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What is the worst age kids to parent?
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:40 pm
I’ve parented three teenagers (two boys and and a girl) and some sort of crazy has come over them at precisely 15 years old. Trouble at school, drugs/alcohol, moods.
Seemingly it all seems to ease up when they get drivers license and braces come off. I’m not dumb, they are 100% better at hiding their shite when they get older, but is it just me or is age 15 the WORST!?
Seemingly it all seems to ease up when they get drivers license and braces come off. I’m not dumb, they are 100% better at hiding their shite when they get older, but is it just me or is age 15 the WORST!?
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:42 pm to WhiteRussianDude
Ehhh in 3 years you’ll drop them off at college and the two boys will become welders and the girl a stripper
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:42 pm to WhiteRussianDude
Probably when you’re 80. That would suck
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:44 pm to WhiteRussianDude
Depends on the kid. My daughter was extremely difficult until around 14 but was a model teenager. My son was the exact opposite. Very well behaved and easy to deal with until he was 14 when he became extremely difficult until 17 or so.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:46 pm to WhiteRussianDude
Eh, it's teenage angst, rebellion, hormones, feeling lost and free at the same time as you grow up and get out from the shadow of your parents.
We've been lucky our kid has been very compliant, just a little argumentative at times.
I think kids in general have it easier than ever so maybe they have more free time to create problems that really shouldn't be problems.
But then again every generation says that about the previous one.
We've been lucky our kid has been very compliant, just a little argumentative at times.
I think kids in general have it easier than ever so maybe they have more free time to create problems that really shouldn't be problems.
But then again every generation says that about the previous one.
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:48 pm to WhiteRussianDude
For girls has to be pre-teen
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:56 pm to WhiteRussianDude
This one (the modern age).
Watching this documentary right now:
Musk on X: The War on Children - from Robby Starbuck
TD thread: The War on Children - Robby Starbuck
Watching this documentary right now:
quote:
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Worth watching, especially for parents
Musk on X: The War on Children - from Robby Starbuck
TD thread: The War on Children - Robby Starbuck
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 10:20 pm to WhiteRussianDude
14-16 year old girls is fricking roughhhhhhhh. It has been the most miserable time in my life as a mom.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 10:23 pm to WhiteRussianDude
Junior high...makes or breaks everyone
Posted on 2/21/24 at 10:24 pm to WhiteRussianDude
2 yr old potty training. Ill take moody teenager any day over piss spraying kid that can barely communicate.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 10:40 pm to WhiteRussianDude
I have a 2 year old and a 16 year old.
The 2 year old is annoying at times. The 16 year old has me just about ready to drag him outside and beat his arse. He just wants to be a lazy, disrespectful, and defiant piece of shite right now.
The 2 year old is annoying at times. The 16 year old has me just about ready to drag him outside and beat his arse. He just wants to be a lazy, disrespectful, and defiant piece of shite right now.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 10:41 pm to WhiteRussianDude
Ours are 15 & 3. The 15 year old girl is a dream. Fantastic student who does all her school work without prompting, has a strong circle of friends, doesn’t vape like every other kid at her school, plays sports, etc. She’s got some nerdy interests (anime), but she’s the least moody teenager I’ve ever encountered. 11-12 was way less fun. She was still a good kid, but more of an obnoxious edge lord.
My 3 year old isn’t a difficult kid; he’s just glued to me.
My 3 year old isn’t a difficult kid; he’s just glued to me.
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 11:23 pm to WhiteRussianDude
I don't know how but all three of mine, youngest being 15, are good/great kids. I think I've been a great example of what not to do while being brutally honest about what I did at their age and I scared the shite out of them. Fingers crossed and knock on wood.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 11:53 pm to WhiteRussianDude
Boys…4-6
Girls…14-17
Girls…14-17
Posted on 2/22/24 at 1:22 am to WhiteRussianDude
Had 3 kids and beginning at 13 through 17 were the roughest patches. The lying is where it starts and then the sneaky stage. My daughter was really difficult at around 17 when I was dating my now wife. Just having two females going at it consistently begins to wear on you. Fast fwd about 10 years and all is well again.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:57 am to WhiteRussianDude
Luckily I’m letting mine choose their gender/species at age 6 like a decent human so there won’t be any confusion at all later in life. Also I’ll keep all the drugs they could want at the house when they choose to start.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 5:44 am to WhiteRussianDude
My son, my oldest, went through an a-hole stage at 17. You know, thinks he knows how the world really works, knows better than his old man, etc. He moved out at 18, lived out in the real world for a year, and came back, hat in hand, admitting he knew jack shite. He’s been a fine young man ever since. He’s out in his own again but wiser and more humble about it.
My middle child has always been on an even keel and never went through anything like this.
My youngest is 16 and has touched on being an a-hole stage, but pulls themselves back from the ledge of total assholary. We shall see what the next year or two brings.
Overall I can’t complain. None of my three have gone down any truly dark path like drugs or alcohol.
My middle child has always been on an even keel and never went through anything like this.
My youngest is 16 and has touched on being an a-hole stage, but pulls themselves back from the ledge of total assholary. We shall see what the next year or two brings.
Overall I can’t complain. None of my three have gone down any truly dark path like drugs or alcohol.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 5:54 am to WhiteRussianDude
quote:Probably 75-80.
What is the worst age kids to parent?
Being 90-110 years old ain’t for sissies.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 6:22 am to WhiteRussianDude
14 year old son. It’s starting but nothing terrible. Yet.
It is worse on my wife. The mouth!!
Sometimes the wife will ask him things in a way that I know it is coming. I was bitching at both of them the other day. Which was dumb of me. United front must be presented. I present as the parent that will lose their shite. Throw all devices in the pool. Rebooting the xfinity box is the most effective tool in the toolbox for me and is less trashy than beating him.
It is worse on my wife. The mouth!!
Sometimes the wife will ask him things in a way that I know it is coming. I was bitching at both of them the other day. Which was dumb of me. United front must be presented. I present as the parent that will lose their shite. Throw all devices in the pool. Rebooting the xfinity box is the most effective tool in the toolbox for me and is less trashy than beating him.
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