I’m SO flipping sick of my teenagers

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Anonymous wrote:I'm loving having this time with my daughter. Normally senior year I wouldn't see her at all because she would be so busy. I am sad that she is missing all the fun things in her senior year but we are really pals now and it is one of the unexpected gifts of the pandemic for our family.

And I think this is a very selfish view of too many parents.

Not every teen dislikes a normal, healthy, loving, secure home. Of course we are talking normal teens and normal families. Not like the example below.

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Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

No, it's not. Not by any stretch of the imagination is it "difficult for everyone." Many of us are very happy and contented right now.

If you are very happy and contented by pandemic life, I feel a little bad that your normal life is so boring and mundane. Sounds terrible.

+1. These are the most boring people in the universe, the ones who don't care that they can't see friends because they don't have many, or extended family because they don't get along. What is especially disturbing about it, however, is that they are trying to pretend that this is a "new normal" that we should all adjust to. Sorry, I'm not playing.

No, we understand how deadly and serious COVID is and understand we need to limit contact to keep us and others safe. Your actions are why we cannot return back to school and you are teaching your kids to be selfish, self centered people and that the world revolves around you/them. This is the new normal.

No, actually, your kids are not back in school because you have spineless administrators in your school district and bullies running your teacher's union.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

+1000. The people flaming the OP are not going through this. Every parent of a teen wants them out of the house. It is unnatural and unhealthy for teens to spend 24 / 7 at home with parents. They need to get out of the damn house and be with friends and other adults. It’s destroying mental health on both sides of this. It’s been seven damn months. And the electronics / social media make it a thousand times worse.

Wrong. Two teens here. They are doing well. I love spending time with them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

No, it's not. Not by any stretch of the imagination is it "difficult for everyone." Many of us are very happy and contented right now.

If you are very happy and contented by pandemic life, I feel a little bad that your normal life is so boring and mundane. Sounds terrible.

+1. These are the most boring people in the universe, the ones who don't care that they can't see friends because they don't have many, or extended family because they don't get along. What is especially disturbing about it, however, is that they are trying to pretend that this is a "new normal" that we should all adjust to. Sorry, I'm not playing.

No, we understand how deadly and serious COVID is and understand we need to limit contact to keep us and others safe. Your actions are why we cannot return back to school and you are teaching your kids to be selfish, self centered people and that the world revolves around you/them. This is the new normal.

No, actually, your kids are not back in school because you have spineless administrators in your school district and bullies running your teacher's union.

Great parenting there...I don't want my kids back. But, I enjoy them, unlike you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

No, it's not. Not by any stretch of the imagination is it "difficult for everyone." Many of us are very happy and contented right now.

If you are very happy and contented by pandemic life, I feel a little bad that your normal life is so boring and mundane. Sounds terrible.

+1. These are the most boring people in the universe, the ones who don't care that they can't see friends because they don't have many, or extended family because they don't get along. What is especially disturbing about it, however, is that they are trying to pretend that this is a "new normal" that we should all adjust to. Sorry, I'm not playing.

No, we understand how deadly and serious COVID is and understand we need to limit contact to keep us and others safe. Your actions are why we cannot return back to school and you are teaching your kids to be selfish, self centered people and that the world revolves around you/them. This is the new normal.

No, actually, your kids are not back in school because you have spineless administrators in your school district and bullies running your teacher's union.

Wow, I don't know who you are but you need to take your meds. Your posts here are horrible. I am sorry that you are so unhappy and hateful. You need to give DCUM a break until you can get yourself together.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

NP here. It is super easy for me. My teens are doing great and I am doing great. DL is working out fine. My kids don't have attitude because I have devoted a lot of time in raising them and have not outsourced their care to others. Only today I was thinking that except for the loss of meeting people in a social setting, the pandemic has turned out to be pretty good. We are able to effectively quarantine ourselves, eat good food, stay in comfort in our home and get along with each other.

I agree with others who have mentioned that the "pseudo"-parents who never spent time with their children are now finding them tedious.

Okay, OP here. I take offense to this. I have not outsourced anything. I’ve worked from home from almost five years, mommy tracking myself so I was home for the teen years. Yesterday was a hard day. I’m a good mom, my husband is involved, life goes on. Still I’m ready for them to get out of the house more, and back to a routine. That’s does make me a bad, uninvolved parent, or them bad teens. We just have bad days and need to get back to giving each other more space and kindness.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

+1000. The people flaming the OP are not going through this. Every parent of a teen wants them out of the house. It is unnatural and unhealthy for teens to spend 24 / 7 at home with parents. They need to get out of the damn house and be with friends and other adults. It’s destroying mental health on both sides of this. It’s been seven damn months. And the electronics / social media make it a thousand times worse.

Wrong. Two teens here. They are doing well. I love spending time with them.

You’ve enjoyed them every second of every day for seven months?

Doubtful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

NP here. It is super easy for me. My teens are doing great and I am doing great. DL is working out fine. My kids don't have attitude because I have devoted a lot of time in raising them and have not outsourced their care to others. Only today I was thinking that except for the loss of meeting people in a social setting, the pandemic has turned out to be pretty good. We are able to effectively quarantine ourselves, eat good food, stay in comfort in our home and get along with each other.

I agree with others who have mentioned that the "pseudo"-parents who never spent time with their children are now finding them tedious.

Okay, OP here. I take offense to this. I have not outsourced anything. I’ve worked from home from almost five years, mommy tracking myself so I was home for the teen years. Yesterday was a hard day. I’m a good mom, my husband is involved, life goes on. Still I’m ready for them to get out of the house more, and back to a routine. That’s does make me a bad, uninvolved parent, or them bad teens. We just have bad days and need to get back to giving each other more space and kindness.

That's really sad for them. You need to readjust your home and your attitude to make it a more happy home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

+1000. The people flaming the OP are not going through this. Every parent of a teen wants them out of the house. It is unnatural and unhealthy for teens to spend 24 / 7 at home with parents. They need to get out of the damn house and be with friends and other adults. It’s destroying mental health on both sides of this. It’s been seven damn months. And the electronics / social media make it a thousand times worse.

Wrong. Two teens here. They are doing well. I love spending time with them.

You’ve enjoyed them every second of every day for seven months?

Doubtful.

Not that poster but we do. We have a small house. We are all home or they are with one parent.

[Anonymous]

Your teens are also so flipping sick of you! Go back to work!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

NP here. It is super easy for me. My teens are doing great and I am doing great. DL is working out fine. My kids don't have attitude because I have devoted a lot of time in raising them and have not outsourced their care to others. Only today I was thinking that except for the loss of meeting people in a social setting, the pandemic has turned out to be pretty good. We are able to effectively quarantine ourselves, eat good food, stay in comfort in our home and get along with each other.

I agree with others who have mentioned that the "pseudo"-parents who never spent time with their children are now finding them tedious.

Okay, OP here. I take offense to this. I have not outsourced anything. I’ve worked from home from almost five years, mommy tracking myself so I was home for the teen years. Yesterday was a hard day. I’m a good mom, my husband is involved, life goes on. Still I’m ready for them to get out of the house more, and back to a routine. That’s does make me a bad, uninvolved parent, or them bad teens. We just have bad days and need to get back to giving each other more space and kindness.

That's really sad for them. You need to readjust your home and your attitude to make it a more happy home.

One bad day doesn’t mean our home is unhappy. Glad you have perfect teens and respond perfectly to snarky remarks.

We are real humans here with mood swings and emotions. I’m not a stepford wife, and they aren’t robotic teens.

Save your sadness for kids in abusive and neglectful households.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

+1000. The people flaming the OP are not going through this. Every parent of a teen wants them out of the house. It is unnatural and unhealthy for teens to spend 24 / 7 at home with parents. They need to get out of the damn house and be with friends and other adults. It’s destroying mental health on both sides of this. It’s been seven damn months. And the electronics / social media make it a thousand times worse.

Wrong. Two teens here. They are doing well. I love spending time with them.

You’ve enjoyed them every second of every day for seven months?

Doubtful.

Not that poster but we do. We have a small house. We are all home or they are with one parent.

The comment wasn’t about living arrangements, it was about having happy, joy filled days, every day for seven months.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

NP here. It is super easy for me. My teens are doing great and I am doing great. DL is working out fine. My kids don't have attitude because I have devoted a lot of time in raising them and have not outsourced their care to others. Only today I was thinking that except for the loss of meeting people in a social setting, the pandemic has turned out to be pretty good. We are able to effectively quarantine ourselves, eat good food, stay in comfort in our home and get along with each other.

I agree with others who have mentioned that the "pseudo"-parents who never spent time with their children are now finding them tedious.

Okay, OP here. I take offense to this. I have not outsourced anything. I’ve worked from home from almost five years, mommy tracking myself so I was home for the teen years. Yesterday was a hard day. I’m a good mom, my husband is involved, life goes on. Still I’m ready for them to get out of the house more, and back to a routine. That’s does make me a bad, uninvolved parent, or them bad teens. We just have bad days and need to get back to giving each other more space and kindness.

Read what you have written in your original post and the tone of your thread heading. No one thinks that being in a pandemic is good for anyone. Yet, many people, especially those who have not been impacted by the disease or economy or any environmental disasters or the civil unrest, are making do and being grateful. You on the other hand seem to be a hot mess.

Now you are claiming that everything at home is hunky dory and you were just venting? I don't think so. Try and be a better mom and a better wife. Pandemic is hard on everyone. You cannot change what is out of your control but you can absolutely impact the vibe in your own home. Control your behavior and have compassion for what the teens are going through. Make your home a source of comfort and solace to them by changing your response to stress. In other words, Grow the F up!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

F*** off. This is difficult for everyone.

+1000. The people flaming the OP are not going through this. Every parent of a teen wants them out of the house. It is unnatural and unhealthy for teens to spend 24 / 7 at home with parents. They need to get out of the damn house and be with friends and other adults. It’s destroying mental health on both sides of this. It’s been seven damn months. And the electronics / social media make it a thousand times worse.

Wrong. Two teens here. They are doing well. I love spending time with them.

You’ve enjoyed them every second of every day for seven months?

Doubtful.

Not that poster but we do. We have a small house. We are all home or they are with one parent.

The comment wasn’t about living arrangements, it was about having happy, joy filled days, every day for seven months.

Yes, we've enjoyed it. Its been nice to have the time to relax and not have all the travel and other things going on that we now can do virtually. DL has been great too. Now we eat the majority of meals together and spend nights hanging out. I will miss mine when they go off to college.

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Anonymous wrote:They don't need to go back to school they need a better parent.

And you need better manners --NP