How to deal with your 13yrs old son?

@luz334 (26)
Philippines
August 23, 2010 11:08am CST
I have a 13yrs old son, we always argue about certain things like going out with friends and classmate, staying late at night with he's cellphone...He is allowed only to go if am with him or i sent him myself and fetch him later, coz he too young to go out...and cellphone OMG! i having hard time stopping him from txting with his crushes??? and friends.am i being too strict?
6 responses
• United States
23 Aug 10
No seriously don't worry. My mom was even more strict than you and I have to come to love her for it. 13 is definitely too young and these days you really just don't know what will happen. When he grows up he will understand
@luz334 (26)
• Philippines
25 Aug 10
good to hear from a kid like you..:) i know he will understand me when he grows up (and i wish he is grown up now, lol!)
@ketybhagat (4123)
• India
27 Aug 10
Luz, this is the most sensitive age, the teenage where the child is neither a child or an adult. We too feel that strain. If he does something wrong, we yell at him that now he is grown up, and then also we feel that he is too young for certain things. Try and be patient with him. He is equally confused. What you can do with love and understanding, soft talking will be more than yelling. Tell him that you love him and want the best for him. This should work to some extent, it did with mine. As far as cells go, we parents have to just grin and bear it. Even my son is almost all the time on the cell, if not talking, then smsing or playing games, and he has just turned 20 ! We cant do anything. So long as the boy is good, give way to certain things and put your foot down for some, lovingly. Arguments will get you nowhere with a teenager, especially if he has just entered his teens. Grit your teeth and be prepared for the hardest time till he turns 19 ! Good luck friend, we all have to go through this phase.
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
25 Aug 10
Hi, Since your son is only 13 years old,and he is still schooling, it is best to be more strict to him,or else, he will get worst with his attitude in future. Be more strict means that you have to set a schedule for him when he can go out and when he has to stay at home. He need to pay more attention to his study now rather than playing with his friends out there. He has to show a good result in his study and stop playing around with cellphone. It is best to keep his cellphone away from him and you only pass back the cellphone during weekend or school holiday season.
@aurorastorm (1131)
• United States
23 Aug 10
Your son might not appreciate you know but when he gets older, he will come to understand that you were loving him more than he can imagine. The kids that are allowed to do whatever they want wish they had a mother who cared enough to stop them from doing things.
@spazz435 (322)
• United States
26 Aug 10
Your son is now a teenager, which means he needs more opportunities to go out and be "free" and feel like a teenager. Yes, he is still young, but he's not five. If your son wanted to go hang out with friends don't make him feel like he's on a leash. That's why you gave him a cell phone. Give him rules like to call you every half hour to hour so you know what he's up to. And your son is now, like I said, a teenager and going in to Jr. High. He's not going to keep on thinking that girls have cooties. He's growing up and starting to notice the cute things about girls. Just holding him back from his feelings is only going to make him want to rebel. Just tell him that he can have his little girl friends as long as the relationship stays at school and that he can't go on real dates until he's 16. You got him a phone to use, and this is how he's using it. Yes, he's your son and you care for him deeply. Just don't care for him too much to where you're over controlling, which is where you're heading. Your son is growing up, and there's nothing you can do about it. So let him be who he is, not who you want him to be. He will love you more as your mother, and not see you as the enemy in the long run. I say all these things because this is how I grew up, and I'm telling you to just be at ease for certain things. It'll make things with your son a lot easier. Thank you for reading my post and have a good day!
• Philippines
23 Aug 10
you're just doing whats the best for our son..you're not strict you just want to discipline you're son.