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Yesterday we posted a compilation of tweets about parenting that either strengthened your resolve to never have kids, or, if you already have them, made you laugh and feel like you’re not alone. If you’re in the latter group, you already know what comes next, and we hope you’re prepared: your kids turn into teenagers.

Maybe it’s not as dramatic as it sounds. As a matter of fact, even if it’s been a while since you were a teenager, you’ll notice that not a lot has changed. Arguing about doing household chores is a time-honored tradition, trust and data privacy remain areas of contention, and parents are still bewildered by their teens’ surly attitudes. While it’s worth mentioning that 15 to 17-year-olds, in a recent study done in the US, reported higher rates of stress and mental health issues than adults, the researchers say teenagers self-awareness in this area makes them more willing to discuss and address its causes, and also noted young people’s attention to social issues.

For generations upon generations, we as humans have been reminding our parents that their sense of humor and cultural literacy are being buried by the passage of time. Parents going through this process now say that they’ve never felt more “boring”, and complain about the quality of their kids’ memes (any teenager who shows their memes to their parents is a brave soul - I’m glad I didn’t show my parents some of the garbage I talked about on forums when I was in high school.)

Being a teenager is also a time when you learn the skills that you’ll take with you into adulthood. After all, if you don’t like what your parents are making you for lunch, it’s time to make it yourself, even if it means having to learn what a cabbage is and how to use it.

Check out these tweets by parents who rise to the challenge, as frustrated and confused as they may be by the things their teenagers do.

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Lauren Caswell
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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WilvanderHeijden
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm the youngest (14) and I snuck out to go see senses fail and i met them afterwards and they offered to text my parents that im okay and nothing bad happened to me

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Bill
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a teen I only ate one meal a day. From the time I woke up till I went to bed.

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Chris Jones
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All parents should just do that. If they want to live in a pit, let them. Pay professionals to clean it when they leave home.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get these situations. Just don't allow to eat in the bedrooms. I never did that and neither will my kids be allowed. Meals are family time.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am 33 years old and I have never heard the hashtag symbol also being called pound sign.

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Tara
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine always wants a specific reaction too. Do I laugh? Stay neutral? Roll my eyes? It’s never an easy answer.

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Olga K
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm so sorry for saying that because giving birth to a baby is a damn hard job but it's not like our kids actually asked us to do that, it was our decision to have babies, wasn't it?

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