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Moody nine year old

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Franny1 · 16/05/2025 08:32

My DS is only nine (nearly ten) and for about a year now he has been becoming like the worst cliched kind of teenager: moody, rude, sullen, short-tempered, doesn’t really willingly chat to me anymore, doesn’t gives hugs and barely allows them from me, doesn’t really say I love you anymore.

Has anyone else experienced this from a kid so young? Please tell me it gets better, I hate it! Wasn’t expecting anything like this for a good few years!

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mindutopia · 16/05/2025 13:47

Yes, it’s quite normal. And afraid to say that no, it doesn’t get better for awhile. Though as they get older they do have a little more self awareness. Mine can now be moody, but then after storming off and slamming doors, she will come back 30 minutes later and say sorry for being so grumpy.

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