Hello all
My SD is now 12 and is turning into a teenager, although lovely most of the time she's also sulky and stroppy. She will go through periods where she refuses to speak to any of us, and if prompted will just 'bark' answers at us.
DH refuses to speak to her when she's like this, and gets snappy with DD and I as well.
Any family time at the moment seems to be DD and I chatting, and DH and SD with faces like thunder, which is particularly miserable as it's half term!
I think DH should just call her up on her behaviour when she's rude/stroppy, but he hates scenes, and when he's done this before she will start screaming/shouting/crying and then refuse to talk again!
Any suggestions? I dithered about where to post this (Teenagers or here) but of course because she's not actually my daughter I feel limited as to what I can do.
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wheresthecat · 28/10/2014 16:11
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