This is my first time parenting a teenager, and it is brutal. Is it normal to walk on eggshells around your teenage? I have 2 sons, 15&10, I have been on my own for nearly 9 years with them. I was only 22 when I had DS1, and I think for the most part a good mother, although i have let us down and lost my temper a few times and shouted and sworn. I am completely unsupported, there has only ever been an EOW agreement. All school commutes, activities (which are 5 days a week) and visiting friends is paid for and facilitated by me.
I went to university, got a degree and masters, got a job whicj fits around them and their needs, bought a house (which we all dislike and I feel guilty for buying but that's another story). My youngest received an ASD&ADHD diagnosis, I took him to outdoor school, play therapy and art therapy. I love my sons very much, I try hard to provide for them and be a better Mother than I had.
But DS1, he is rude, obnoxious, selfish, entitled, he is physical with his brother, he calls us names (he calls me an idiot every day). He has his first girlfriend which has helped a little, but he treats me and his brother, the two people closest to him, like rubbish.
Have other parents been through/are going through this? I hope he comes back around.