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[quote=Anonymous]Or is this something I’m meant to simply brush off?

My perpetually crabby-in-the-morning almost-14yo DD is occasionally unbearable in the morning. Things like this:

Wants to leave the house at 7:30 ON THE DOT, and will be angry if you aren’t ready to drive her, but also angry if you’re ready to walk out the door but it’s not 7:30 yet, if that makes sense.

In the car she will tell me how to drive, “Omg why didn’t you turn, you could have made it between house cars!” etc.

If I breathe the wrong way she sighs audibly, or says something insulting “omg, yawn one more time, and I swear to god.”

I should preface by saying that I drive her because she has to cross a rather precarious intersection that isn’t timed the best for pedestrians—people, including kids, are hit or have near misses pretty much weekly. She *could* walk. FWIW, she will occasionally apologize later in the day for her attitude in the morning. She’s also otherwise (mostly) a very reasonable and respectful girl. I do understand this is hormonal and goes with the territory. But it’s getting to be a little too much lately.

So, after dealing with this for weeks now, is this a punishable offense? The natural consequence is she walks, but as I said, I don’t think the risk is worth the consequence; I’d never forgive myself if anything happened.

So what’s the most clever way to handle this?

Put her to bed early so she can we well rested and not crabby? (She feels too old for this.)

Wake her early and be in the school parking lot for her preferred arrival time? (This just seems like a waste of everyone’s time.)

Take something away, like her phone? (Seems unrelated to the offense and thus petty?)

Just accept that she’s otherwise a good kid who is crabby in the morning?

Wwyd, parents?
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