Reply to Tell me about your wonderful little girl who is now a grouchy tween....

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Tell me about your wonderful little girl who is now a grouchy tween...."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So for those who have "nightmare" tween girls, which tack do you take? Insisting that she still be polite toward you? Or silently gritting your teeth and knowing it will probably pass? I don't want to be unreasonable but I don't want to let eye-rolling, sneering, etc go by without some kind of small message that it's rude, etc.[/quote]

Well,  I haven't totally figured this out but I am trying to pick my battles.   I don't want to tolerate rude behavior but I'm willing to let other things slide ... just have to pick what's important so we arne't fighting 24 hours a day.

The thing I have the most trouble ith is burn out.  My tween also has ADHD and anxiety, for which she has therapy etc., but this combined with the moodiness and rude behavior, lack of compliance with house rules, school issues, etc. etc. is frankly wearing me out.  I often feel like I just need to get away from her.  Trying to make sure DH takes up his fair share and make time to get away, etc., but it's not easy.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics