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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You guys are breaking my heart. So it's really totally to be expected that in 5 years or so my boys will start saying f*%k you and screaming at us?[/quote]

Maybe not totally expected, but not all that uncommon. (I'm not saying it's good or right or acceptable, but pretty common).

The swearing -- a bit extreme for most kids I know. But the yelling? Things like "go away!" *slams door* or "I hate you!" *annoyed huff* or "you NEVER listen to me!" *stalks off in a huff* or "why do you always treat me like such a BABY?!?!" *pouts like she did when she was a toddler* -- [i]that[/i] stuff seems to be relatively common. (again, not saying common = OK).

But there will also be plenty of good, enjoyable, loving times with most teens. And eventually their "terrible teen" (aka terrible twos take two) years will become something they apologize for any you laugh about together. How do I know this even amid the hard times? Because that was me and my mom -- the awful years from age 8 to age 14 or so, the mostly compliant later teen years, and the best friends once I hit my 20s and apologized for being a little jerk/thanked her for not killing me back then.[/quote]

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