30 Parents Tweeting About What Having A Teenager Feels Like

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Easy, don’t let them have your phone.

If she has a literal stroke every time you breathe within a one mile radius of her phone, it might be a good idea to take her to the hospital.

Make a deal with them: if they get to scroll through your phone you also get to scroll through theirs

Just tell her next time she touches your phone you are going to do exactly the same: check the camera, read the messages, etc. It's called "quid pro quo", and it works miracles.

Because we have stuff to hide lol

My sister tried to slam the lounge door once when we were young. It had a doorwedge under it though, and after three tugs she stamped to her room and slammed her door twice to compensate

We have pocket doors and when slammed they hit the jamb and bounce back. Incredibly entertaining!

When I was a teen I tried the dramatic door slam on a glass slider....it left the rails completely and we watched in horror as it bounced on the concrete...phew!

My husband is 35, still does that))))

We had 3 simultaneous teenagers. Had to replace all the doors.

Teen slams door, I take door off hinge for a month :) Dadditude!

PMs...?

Next time start the sentence with: "You told me to remind you that ... " (I can't promise it'll work but it's worth a try)

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You're lucky your teen even cleans the room! My kid is 22 and I think there is a nascent amoeba colony in there..

Your teen cleans their room??? 😯

You also know they clean their room when your empty sink becomes full again.

Then they wonder why we have ants

And...scene.

I don't get how people allow their kids to talk to them that way? There's a thing called respect. Teach your kids boundaries. I see my friends, grown a*s adults, STILL talking to their parents like that. It makes me cringe, but it's the parent's fault for not establishing that in the first place.

Telling Dad to shut up? Yikes!

I am laughing so hard at this!!

I'm reading all of the comments and people are losing their c**p over the kid saying "shut up dad." Did anyone ever stop to think that it was a joke between the father and son? You know teenagers are always supposed to be moody and fight with their parents all of the time. The kid JUST became a teenager 30 seconds ago and is "acting" surly with his parent already. The dad set him up by asking how it was being a teen (how would he know?) and he gave the PERFECT response. I can picture high-fives and laughter all around.

Nothing to be alarmed about. He's just asking how much time he has with his girlfriend. Together. In his bedroom.

Figuring out if he has enough time to patch the dry wall before you get home.

The answer is always "Two minutes" even if your an hour away.

The worst.

He's probably doing something that he loves but has suddenly publicly called lame because you did it so now he has to do it in secret in shame to maintain his own sense o what is "cool". Or he's naked leave him be

Fair enough...

I like your kid. YOU can then ask your other child, "Butthead, wanna go to a movie and get ice cream afterward?"

At least they're sitting together and eating a meal. We have to take what we can get.

Eh, close enough

Psychosomatic illnesses are a thing, you know

My favorite response to that was in high school. The girl was telling everyone about her date the night before, loud enough to be heard by the teacher. He brings on the pop quiz, she lies about her stomach, he immediately comes back with, “Is it the 24 hour or 9 month flu?” This was our sex education teacher back before the whole PC teacher restrictions.

In my case, when I said I was sick I was usually really sick. That's what happens when you are the sickly child.

I can relate to this. I'll tell my mom I feel sick and she always responds with "what test do you have today?" The last time I pulled that c**p was in elementary school.

My daughter wakes herself up and gets ready whilst I still sleep. She is old enough to sort herself out and take responsibility.

The parents of this guy I dated in high school told me they kept marbles in the freezer so when the kids are being difficult to wake up they toss the marbles in the bed. They'll keep rolling with you when you try to get away.