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[quote=Anonymous]It's horrifying and sort of a relief to read these posts from parents struggling with teens. I am struggling too with the snyde remarks, the expletives, the irrational behavior, yelling for no reason, etc. etc. that make daily life a living hell at times. We have Dr. Jeckyl/Mr. Hyde behavior daily!! My DC is sweet as pie, cute, funny, happy one minute and a total maniac monster the next.

I like the Q tip idea a PP posted above. I'll put a box in my kitchen (where most of the confrontations occur).

It really is hell, though. And now we're going to be moving into college application season, Oh. My. God. I'm going to need to be checked into a mental hospital!! How do parents get through this???

And for you parents of younger kids: My insane teenager was the smartest, cutest, most loving, adorable kid all the way through 6th grade, when things started to unravel. In high school we had moments of calm, but now, junior year, that perfect little kid is a monster!! No ADHD, no LD, nothing apparently wrong aside from being a teenager!! I pray God will deliver me and my teenager from this period!! Parents tell me their kids become nicer during college. I hope it's true!

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