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[quote=Anonymous]Sounds like my teen son and his mom. They are at each other almost daily like this, except when I step in he will stop. DW is a bit of a tiger mom and tries to control / check on what he is up to. Sometimes suspecting him of having wrong friends, even if he doesn't, and questions his computer usage constantly. She does not agree with electronic use other than for study purposes. I find it very hard to implement such standards. Then he calls her a b*** and f** you when it gets too heated up. It is getting little bit better now as I have constantly urged her to take a clamer approach. Problem is with high expectations he had given her when he was young. He used to say things like OPs son did, like he is going to be a millionaire and build a company, go to Ivy league, and how he is so much better than others in the activities he participated. There is also truth in many of things as he has excellened in almost everything he attempted, except for arts, and then he stops short of going for the absolute best in that field after getting better than 90% of the peer group. DW would like to see him in top 1% of something, which he kept promising, but as age goes by DW is realizing that none of that is happening. I have told her to let go of worrying about Ivy league and similar things, as he seems to be saying these things but not doing enough to get there. He might do well enough to go to one of the state universities like UVA, VT, or VCU. Good enough for me, but DW is worried things might slip even below that level if she doesn't keep up the nagging. [/quote]

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