 Re: My smart mouthed 16 year old- Help! (long) | |
I'm raising my third teenager at this point, and my second daughter. I totally agree with Fallon....she's still a child in a lot of ways, even though she would like to think otherwise. But I also have to say that the attitude you describe is fairly typical of that age group. They're working at becoming independent of their parents, at becoming adults, so they are testing their boundaries again, just as they did when they were toddlers. Just let her know EXACTLY where the boundaries are, and be consistent with them.
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