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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tonight, your answers are limited.

If you pick the lock and walk in, [b]I bet he won't engage in conversation anyway[/b].[/quote]

Exactly. All you've succeeded in is escalating the situation.[/quote]

Thanks for citing me.  My epiphany one day about teen parenting is that I need to think like a chess player and not just one move ahead. What did he do, OP? Where do you want to be at the end of this particular fight?

My mom used to barge in when she was angry and I still remember it with a shudder.  My teen doesn't lock his door, but I don't enter without knocking.  I'd simply state through the door that the conversation isn't over and that it will continue when he is composed.  Then I would go off and think about my end game in this particular fight.

Now, my kid is almost a prig.  He doesn't give me worries about drugs, alcohol, theft or any of the serious things that might make me pick that lock.  So if that's your situation you should ignore me.

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