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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone is constantly making comments to me like "Just wait til your kid is a teenager... omg it is tough!"  or "I had no idea how hard it would be to be a parent until my kids were teenagers." or "Once your kids are teenagers, you will get zero sleep."

What exactly is so hard about having a teenager?   Is it that they are driving and going to parties?  Is it that they care less about grades?

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In the process of identity formation, they often use you as a model, which leads them to make statements basically condemning you, your values and your life choices as they try to figure out who they are in opposition to you.  This comes out in really snarky, surly ways. As in "I'm never going to have some boring dead end office job like you do.  I'm going to . ... whatever."  "I'm never going to marry some kind of patriarchal guy like dad who basically just bosses you around.  I'm going to . . .. whatever."  "I'm never going to hoard all my money and buy meaningless things like fancy cars like you guys do.  I'm going to . .. ."

Most of the time it just sounds like they think you're a dork and/or they hate you.  It can be hard to take when it happens several times each day or if you have multiple teens in your home -- because then they can also gang up on you.[/quote]

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