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[quote=Anonymous]Your question is a bit off-putting but assuming you're genuinely asking...look, you have a 9mo old. You feel it's difficult. Others sailed through that stage and felt it was easy. No one can truly really understand what the other stages of parenting are like until they're in them--and even then, everyone's experience is a bit different. There are so many factors that go into it.

But to answer your question why teenagers are so hard: just imagine that tiny, sweet human to whom you have devoted so much of your time, body, and energy goes through puberty and emerges with emotions and personality traits you never saw coming. Your affectionate, enthusiastic and cheerful kid is now ambivalent, moody, and recoils when you try to hug them. And they think they know more than you about everything, always. It's sort of baffling to watch as a parent. And the stakes are so high. Yes, the stakes are high in the baby phase because you literally have to keep your child alive, but you have to do the same for teenagers yet now very little of it is within your control. It can be nerve-wracking. Don't get me wrong, my kids are great and aren't nightmares all the time. But in many ways it can be much harder than the early stages of parenting.[/quote]

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