Ds is nearly 14 and has changed so much in the past few years. He is ungrateful. He doesn’t want to spend any time with us as a family. He will come in from school and immediately lock himself away in his room. I go in and try to chat but he’s not bothered. He has no time for his younger siblings. An elderly relative has been unwell recently and he doesn’t even ask how they are or show any interest in wanting to visit them. All he is bothered about is his own wants and needs.
He will come through and sit with Dh and I on an evening for an hour to eat dinner and watch a bit of TV but despite living in the same home I genuinely never see him apart from this.
Is this pretty normal for teens? I know that they can be self centered but he’s always been a fairly loving boy and it’s just very hurtful how disinterested he is in everything. I feel like I’m just here to feed him and wash his clothes and drive him places but other than that he has nothing but disdain for me.