Hormonal teenagers

Even though I can never say that I have been a parent myself,I think that I know because my parents had told me how my behaviour changed as I moved innto my teens. I dont think I really wanted to behave like that.I was beginning to quarrel with my friends and they seemed to get away from me.But I am lucky that my parents were understanding.They said that these things happen during every one's teens.Its just a matter of growng up. Now I feel more attached to my parents.I feel more free and I am just 21.I dont smoke,I dont drink,Yet I feel chilled.

Happy in the morning, depressed over lunch time and angry in the evening? It was me when I was about 12 years old. It is not only about hormones. It is also about "Ugly Duckling"...syndrome...lol I was very pretty thinking that I am very ugly... My mother was always cool and somehow she survived....:)

My son was fourteen and we had a very similar discussion. This was the child that I thought loved me best, at the time. Suddenly he growled and flamed at everything I said, slamming doors and the whole bit. I think the breakthrough moment for us was in the bedroom part of our house, upstairs. He said something, stalked off, slammed the bathroom door. I knocked, went in, and said "I do not like it when you talk to me that way, and it has to stop, you make me feel bad, like I do not even count." He said "Mom, can't you see, I am trying to do better." And it did seem like, from that day on, he and I both did better.

Oh, that is sweet. I feel for people at that age. I kept thinking I was going through this 'teenage' thing, and that was why my behavior was so different. Later on in life I found out I was bipolar. Frankly, I can't see much difference in being a teenager and an untreated bipolar!

Oh goodness - I'm in the process of writing a book on this subject of sorts - "The Ramblings of Faith" is filled with these stories. As a single mother of 4 for 16 years now I've been both mother and father for most of that time to 3 boys (my daughter's father has been involved in her life). My best advice for parents would be 'This too will pass' - they do grow out of it if you can just hang in there. Short story - 2 oldest sons blew up one day and decided together that I was the worst mother in the world, I would never see them nor my grandchildren (when I had them) and both moved out - one was 17 the other 19. It didn't last long and when I got a phone call at 3 a.m. in the morning from my oldest son saying 'He's here' I was thrilled my son took me to the hospital (insisted on driving) and I was the first grandparent to hold my first grandchild. I told my son now I know why I had kids - for the grandkids... Those hormones go crazy but in most cases they do calm down in time.