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“My mum just lost it, like it was a big deal” Parents please read about which battles to fight and which to ignore (3 minute read)

Sometimes the theme of my sessions with teenagers, is about the overreaction from parents. My clients feel that by parents doing this over most things that their position becomes weakened and ineffectual. It’s like the parents lose a bit of their sway by losing the teenagers respect. How many times have you heard yourself say... “for goodness sake, just stop arguing, why do you always argue? The simple answer to this rhetorical question is that the teenager needs to be heard, why? because they just do, it’s a thing that they can’t help. So, with that in mind you can consider that arguing with your teenager makes them better at arguing (something which you will suffer for later) So which things are not worth the hassle of arguing? 1)       Eye rolling…irritating yes, just ignore, it is not a reason to shout and totally lose it. 2)       Slamming doors…you just have to say that if the door frame collapses they will be paying for a new one and they will be withou

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