ten year old teenager???

[twinnymumof3]

Help, help help! My ten year old seems to have turned from lovely boy into grumpy teenager with attitude all in the space of the past 2 weeks. I don't feel I am connecting with him at all as I am constantly on at him for things that I cannot let pass as they are important respect issues. Any tips as to how to deal with this?

Sounds corny but it might well be a sort of pre-teen 'phase'. I find ds -11- goes through these from time to time and has been since he was 10. After a week or so it lifts and he's back to his old self. I would treat it as good training for when real teenage stuff kicks in. Try not to react to everything even if you consider it important - remember a lot of it's hormonal stuff that he's probably finding as unsettling as you are.