paper.

My mom who didn't have a job would criticize me for not being chatty Cathy. it was really annoying. Here I was, this kid who was working my ass off from 8am to past midnight with schoolwork and activities and then she'd criticize me for being tired and not chatty in the morning? It was annoying AF. And I really did not need the criticism on top of everything else I was dealing with. She should have been praising me for managing to work so hard, not criticizing me for not being Merry Sunshine when I was exhausted.

Maybe your daughter is too busy and needs more sleep.

How old are you?? This is so childish. Good lord. Your mom also went to high school, presumably bought all your food and made sure what you had for breakfast and if she was like most moms, had washed your clothes, made food, done dishes, fed the dog, cleaned up, dealt with a ton of emails and life things you weren’t doing as a teenager. Why was your homework at a school your mom was paying for so much harder that you couldn’t say good morning? GTFO yourself. I can’t stand people with this insane sense of entitlement. You did some homework. Doesn’t entitle you to be a jerk.

Really gross. Tired and overwhelmed? Don't let mom know, just fake it! People like you are the parents of kids who killed themselves and were like, "I had no idea Larla was struggling so much. She never told me."

You are a ridiculous child. A conservation re being overwhelmed and adjusting is far different than ridiculing your mom for not having a job and wanting you to say hi. The a hole is you, I promise you.

There is no conversation that magically fixes chronic sleep deprivation. You really must think quite alot of yourself! If somebody doesn't feel better from missing out on two hours of sleep merely by looking at your smiling face there's obviously something wrong with them. You should bottle your essence for an energy drink.

The conversation referred to above is about adjusting so that there is not sleep deprivation. I’m not surprised high school was so hard for you.

"I went to a big three and had to come down to breakfast groggy every morning because I had been up past midnight doing homework and was sleep deprived."

You are a low empathy extrovert. You feed off the energy of people. When you do that to an introvert, it feels like emotional vampirism. It is emotionally suffocating.

[Anonymous]

This is very normal OP. She’s doing well socially and academically, and no sign of drugs or mental illness. She’s still connecting to you often. Let her have her space and don’t fret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like me too. Nobody should talk to me in the morning. My kid is in college so I finally get my wish for quiet. I'm a teacher and when I get home from school, I'm the same way. It's a very overstimulating place and I'm an introvert. All I want is quiet. I don't want anyone saying my name, touching me, or asking me questions about anything. When I'm ready, I will act normal again.

I’m also a teacher and need time to be quiet and decompress after work. My introverted teen is the same way so it works well for us. Most days we don’t really speak until dinner. I will give up my “quiet time” if he wants to talk after school but never force him.

[Anonymous]

Pretty normal, OP. My 14 year old is like this. It’s work for her to be cheery and sociable, and while that’s something she enjoys, it also wears her down by the time she gets home. Given some time to recharge, she’s fine and communicative. She’s also not a morning person so quiet in the morning as well.

[Anonymous]

Op - don't bother me when I wake up. Don't talk to me. Don't talk to me when I come home from work/school. Not for a hour at least. I'm an adult decades older than you. Happy family and have I always been this way. In elementary school I wanted to come in after school, have a snack and -never- be asked, till evening, "how was your day?"

[Anonymous]

Girls have raging hormones at this age. Normal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like me too. Nobody should talk to me in the morning. My kid is in college so I finally get my wish for quiet. I'm a teacher and when I get home from school, I'm the same way. It's a very overstimulating place and I'm an introvert. All I want is quiet. I don't want anyone saying my name, touching me, or asking me questions about anything. When I'm ready, I will act normal again.

I’m also a teacher and need time to be quiet and decompress after work. My introverted teen is the same way so it works well for us. Most days we don’t really speak until dinner. I will give up my “quiet time” if he wants to talk after school but never force him.

Mine is too. He was the energizer bunny as a child. He talked from the minute he time up until the minute he went to sleep (he had ADHD) but not he is much quieter.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get 50% of the questions on the teen forum.

You write 4 paragraphs and then say you yourself were like this as a teen.

Yeah, it’s normal. No shit.

[Anonymous]

Exactly like my DD. I listen to a lot of parenting podcasts and read a lot of things- I'm not an expert but what you're describing seems absolutely standard for teens - like textbook. definition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who TF is cheery in the morning?? Especially a hormonal teen??

FPNI. She's not a morning person. Tread lightly around her in the mornings or when she is busy with homework or whatever.

[Anonymous]

OP here -- thanks so much for the positive feedback. It really helped us feel better.

[Anonymous]

I was a miserable sack in the mornings as a teen. Could barely put together a coherent sentence before 8am. I have never smoked weed in my life.