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Normal teen behaviour or massive over reaction?

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Dinodrivingacar · 16/05/2025 23:05

DD15 dropped her phone tonight and very small number of pixels have bust. She has cried, like sobbing tears for 2 hours now, even though it's insured and can be fixed in a few days. Is this normal for a teenager? She is inconsolable. She has her exchange partner here and has ignored her completely since it broke. In the past I've been accused of minimising her feelings (by her) so don't want to make out it's nothing but also...its nothing. And her behaviour is sort of embarrassing. How would you handle this?? I do get she is gutted but it's an easy fix and she has her old phone she can use in the mean time??

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Needtosoundoffandbreathe · 16/05/2025 23:11

She needs to get this into perspective, but is there something else going on and this is a case of the "straw that broke the camel's back"? Or is she very precise and exacting and this doesn't fit with that?

BaronessBomburst · 16/05/2025 23:12

Normal teen behaviour. Hormones all over the place and having got herself so worked up she's not sure how to stop and start being normal again.

Dinodrivingacar · 16/05/2025 23:32

Ah phew. I'll not panic. I did wonder if it's something else but she says not and I haven't noticed any other changes recently. I did think it's possibly that she is feeling embarrassed by her reaction in front of her friends and can't get herself out of it!

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