OP here. Took some deep breathes and got a cup of coffee. All better now. Nobody is scarred for life.

Oh for Pete's sake. It's OK to get mad at your kids! It's OK to correct them and, frankly, the people on here who think it's damaging to shout at your kids make me wonder what kind of fragile, grit-less children you are raising. You've never raised your voice? You've never gotten mad at them?

Good luck to those kids in adulthood.

But thanks for giving me something else to roll my eyes over.

I do wonder why people take issue with people venting their feelings in an anonymous forum sometimes.

Fair enough. It was a profoundly crappy morning and I was venting...like you do on the internets. Y'know, instead of at my kid.

Feelings are feelings.

I have two teens so I get your frustration. However, it is important to be kind and patient to our teenagers because it has been scientifically proven that the prefrontal cortex development is not fully developed until aged 25. Our teenagers are unable to be mature because they lack the emotional maturity, judgement and self- image of a fully developed brain.

Hopefully,our patience and kindness will be remembered when we are forgetting things in our old age!

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Anonymous wrote:This is pretty horrible. I hope you get anger management, OP. There's a difference between "You need to follow through with commitments / treat others nicely / etc" and "You're an a$$hole."

LOLZ. OP here. Got teens? I didn't shout it. I said something much more appropriate. Are you on meds? Just curious. Because I am seriously willing to bet that MOST parents of teens have felt this way at some point after witnessing an amazing chain of boneheaded behavior in a single morning. And if you have honestly never felt this way, I would love to know why.

NP here.

OP: You see inappropriately hostile, confrontational and combative. You started a thread and someone took issue with your viewpoint. No need to suggest they are mentally impaired for doing so. Believe it or not, you don't have all the answers. I realize you were looking for an amen chorus, but not everyone will agree with you.

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty horrible. I hope you get anger management, OP. There's a difference between "You need to follow through with commitments / treat others nicely / etc" and "You're an a$$hole."

LOLZ. OP here. Got teens? I didn't shout it. I said something much more appropriate. Are you on meds? Just curious. Because I am seriously willing to bet that MOST parents of teens have felt this way at some point after witnessing an amazing chain of boneheaded behavior in a single morning. And if you have honestly never felt this way, I would love to know why.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually did shout this at my teen this morning.

I can tell you from first-hand experience that your child will never forget you did this.

You need to unclench.

Anonymous wrote:I actually did shout this at my teen this morning.

I can tell you from first-hand experience that your child will never forget you did this.

This is pretty horrible. I hope you get anger management, OP. There's a difference between "You need to follow through with commitments / treat others nicely / etc" and "You're an a$$hole."

Anonymous wrote:I actually did shout this at my teen this morning.

As long as you think it's okay for her to do the same when she's upset...

I actually did shout this at my teen this morning.

Anonymous wrote:We are having a profoundly stupid Monday over here.

For the record, I did not actually shout this.

I have told our 13 old dd that she needs to pull it together and stop acting like an brat. I'm sure someone will have a problem with that but it works. It usually does snap her out of whatever funk she is in.

We are having a profoundly stupid Monday over here.

For the record, I did not actually shout this.