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Too harsh?

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bodycolder · 25/10/2010 15:43

My ds is 16 and at college and has been a bit of a nightmare for a while.He argues everything we say literally even things that are perfectly innocent!He has everything he wants here and we are quite liberal with some thinf=gs and not others.he seems v immature compared to his friends as I know the parents and they say their boys were like ds at about 14/15 but grew out of it.He is rude and ungrateful and does nothing around the house at all He thinks staing at a friends and coming back at 2 the next day is ok even though we say 11 am he has to be home.It is a war zone here atm and we are getting nowhere.He used to get £40 a month from us but we stopped it as he was given EMA.He thinks we are unreasonable to expect him to live off this money and either get a job or budget!How can we get along it seems impossible atm And how do you discipline someone who just blatantly breaks every rule?

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 25/10/2010 22:00

Just like toddlers again; ignore the bad behaviour (well, as much as you can!) and reward the good...

Tortington · 25/10/2010 22:06

nice one! respek innit

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