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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My son has always been someone who if you give him an inch he will take a mile and negotiate the whole time. Now as the teen years are approaching I’m discovering the kid has really gotten the upper hand in the household.  If he doesn’t want to do something he just refuses to do it and if you take away privileges he’ll say - I just won’t go to school tomorrow then and hold that over your head.   I’m starting to feel like I’m in an abusive relationship because the kid is literally getting all the control.  He’s identified several things that I just can’t do without like him going to school, taking medication, eating.  If I try to gain the upper hand he fights back by refusing to do those things.  This is further complicated by not having a second parent in the household so there’s noone to buffer the situation or apply any muscle. Anyone been in a similar situation and found a way to resolve it?[/quote]

There are simply some non negotiables. You take him to school, and he must go to school. Call the truant officer on him if you must. I feel like my kids was hard headed like this when he was 2, and we had some musts like brushing teeth. And as he got older, we added more musts. I never forced my kid to eat, but her had to sit at the table during mealtimes, and he would get bored and eat with us.[/quote]

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