Can we talk about 14 /15 year olds.

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I have boy/girl twins. They are driving me crazy. They are rude, disrespectful, entitled, unappreciative shits at the moment. What happened to my little darlings who were so compliant and sweet when younger. I was warned about grade 9 and how they just change. Hopefully I'll get them back in a year or two. Can anyone else commiserate?

DD was awful at that age. Constant arguments , some of them particularly vicious when she wouldn’t even speak to me for days! She was selfish, disrespectful, entitled, I could go on. Then she turned 16 and it was like something finally clicked - she’s now 18 and we very rarely argue, we’re genuinely good friends and happily spend time together.

Yes my DTs are driving me insane, the constant complaining. DS is the worst although DD has an answer for everything. They're back at school from Tuesday and it honestly can't come soon enough.

Mine just turned 15 on Monday a week and a half ago. After a year of feeling like it's not my real life anymore, I am now counting down every Monday until 16 - I want a full 'reverse Kevin' on that birthday. (I mean I expect them to not hate being in the same room as me, not expect them to jump on the sofa shouting for ice cream)

Dd about to go into yr 9 and I know this year is going to be tough

sailed through with 2 boys

already the eye rolling/taking offence at everything/lazy/demanding/backchat

she was a little sweetpea who practically breastfed/smiled/giggled/ slept through her first year of life

shes lovely and i need to bite my tounge and not rise to the verbal prodding’s

Yes mine's a DS and I can't believe my best friend DD will do it, but she will. I'm giving maximum space, I remember being that age quite well, I was never looking for a fight but there was always someone in the kitchen and I needed to be in the fridge alone dammit!

Oh so many are self absorbed arseholes at that age! I was - it passes and your sweet child will come back (most of the time!) Your very being/presence is 'embarrassing' - you know nothing of life and you just don't understand/get 'it' or anything really.
It's generally a short 'phase' - DS is 20 now and has a full time job and 'gets' life. When he was in yr 9 said to me- ' Pah!- at least you get paid to go to work - I should be paid to go to school Now he works 40hrs a week he gets it!