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re: Are kids harder to deal with from ages 2-4 or 12-14?
Posted on 7/10/24 at 4:11 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Posted on 7/10/24 at 4:11 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Toddlers are easy and fun. Then one day they become teenagers and get these things called personifies coupled with wants ( needs) especially girls. Then they see if they can bankrupt you.
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Posted on 7/10/24 at 4:17 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
2-4 = Act up and get your butt whipped.
12-14 = Act like an adult and get treated like one. That goes both ways with good and bad behavior.
12-14 = Act like an adult and get treated like one. That goes both ways with good and bad behavior.
Posted on 7/10/24 at 4:34 pm to Drunken Crawfish
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I am at the beach for two weeks with a 3 year old, 2 year old and a 6 week old. It cannot be worse than this.
Dang! That is very busy. But, there will come a day you will look back on these times with fondness and realize they were pretty peaceful.
Sometimes in the midst of this teenage parenting thing (and the emotions and serious topics that come with it), I just want to be standing in the kitchen cutting up grapes with cartoons on in the background.
Posted on 7/10/24 at 7:01 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
I've always had an ease to connections with teenagers. It all comes down to social intelligence and how much you deserve to be respected. Unfortunately, most people who guide a teenager don't deserve much respect. Most adults are just grown children, and those grown children had unprotected sex with 3 or 4 people baby parents and you get what you deserve.
It's not rocket science. Teenagers demand respect even if its unearned (as it is most often) and you just need to be a role model DESERVING of respect, otherwise you're just a loser trying to tell them what to do. Would you listen? No, you didn't when you were a teen.
As for me? My twins are approaching the 2 to 4 range and ik controlling my frustrating will be a problem because you can't reason with them, but im not about to show my older kids that lashing out is how you handle your extreme emotions.
It's not rocket science. Teenagers demand respect even if its unearned (as it is most often) and you just need to be a role model DESERVING of respect, otherwise you're just a loser trying to tell them what to do. Would you listen? No, you didn't when you were a teen.
As for me? My twins are approaching the 2 to 4 range and ik controlling my frustrating will be a problem because you can't reason with them, but im not about to show my older kids that lashing out is how you handle your extreme emotions.
Posted on 7/10/24 at 7:04 pm to HouseMom
Also true, I read empty nest forum posts and it makes me depressed before any of my 5 are even close to leaving the nest. Idc about the drama, it's going to be so depressing to not come home to a bunch of annoying hugs and reports about their day. I'm sad again just thinking about when they're all gone. I wish I could afford to have more kids.
Posted on 7/10/24 at 7:35 pm to Lonnie Utah
quote:oh that explains it
Eagle Scout
he’s already a dork 
Posted on 7/10/24 at 8:12 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
2-4
Posted on 7/10/24 at 9:24 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
12 - 19
Posted on 7/10/24 at 11:08 pm to Eye dentist
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Boys: 2-4
Girls: 12-14
Couldn't agree more.
Girls aged 12-17 are, on average, just awful, awful people. They hate their mothers like nothing else. Dad gets stuck in the middle. They're just mean for the sake of being mean. Their moods can change on a dime, leaving you with your head spinning wondering what the hell just happened when you were all having a good laugh and then she flies off the handle, completely unprovoked.
Boys aren't perfect, but they've got a healthy sense of fear of their parents when they're 12-17. They can definitely still be straight up assholes but overall they often have more of a "whatever, I'm just going to ignore you" attitude rather than the "let's argue" attitude that girls have.
The greatest thing is when a daughter reaches a point of maturity around 17-18 and is suddenly a super sweet, respectful, happy person. It's like the daughter your wife gave birth to went away on a 6-8yr vacation and finally decided to come back home
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