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[quote=Anonymous]Keep at it. What I have learned though (and I have lived through 5 teenagers) is that I sometimes need to take a break and cool off when I am ticked beyond belief at the developmentally appropriate tendency toward rebellion and laziness. You did right to take the internet. Most teens aspire to be treated like adults (even when they don't deserve it). Wait until you are less ticked and he is less resentful and explain that as he is becoming an adult, you expect that he should be a cooperative member of the household, and that you don't want to have to resort to having to turn off the internet, but rather for him to step up. You may also have to give some background re why snow needs to be shoveled quickly before it hardens into an ice floe . . . [/quote]
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