What age did you find hardest with teenage daughters?

[Tricklinn]

I’ve been wondering about this and would love some honest perspectives…

For those of you with daughters, what age did you find the hardest during the teenage years? And on the flip side, was there an age that felt like a bit of a “sweet spot”?

I’m hearing everything from early teens being the trickiest to later teens being more challenging in different ways, and I’m curious what people’s real experiences have been.

Is there a stage where things tend to improve again, or is it just a case of different challenges at different ages?

Would really appreciate any insights (or reassurance!) from those who’ve been through it.

The whole of high school + 1 year after 🤦 she's 20 this year in July and she's my best friend now!

I loved/ am loving every stage. I love all my daughter's friends and their chat. Its a sweet age imo!

I thought I'd got away with it, she had always been "my girl" and then suddenly, at 16/17, she turned into the spawn of Satan 🤣
We fell out for a good while around that time, she moved out at 18, and now 10 years later, we get on really well (living in different areas of the country 😉)

Year 9, so age 13. That year was horrendous! She’s been fabulous year 10 and 11, which is primarily 15-16 years old

Mine is nearly 15 and we are incredibly close. We share a hobby that requires us to spend a lot of together, is high stress, and lots of dedication. I’m incredibly proud of the young lady she is and am so blessed she’s such good company.

I think the 16-18 phase was the hardest to navigate. The fight to be independent, combined with your natural instinct to protect them took a lot of emotional work rather than the physical work of looking after younger children.
Relationships, particularly sexually motivated, which is obviously a natural pull, is particularly difficult because if you think about how you felt at the same age the attraction is obvious but your emotions are different as a mother.
Being a parent at any age is difficult but personally this was the hardest.

14 - DD wasn't difficult though. It was the bully at school that made her life difficult.

Dd17 is autistic and quite huffy/argumentative anyway, so not sure she's a great example but 12-16 she was bloody horrendous. Dd15 is largely great fun to be around, she certainly has her moments but very rarely, dd 11 is a right wee twat sometimes though, I'm dreading that one.