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Teenagers

Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

on a scale of one to ten...

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iwishicouldbelikedavidwatts · 18/07/2018 17:42

... how [eyeroll] is your teenage daughter?

out of ten interactions how many are met with an eyeroll-type response?

i'm hoping we might transition down from the high 9s at some point in the next decade. can anyone reassure me?

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Titsywoo · 18/07/2018 17:45

Not too bad - only about a 2 or 3. But she is only 13 so it will probably get worse!

dietstartsmonday · 18/07/2018 17:49

DD 17 about a 9.9
Praying it improves soon

iwishicouldbelikedavidwatts · 18/07/2018 17:59

eek dietstarts i secretly hoped 14/15 was some kind of peak that we were finally passing...

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PatriciaHolm · 18/07/2018 18:05

Almost 14 and to be fair we don't get the actual eye rolls..

We do get the selective hearing, the door slamming and toddler tantrums though!!

iwishicouldbelikedavidwatts · 18/07/2018 18:11

i have a lot of empathy for my eldest as she doesn't even have a door to slam (shares a room with her sister and chooses to sit downstairs instead) i did install a curtain for dramatic swishing purposes but she doesn't see the point :D

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Boredboredboredboredbored · 18/07/2018 18:13

I'd say a 9 for my 15 year old daughter along with tutting. Her brother is 13 and hasn't started it yet but he slams doors instead Angry

ragged · 18/07/2018 22:24

I'm at least 9.9. DD is struggling to reach dizzy heights of 6.1. Tsk Tsk. She's a complete amateur compared to me.

iwishicouldbelikedavidwatts · 18/07/2018 23:01

i try really hard to take it on the chin - we all have a lot going on atm - but i do find myself flipping her the bird out of sight, as per the recent toddler thread Blush:D

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GetOffTheTableMabel · 18/07/2018 23:04

The 17 year old just doesn’t do it. (She sometimes doesn’t do as she’s told either but she doesn’t do casual disrespect). The 12 year old is at 1 or 2 out of 10 but I can tell she’s going to work up from this. She thinks I’m an idiot who makes a fuss about everything.
I am not an idiot. I do fuss. 😳

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