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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on the fact that he's not this way with his father, I think the problem may be the way you parent, rather than him. How come his father doesn't get the attitude? There's something to that.

Also, as the parent of a 13 yr old, I'll gently suggest you pick your battles, and don't worry about his "I'm good" response. I don't care what my DD verbally says when I tell her to clean the bathroom as long as she does what I've told her to do. "I'm good" is not the hill to die on.[/quote]

There is some dislike  in your tone, op, that he is hearing, too.

Some attitude is part of the age, and moms seem to get the brunt of it (perhaps because we get more than our share of the bad cop role in parenting?). I know with my kid that sometimes he hears anything I say as "you are a loser". I try to be careful how I say things because when he hears "you are a loser" he a)acts like one, and b) doesn't do what I asked.  Mind you, sometimes I am saying something as harmless as "pass the salt" but sometimes I'm saying "you really need to study more for that test. You don't know the vocabulary yet" or "I asked you to clean the litter box."

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True - Thanks for the reminder. I probably sound like I don't like him most of the time, just out of frustration, which is hardly motivational. [/quote]

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