I am new to this website but really need some support. I have 4 kids 20, 17, 14 and 9. I am having a difficult time with my 17 yr old, my son who is 19 is developmentally disabled so this is my first time going through some teenage issues. Not to say that my 19 yr old hasn't caused us grief either. My biggest hurdle is how do you find the strength to follow through with tough love punishment? My 17 yr old in the las 4 month has told us he is not going to uni, got a girl pregnant, she had a termination ( that was a different set of emotions for me) and now this weekend stayed out all night and point blank refused to come home. My problem is giving him a punishment that I feel is fair but then I feel guilty, blame myself, if I had been a better parent this would never happen type of thing. The end result is I give in. Yesterday we told him we were through giving him a good life without any appreciation. He is very disrespectful particularly to me. Anyway my problem is the guilt so how do you all cope?
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