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[quote=Anonymous]I think it was for attention, but done sneakily to create plausible deniability.

OP, you described it as "an awful episode". Sometimes you try to make things sound more positive, but your other statements tell a different tale. And if you're so burnt out by this that you punish or retaliate against your teen for what in most families wouldn't be seen as any significant problem at all, then you're holding your teen to a very different standard. It seems like you're mad at her for not having the patience of a therapist or pediatrician or something. Because you're so exhausted that you just cannot cope with her making your life any harder than it has to be. But she is a child too, and she has the right to be upset, to be difficult, to need support, to take up your time and attention, just like any other kid. Not just for pleasant activities of your choosing-- she has the right to her feelings and her self-advocacy, however poorly expressed--even when it's inconvenient for you.[/quote]

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