to ask at what age your teenager started spending less time with you/became more independent?

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I mean what age your teenager no longer spent as much time at home and was going out with friends and no longer spent much time at home/with you, was doing their own thing?

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One was about 16
The other was about 18

Son 16, daughter is 13 and more independent than son at that age perhaps as a second child

15

About 14 for the younger one. 15 for the older one.

DS and DD are 15 and 14 and don’t tend to see that much of them. DD is relatively recently 14 and over the summer holidays got very independent going on buses to see friends. Can’t quite remember when it happened with DS. They still do things with us but not so much.

DD15

I need OP to define what they mean.

I mean... 18yo DD goes out at random moments & commutes to city for 6th form & might stop for coffees afterwards... but mostly she is STILL at home most of the time, even if hunkered down in her own space.

20yo DS is home from Army. Se will see him sporadically until he reports back for duty.

... DS2 works & volunteers & has a social life, but still he mostly at home & moans if he doesn't see enough of me (I work a lot).

My daughter was 14, my 19 year old still hasn’t got a decent social life.