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Teenagers

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

Teens exhausting attitudes

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SOADmum2000 · 11/04/2026 10:51

Just here to compare notes on living with/against teenagers. SAHM. Left job, happy to be mum and support partner's f/t+++job. BUT...turns out now housemaid 24/7, cleaner of horrid bathrooms and teen rooms, Reminder to flush toilet (!??), laundry lady, psychological punchball, hostile environment, taxi. And one doesn't sleep at night. Outside yard and fieldwork is like therapy tbh.
Setting boundaries and agreeing on responsibilities, with phones taken off, no devices, no taxi runs, etc. Only to end up with endless attempts to push limits and refusal to cooperate. Love them, but so fecking tired. How to get through two more years of this?

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Hye000 · 11/04/2026 20:01

Absolutely no advice but here to say… I see you & I feel your pain! I have one teen & two other DC, they are all equally messy, lazy, moody, treat me like a housemaid/slave. I don’t know how to change it! Here for some advice if anyone has any

waterrat · 11/04/2026 22:21

I think this is...as the cliche goes...the way nature makes us want them to move out. It it was all cuddles and love they couldn't ever flee the nest.

The feeling of being a slave or facing absolutely endless arguing is so so tedious and tiring I agree.

Wherewillthisend · 13/04/2026 23:07

Think @waterrat hit the nail on the head there… am just venturing into this with my own 15 year old DS too…

Hye000 · 14/04/2026 00:28

I don’t remember being this selfish and lazy as a teen 🤔

RockyKeen · 14/04/2026 12:52

Are they teens or do you have younger children? My advice , run back to work. .

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