Hi,
I am a mum of two girls, 16 and 13. We have a loving stable family home.
However I am at my ends wits with my 16 year old. Her behaviour - in particular her empathy, kindness and emotional intelligence is just non existent at the moment. The reason this hurts even more so is because above I go on about kindness and gratitude all the time, I’m also a sensitive person who is forever ensuring no one is ever hurt etc. we love her very much but her coldness and aggressiveness in her tone of voice is beginning to hurt me and my husband. I am also worried that it will impact my youngest daughter too. We have tried multiple approaches with her - talking in an adult like way, explaining how it’s making us feel to even punishing by taking her phone away. I am at a loss as I don’t want to push her away but at the same time want her to grow up being a kind human being. Please help.