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16 year old attitude

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ColourMeBlue · 27/09/2023 22:08

My 16 year old has reduced me to tears tonight-his attitude is disgusting.He swears non stop ,everything is f*g this and f*g that.Twice today he told me I can't tell him what to do.He is horrible to his younger sister.His Dad had a chat with him tonight and he doesn't care-its all "you can't make me go,you cant legally evict me,if you push me I will push back".Im at my wits end.He tells me 10 times a day how he can't wait to move it,and to be honest I can see the house being calmer when he does move out.Any advice please?

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lillmizzk · 29/09/2023 01:52

Hi. I’ve just read your post. It’s 01.30am & I couldn’t sleep as I too am having similar problems with my soon to be 16 year old son. I’m a lone parent, don’t have anyone to turn to for help or support & has got progressively worse over the last year. Mine started as soon as he got a girlfriend out of the blue at nearly 15 years old. Way too young & immature. I’ve lived in this nightmare for over a year now. We were very close 14 months ago, he was a dream kid but I’ve now lost complete control. He does absolutely nothing he’s asked. Talks to me with utter disrespect. He's dropped all his friends, has lost interest in his football team, he’s currently in year 11 so GCSEs in 8 months, but has very little interest in studying. But I have to watch her being treated like a queen by him. I’ve approached 2 experts. One a councellor & the other a phycologist, both very experienced in teens. They have both told me very similar. That this is very common for teenage boys & I have to ride it out. I’ve tried giving consequences over the last 14 months, like removing phone, PS5, etc, but it’s never worked. Doing nothing doesn’t sit right with me. I believe if you are doing wrong, you get punished and they should learn from it, that certainly worked for me as a teen. But not my son. So I’m not sure what to do anymore. It’s making me quite ill. Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks

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