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Living with teenagers is an ordeal, right? Parents can only watch helplessly as their lovable children transform into some sort of unpredictable creatures, correct? No. Even if their kids are moving toward greater independence, moms and dads can still help them to become better human beings. And they can still laugh about the process!
As a follow-up to our earlier list, we at Bored Panda compiled a new collection of tweets about raising teenagers. It includes funny rants, candid everyday pictures, and even a few translations for those of you who aren't well-versed in sighs.
Continue scrolling, upvote your favorite entries, and don't forget to check out the chat we had with Vicki Broadbent, a mom of two boys with a baby girl on the way and the creator of one of the most comprehensive parenting blogs online, Honest Mum.
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not your average weirdo 4 years ago
“No, mom! I’m just doing it because I care. Oh, and by the way....”
Nixxy 4 years ago
Mmm seasoned parents, yummy. (Jk I know what seasoned means (apart from food seasoning))
Kona Pake 4 years ago
Open Dictionary - Merriam-Webster Definition of seasoned Old
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Kai Scadden 4 years ago
As an almost teen myself,ask what they want from you and watch them get very nervous
Lynn Morello 4 years ago
More to the point, What does he want and how much is it going to cost.
John Kamau 4 years ago
You might wanna call your insurance dudes... Might be an incoming bill of his rampage
Experts say that we often mistakenly give teens the message that they're only good when they're not doing bad things, such as abusing substances, hanging around with the wrong crowd, or having sex. But this can become a self-fulfilling prophecy as negative expectations sometimes actually promote the behavior we fear most.
"Parents of teens have to accept it's normal for children to pull away from them during the teen years so they can carve out their own identity and embrace growing up," Vicki Broadbent, an award-winning lifestyle blogger, parenting expert, and bestselling author of Mumboss (UK) and The Working Mom (the US and Canada), told Bored Panda. "Teenhood is about playing being an adult. Parents are still needed, of course, more so than ever, to provide education, love, support, and boundaries for their kids."
Vicki said it's a good idea to try not to be too hard on your teen, as "rules were made to be broken and they will test you just as you tested your own parents at their age."
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Kimberly Young 4 years ago
I agree. Breathing is one of my favorite activities.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I'm so fortunate that my 15yo daughter is fine with most of that, not so much the singing of 80s songs though. She is more than happy to say I love you, even in front of her friends.
alexandraboaru 2 years ago
Ok.. but the 80’s songs are now trendy because if stranger things. Try 90’s and 2000’s
Sandra Llewelyn 4 years ago
I managed to never have any yeenager troubles or tantrums - I allowed them to rebel against societies norms - that's what they are supposed to do. Allow them to live their lives their way, if their messy bedroom offends you simply don't enter.
Debbie Burton 4 years ago
Nah doesnt bother mine.... my kids are strange :D I like that in a person
Dark Pearl 4 years ago
Yeah. Us teenagers are all moody, grumpy pieces of human s**t whose parents want us dead. I LIKE 80's songs, I'm okay with love, and I'm okay with being tagged on social media. And tf did BREATHING ever do?!
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Octavia Hansen 4 years ago
Maybe you should do this at dinner . . . a plate of gravy with some fork lines across it. Must have been good, it's all gone!
Auntriarch 4 years ago (edited)
And I used to think just spraying furniture polish into the air was cheeky
Fiona McGinty 4 years ago
I had a friend whose mom used to make her vacuum before she could do anything. We had to vacuum the stairs on Saturdays and she would use the TOILET BRUSH ( wet) because it made the lines and was easier to hold.
Caroline Driver 4 years ago
Except... the lines are made by the suction of the vacuum, so I wouldn't have thought there would be lines. Still, marks for trying
alexandraboaru 2 years ago
I swear there is some sorcery in this. When I was a teenager, I could see a small advert from across the street in fine print, but I could not, for the life of me spot random food scraps on the floor to vacuum them, because of course I was lazy to vacuum the whole room… and now, I can’t see a “push” sign on a door in front of me and I pull it, but I can spot any tiny fricking bread crumb on a carpet or on the floor
#4
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Cats are easier than teens in my (thankfully) limited experience of them.
Nicole Cabrera 4 years ago
I'd pick a fuzzy wuzzy any day. A toebean owner doesn't damn me to hell and call me psycho when I change the wifi password so he can wash his dish.
Denny Cwiek 4 years ago
I believe nature has it worked out to turn your precious baby, toddler, sweetheart into a hissing teen monster so that it will be easier for you to let them go when it's time for them to leave the nest.
Adolescence can be a confusing time of change for the entire family, but there's plenty you can do to nurture your teen and encourage responsible behavior. "Try to involve them in decisions which affect them and try to break the cycle of constant bickering. Spend some one-on-one time with them but let them lead you, asking what they want to do, see, buy, etc. Get to know their ever-evolving personalities," she added.
"I found my parents teaching me to cook properly (a 3-course meal as well as favorite dishes) was a way we could not only bond together when I was a teen but it was a way to give me a gift of independence too, a means for me to become less reliant on them," Vicki Broadbent said. "You taught your kid to ride a bike, now teach them life skills so they can be adults without you at some point."
#5
Mark Lambert 1 year ago
Ma raised six boys. She said she never saw the fridge without a boys a*s sticking out of it!
#6
Kai Scadden 4 years ago
Wow scaredy cat.BE SCARED OF REAL THINGS LIKE THE DEMONS IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM BY THE CLOSET
#7
Jasmine Pavlich 4 years ago
This is now a rule in our home that his door is always shut and the window always open
a_smol_berry 4 years ago
My dad put a quilt over my door and pulls it down so my door completely disappears. No opening my door.
InfectedVoice 4 years ago
Haha so true, my room was like Kenny's from Don't Tell Mom The Babysitters Dead.
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Beth Gael 4 years ago
Oh stop it. Everything my now adult kids know about computers I taught them.
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Marco Conti 4 years ago
I am my daughter own tech support. She is conversant, but I am a pro. We both look at my wife struggling with her phone and laptop and always have a good laugh.
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
I woul probably rage if I had to help someone with that
Debbie Burton 4 years ago
Really? My sons love to fix the computer for me.... although 80% of the time I know how to do it. Males just like to be needed some times.
Debbie Burton 3 years ago
How does that piss them off? Mine laugh at me and then fix it.... think they forgot I have done computer courses while they were still in primary school
Finding the balance between giving your teenagers freedom and guiding them is a delicate process. Vicki thinks that "teens and preteens (like my eldest) need to know that there are consequences to their actions and explaining how you feel when they go against your wishes is best. Make it about you (this is what other therapists/psychologists have taught me and it works)!"
Discipline is about teaching, not punishment or control. To encourage your teen to behave well, make sure they understand what behavior is acceptable and unacceptable at home, at school, and elsewhere. Enforce these rules with fair and appropriate consequences.
#9
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
I can personally attest that this is true. I hate my coat. It's too freaking puffy.
Melanie Filmer 4 years ago
Absolutely! I have 5 kids aged 12-18, there's only the 12 year old that wears a coat!
Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
Or long pants. For some reason, a lot of kids my age always wear shorts even when it's practically below 20.
Terilee Bruyere 4 years ago
My teen on the other hand has numerous coats and hoodies. The boy apparently thinks he will melt if it's foggy outside.
Jasmine Pavlich 4 years ago
We live in a Michigan, snow has already falling and it’s been less than 30 degrees but still he wears a hoodie
pamela nichols 4 years ago
My son didn't wear a coat for 3 years. Then he got one he liked and wouldn't take off for 3 years until. It just fell apart.
Sarah Tate 4 years ago
I still remember all the times I stood around freezing because I was "too stylish" to wear a coat. WTF was wrong with me?
Jennifer Norton 4 years ago
My teenagers are the opposite. They want to wear coats/jackets everywhere. Even in 100+ degree Texas heat!!!!
#10
alexandraboaru 2 years ago
That’s mean… I remember this was annoying to me.. why perpetuate the anger when you know it pissed you off too?
BakuDeku Shipper 4 years ago
I'm a teen and I don't close my door unless I got out of the shower and am changing. I never lock my door either
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Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 4 years ago
I'd sigh to. If I didn't I'd burst into laughter and I don't want peiple to know how much I love dumb puns
Lightningstar 4 years ago
Today i learned that me liking the name dexter is an unpopular opinion
Catlady6000 4 years ago
Dexter the serial killer has not been around that long
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Renate Stargardt 4 years ago
At least it's not hidden under a pile of clothes ... or in a drawer, where you then find it ... after a week or two
David carro 4 years ago
Add your own dirty smelly plates. Open your kid's bedroom door. Push dishes in. Close door.
Meghna Mohan 4 years ago
Ugh I'd be so mad. Iv made my elder one in charge of keeping used plates, cups, spoons, etc In the to be washed utensils tub, I started young . Now I don't need to tell him.
Ivana 4 years ago
I would walk it into their room and dump it on their bed. We had some roommates back in the day and one morning I came downstairs to see someone (I knew who) had put their food wrapper on the clean dishes our other roommate had washed and left to dry the night before. I get home from work that afternoon and I say hi to the offender and ask him how his day was. He told me he woke up to all of the trash in the house in his bed. I laughed and he was like, "Yeah, no, had it coming. I couldn't even be mad which pissed me off all the more." When the dish washing roommate walked in I high-fived him. Bottom line is someone learned to throw their trash in the actual trash, not on clean dishes that were washed by the guy who works the overnight shift.
Debbie Burton 3 years ago
If one of mine did that the plate would stay there and there would be no more food until it was cleaned up
"Explain that coming home after their curfew means that you are up with anxiety until they arrive back home and that it's unfair on you, describing how you feel (breathless, tearful, etc)," Vicki Broadbent suggested. "Arrange a plan that they text or call you if they're running late and compromise with them, stating that they have 30 minutes leeway for example to make it home, and after that deadline is broken, they'll find themselves grounded and unable to attend the gig they'd planned to go to next weekend, etc."
"Inform them of what they might lose if they break the rules before they head out though so they're aware of the consequence before they go astray as this might hopefully deter them. Explain that you will give them more space if they build trust with you."
Most parents have more power and influence than they might think!
#13
Whitey Black 4 years ago
As the late great George Carlin once said: If you love someone, set them free. If they return, set them on fire.
yellowphantom 4 years ago
I honestly do not remember ever calling my parents from college unless I needed money. Of course back then, you had to stand at the end of the dorm hall at a pay phone and call collect, so they were probably fine with that.
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#15
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
Do NOT talk to me after waking up. I need until noon.
Ivana 4 years ago
So apart of this is that teenagers have a different sleep cycle. They naturally wake up later. So they are full of raging hormones and sleep deprived. They switched school start time for highschoolers from 8am to 9am and saw a dramatic decrease in deaths because kids are too tired in the mornings when they drive to school at 8am. You all remember how incredibly irrational you were as a teenager, how tired you were, and how incapable you were of being normal. I remember just watching myself be crazy like it was an out of body experience.
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~hUmMuS vIbEs~ 4 years ago
Yes! My mum was trying to floss the other day and it was the epitome of cringe.
Rissie 4 years ago (edited)
Have to agree with you on that one. Parents are not there to be cool. Never. They are there to keep you safe. And again a reason why they do take pictures.
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Tracy Baparam 4 years ago (edited)
My hubby shuts down explanations about minecraft immediately, I on the other hand, smile and listen about the Netherworld, the netherite sword, Obsidian, the enderman and god knows what else. I still don't know what any of this is, but atleast my 9yo thinks I do. Oh.... Don't get him started on Thinknoodles...
Tiger Pearl 4 years ago
I let my 9 y.o. teach me to play Minecraft and played it a couple of times w/ him. I’m not as fun as his sister, tho, lol. It helps to know at least a little bit of what he is talking about or watching endless YouTube videos on.
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Stijn Mattaar 4 years ago
Want to hear something scary? I'm 30 years old, have 3 kids and I occasionally play Minecraft. Have done so since the early beta when I was still 20. Yes it's that old. If it still is a thing in 5 years I'm going to be the cool dad who plays along yay haha (jk I'll make it not cool by thinking it's cool).
Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
Occasionally I ask how one of my kid's favorite gamers is doing, so they know that I care.
Dream SMP & Cosplaying 4 years ago
I'm desperately trying not to comment about Endermen and the Nether etc etc etc
Jennifer Biness 2 years ago
Mine already does this, he's only 10, has been into the game for years now
The_OG_Catlady 2 years ago
Can't beat 'em, join 'em. I'm a 45 year old woman who plays Minecraft with her teen soms and totally worth it!
#20
Sleazy Weaver 4 years ago
Parenting tip: Take an interest in your teen's hobbies & likes (such as music choices) instead of insulting them, even if you don't like them, & watch as you magically have a better relationship! Wow!
Zophra 4 years ago
Agreed, but I have watched too many K-pop videos... I'm not sure I'm proud of the fact I can name the BTS members. :)
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MarsFKA 4 years ago
This memory goes back eight years: Oldest Granddaughter (12-going-on-16) thinks my iTunes playlist is rubbish. When she brought up her favourite boy band on Youtube to show me what real music sounds like I started to sidle towards the door. She seized my wrist in an iron grip and made me listen to some group called Non Direction, or One Dimension, or something and I was standing there, wishing that I was a fox caught in a trap so I could gnaw my hand off and escape.
Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
Wow, belittling something that the other person enjoys isn't a good conversation starter? Who'd have thunk?
Dark Pearl 4 years ago
WE COULD ASK YOU THE SAME F*****G THING! TASTE IS SUBJECTIVE, AND WE'LL LISTEN TO WHATEVER MUSIC WE PLEASE! GO PUT ON YOUR GUNS 'N' ROSES AND LET ME LISTEN TO NIGHTKILLA, FOR LOKI'S SAKE!
Stell_ur_ender_b 3 years ago
I understand where ur coming from here but even tho I'm a teenager, i love guns n roses tbh lmao
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Adriana Loborec 4 years ago
My father would mock me for the music that was playing on *his* radio, as if contemporary music was my fault :/
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Karen Clark 4 years ago
Learn from the Master! Next time he wants something you don't want to give? "Ah, no.....I'm just not feeling it.....vibes are off".......followed by dramatic sigh and soulful looking out the window...
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
Why do I want to respond to that comment with battery operated adult toys...
#22
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
The way maths is done these days seems so different to how I learnt it. Even for the basics like adding and subtracting.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
Yeah sorry Niall, I’m with Foxxy although I learned in the 80s. The kids learn 5 different ways to add numbers… draw circles… now draw blocks… now draw a chain… now do arrows… Stop it! Just add them starting at the ones place and carry the “1”!
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Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
My kid and I both do math in our heads, so I can't help. The way you're supposed to show your work is different now.
Yriá Santiesteban 4 years ago
I'm the one asking my daughter how HER math is done now, it's so weird!
Lisa Chambers 4 years ago
My explanation: Do it yourself then. You sat through the class, so you should know it.
Pernille Dyre 4 years ago (edited)
Thats why i have done math with my nephew for years... his Mother lost her patience and he is nicer to his aunt 🤣🤣
M O'Connell 4 years ago
The math itself is no different, but the teaching methods have evolved.
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Alexandra Davis 4 years ago
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Im totally down for this! My kid wants $40 worth of shrimp when i take him out!
Alexandra Davis 4 years ago
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Alexandra Davis 4 years ago
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Wombatred26 4 years ago
Clock reads 7:56... Her: "Mom, what time is it?" Me: "It's 8:00" Her: "No It's not! It's 7:56!" 🙄
Not Proud British 4 years ago
Ryan, bless you. I take it you are a teen? I don't know how you must be feeling, reading every single one of these and assuming they are an attack on you personally. I'll bet somewhere there is a similar post by teens deriding their parents - if there isn't then there you go, make one! And remember, it's not all about you.
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Wombatred26 4 years ago
I have to make sure I tell my daughter to start getting ready, earlier and earlier. She spends more and more time in front of the mirror, as she gets older... she's only 12! It's only going to get worse from here on out... sigh 😏
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
I managed to get ready for school in 8 minutes this morning because I woke up way too late. Might want to rethink that statement.
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tiari 4 years ago
We put a stop to that at the same age actually. He was gaining too much weight way too fast, and we found out he didn't actually wanted that much food (yet), he just wanted to compete with his friends who could eat the most breadrolls or pasta or everything else. Two years later then it was for real 😂
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Jaime 4 years ago
I actually don't think this is fair. Teens get tired, kids get tired, adults get tired. The amount of tiredness you are able to withstand is all relative really and teens do have a lot of pressure and their bodies really are working overtime. That actually does take a toll and just because the things that stress out an adult have bigger potential consequences, doesn't make it any less stressful for them. It's the equivalent of saying someone doesn't have the right to feel sad about xyz because down the street, someone else is suffering XYZ.
Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
I’m at like an 11/10 tired. It’s 6 am my time and I’ve been awake since 1:30. (Fell asleep around 11 pm and then woke and couldn’t get back to sleep. Got on my phone like five minutes ago) multiply that tired by my age and I’d be practically dead lol. Also, kinda actual question, does anyone know solutions for that? Ive been having a horrible time sleeping for the past week and a half and I’ve tried melatonin once but it didn’t help (I’m 15 btw)
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tiari 4 years ago
The teenager started it by saying “You have no idea“, didn't he?
Load More Replies... Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 4 years ago
That means my tiredness will get better?? YES!!
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A B C 4 years ago
I'm way past being a teenager, but I'd be pissed, too, if anyone tried to take a picture of me for the sake of putting it online to annoy/humiliate me. This one is on the parents who suck, not the teen.
Triv 4 years ago
Nobody said that the picture was taken for the purpose of putting it online. It could be that the picture was put online because of the response to it being taken. Of course, I am of the belief that you do not put your children's info, including pics, online, because there are too many unknowns, such as who might become overly interested in a child.
Load More Replies... Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 4 years ago
I hate it when my mum takes pictures of me. I have low self esteem. Stop making me uncomfortable
NsG 4 years ago
You know, I'm in my 40s and I agree with the teen on this. There is no need for a photo in this situation - it is not something that needs committing to memory (unless it is literally the first and only time said teen has ever done their homework!). You take (and embarrass) your teen with photos on holiday/vacation, at weddings or other get-dressed-posh occasions, and on special birthdays (including not theirs). They are no longer babies - there are fewer "firsts" that need memorialising.
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Mrs S 4 years ago
Boy I would have been in serious trouble for showing that degree of disrespect.
Wombatred26 4 years ago
I did get in trouble for one of my two sisters writing on the inside of the car, on the wheel hump "my dad as an a$$hole" in pencil. I got blamed and had to scrub it off... I'm 39 now and still sort of resent my dad and whichever sister that actually did it for that.
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monkeydog 4 years ago
You've taken the time troll so many of these that it's clear how frustrated you are with your own parents and would like to take it out on someone. So why not them? Go tell them how you feel instead of taking it out on strangers on the Internet. That might actually make some kind of change in your life.
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Axolotl King 4 years ago
Having a dad is sending them literally any message and getting a thumbs up reply
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Sue Williams 3 years ago
I still get that if we drive anywhere together and my kids are 27 and 32.
Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
To be fair, I might eat the good snacks, but I don’t complain about my parents’ music. Even if I don’t like it, I’ll listen and I can appreciate it regardless. It’s my parents who complain about my music actually lol
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I plan on never having children, but if I do they will eventually be subjected to a DJ Snake playlist.
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Alice Teasdale 4 years ago
Mine don't jump They just slap the doorframe Since 13 Everybody thinks they're adults when their peers are still little kiddies
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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
As a teen, I can confirm all these are true. No one mentioned mood swings though, which surprised me. My mood swings are extreme. I'll be happy, then sad after the smallest thing, and then angry because I'm sad. My poor parents lol
JensenDK 4 years ago
Saw this in a restaurant on our way out. The teenagers wasn't amused when I stopped and took a picture... raising-61...307889.jpg 
Helen Haley 4 years ago
Does no one else remember being a teenager? It sucked entirely. Have patience and pity these poor kids going through it. There is no amount of money on earth that could ever induce me to repeat that experience.
Shaista Afridi 🇦🇫 4 years ago
im a teenager (15) and i dont really act these teens. im glad my parents raised me to be respectful and do loads of chores everyday and not be addicted to technology and not to be dependant or a burden on them
Calyfan Yelood 4 years ago (edited)
ay, this is a bit unfounded for. Us teenagers can be the worst (mood swings making it worse) and you don't want to be my dad :-(, but people don't tend to go the extra mile without expectation (or motivation). Please do expect more from us, regardless how much we may moan about it
Llewella 4 years ago
As a mom of two teenagers, I LOVE this age. It is so much fun annoying my sons! I wake them up singing (they hate it), go "it's alive" whenever they leave their rooms, and after years of picky eating now they will eat everything. Plus I also really love that giving them their freedom also means me getting my freedom back. Plus no more kids music and tv-shows
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Do people read these posts for the sole purpose of being either an asshole or a know-it-all in the comments?
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
I had 3 teens if my own and custody of 2 more all in the same house at the same time. Somehow, I survived but WOW
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
As a teen, I can confirm all these are true. No one mentioned mood swings though, which surprised me. My mood swings are extreme. I'll be happy, then sad after the smallest thing, and then angry because I'm sad. My poor parents lol
JensenDK 4 years ago
Saw this in a restaurant on our way out. The teenagers wasn't amused when I stopped and took a picture... raising-61...307889.jpg
Helen Haley 4 years ago
Does no one else remember being a teenager? It sucked entirely. Have patience and pity these poor kids going through it. There is no amount of money on earth that could ever induce me to repeat that experience.
Shaista Afridi 🇦🇫 4 years ago
im a teenager (15) and i dont really act these teens. im glad my parents raised me to be respectful and do loads of chores everyday and not be addicted to technology and not to be dependant or a burden on them
Calyfan Yelood 4 years ago (edited)
ay, this is a bit unfounded for. Us teenagers can be the worst (mood swings making it worse) and you don't want to be my dad :-(, but people don't tend to go the extra mile without expectation (or motivation). Please do expect more from us, regardless how much we may moan about it
Llewella 4 years ago
As a mom of two teenagers, I LOVE this age. It is so much fun annoying my sons! I wake them up singing (they hate it), go "it's alive" whenever they leave their rooms, and after years of picky eating now they will eat everything. Plus I also really love that giving them their freedom also means me getting my freedom back. Plus no more kids music and tv-shows
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Do people read these posts for the sole purpose of being either an asshole or a know-it-all in the comments?
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
I had 3 teens if my own and custody of 2 more all in the same house at the same time. Somehow, I survived but WOW
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