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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have twin juniors.  They're just about at the end of their rope with this school year: 5 or 6 AP exams coming up in a week+, 20 page research papers due this month, a teacher who doesn't give A's on principle, SAT/ACT tests on the weekends, college stress mounting, social stuff.  It's a LOT.

That said, they are acting like complete jerks to me (their mom).  They're rude, self-centered, fly off the handle in a minute, etc.  Please spare me the "you suck as a parent for having raised such ingrates" comments. 
Can anyone commiserate or give advice? 
I am just feeling so down.  These days are hard. [/quote]

The best advice I ever heard was when my kids were preparing to go to middle school, they told us look your kids are gonna swing between high and lows. Your job is to remain steady and even keel.

You cannot take this behavior personally. I know it's hard, I've BTDT and know you feel. But you HAVE to develop a little detachment. You can set some boundaries in terms of disrespect, however not every hill is worth dying on and you need to let a LOT of stuff go. They lash out at you because you're safe -- you have to love them unconditionally.

Take a lot of deep breaths and count to 10. It helps.

This too will pass.[/quote]

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