DD is 13. She is a generally good girl. Has just a few friends at school but is very sensitive so gets upset by friends easily and can be a bit withdrawn. She can be awful to me verbally. She screams, shouts, rages and cries at me all the time. She is rarely happy as such. Every thing is a problem. Hair brushing, teeth cleaning, reading a book, turn tv off, help me stack the dishwasher, get your school bag ready, have some fruit, come shopping with me, treat in a cafe, almost everything. I just can't take much more screaming at me or yelling in my face. I work and we have 3 DC in total. DD is eldest. Time is short but we do everything for our DC. We never leave them or go out really. Maybe once every 3 months. But nothing is enough for DD.
Anyway the point is I feel I am not being unreasonable to ask her to pack her school bag, clean her teeth at bedtime or go up to bed at 8.30pm. After 30 mins of screaming at me, she hates me, I hate her, etc then she comes back down and asks for a hug and writes a note saying how sorry she is. This is every night. Am I being unreasonable to say no hug, you are being rude, if you are sorry you stop not do it all again the next night?
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foursillybeans · 25/05/2016 21:20
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