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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP,

My DD is 11 and suddenly rolling her eyes every time I open my mouth.  And talking to me in a way that implies I'm an idiot.  And if I mention something, e.g. "The rolls are in the oven,"  I get the "I KNOW, mom!"

It's been going on for about a month.  I want to throttle her.  She knows better to do it in public because I WILL correct her in front of her friends and make her apologize which would embarrass her no end. But in private, it's a constant battle because I won't ignore this bad behavior.

For what it's worth, it appears to be only with me and her sibling (and probably her dad, but he was traveling so I haven't had a chance to see yet).

And also, teachers, friends' parents, coaches, etc. all say she's very polite and respectful and easy to have around.  (I know, Jekyll and Hyde)

I find it very difficult.  Since DH was traveling, I felt like every minute with her was me being beaten down.  At one point she said something snarky and I whipped around and smacked her (not hard) and started yelling.  Ugh, that's not what I want to be teaching my kid.

I am not big on sleepovers but she was asked to go on one by a classmate yesterday and I said yes for the wrong reason:  Because I just couldn't take being around her anymore!

So just to give you an idea:  Friday DD tells me that classmate wanted her over for a sleepover and classmate's mom would call me, and she wanted to go.

Saturday the phone rings and it's the mom.  I can't get ahold of DD because wtf she's taking a shower in my bathroom, without my permission, and got two doors to that bathroom locked and I can't get her to hear me.  Well she had told me she wanted to go anyways, so I said yes.

I tell DD and I get the "I don't want to go.  You didn't ask me.  Thanks for selling me out, mom!" Then a moping session followed by a crying session…

Of course now she's gone and I see she messed up my bathroom floor (toppled bottles that leaked out) so I'm waiting for her to come home so I can make her clean it.

Not looking forward to the teenage years!
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