Tell me it gets better!

[Equalparenting]

First time poster, sorry if this isn't the right format.

My teenage daughter (15) seems to be really struggling, I am seeing anger and frustration, lying and getting into trouble with teachers. She's always been quite argumentative and strong willed, but recently it's been really tough.

I know that this is fairly standard stuff, and people tell me it will pass, but I am just fretting, and would love to hear any stories of people who've had similar experiences and it's all worked out ok, and also any suggestions or tips.

Thanks

Normal and it’ll pass. Just make sure you have rules and she knows if she breaks them then she’ll suffer the consequences. Don’t give in to that as she’ll walk all over you.

Thanks. My fears are for her not myself, I should have added. Scared that she is making her life more difficult, but I guess that's also fairly standard teen behaviour.

Is she falling behind with school work? If so I would speak to the school, if not very normal behaviour.

Well, I have had school calls to say she seems to have stopped trying, and not doing her homework etc so there is that, but it has all been quite sudden, over the past three weeks or so, I am not sure how much of a pattern it is at this point. What would you suggest saying to school?

She’s in year 10? So she’ll be doing her coursework for GCSE, it can get quite stressful. But she only has a few weeks left until they break up for the summer. I would ask your daughter why she’s stopped trying. There could be other reasons. I would speak to the school about getting support for her, year 11 can be hard and she might struggle if she falls behind. It doesn’t have to be a big deal. Maybe get her a mentor, the school will be able to provide one if she’s having trouble with certain subjects etc.

Thanks, I will try and just keep things low key until the holiday and see where we are when it restarts.