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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. Some of you are a joke. My kids listened to everything when the were little. Wait until they are 16. God, you sound stupid.
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I totally agree.  Our kids were raised with defined limits, appropriate and consistent discipline, etc.  Once they hit puberty, things changed.  They were annoying as fuck but all 'normal'.  The rigidity on this thread is more frightening than some minor teen attitude.[/quote]
Yes, but if your teen said you he was smarter than you, that you were lazy, would you just say, "oh, it's normal teen angst" and shrug it off?  IMO, this isn't minor teen attitude.  The "I hate you, you're the worst parent in the world" statement, I get, but some of what OP's teen has stated doesn't seem like the "normal" teen attitude.[/quote]

I disagree. (Not PP from above.)

My teen is smarter than me about a LOT of things. I can't just pretend I know everything, it is disingenuous... they can smell bull shit a mile away.

The OP's teen said, "I am going to make more money than you" ... that is correct, it hurt her feelings because it is true. If she was making tons of money her feeling would not been hurt and she would have said, "not by a long shot".

It is very normal in this private school, private tutor, private trainer, SAT prep you need to get a 4.5 GPA and a perfect SAT score just to get into UMD-CP.

Kids are sick and tired of their parents telling them they are not good enough. That is what the OP told her son "You are not good enough" "You don't work hard enough" and "Your grades suck" "You are lazy".

she may not have said those exact words, but that is what she said to him.

If the kid has all C's and a few D's... okay, come to jesus time, but what is the deal, he got a B on a test? what is the issue?

he does not "work hard enough" to "reach his potential"... what does that even mean.

If you get all B's or higher you can keep your phone.. that is measurable and understandable. If you get all A's and a perfect SAT we will still love you is basically the message she is sending... no wonder he gave her the big FU  (Because you IQ is so high)[/quote]

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