[mejustbetter]

Hey, how are you guys today? I hope your Sunday has been a little brighter than mine. Today I had finally had it with the disrespect and rudeness my 16-year-old son showed me. It's his everyday attitude these days, but today I'm tired. Tired of working 2 jobs to make ends meet and tired of his attitude toward me. I've been doing pretty good lately at ignoring his nastiness but today I had a meltdown. I totally threw a tantrum like a 3-year-old. I cried and yelled and stomped my feet and even included some bad words. I feel guilty about that, but at the time I simply lost all control of my emotions. It was as if years of hurt and anger that I'd been stuffing down suddenly came bubbling up like a volcano. I probably ranted for a good solid 5 minutes. It was exhausting. Before I knew it, he had gotten out the Bible and was frantically searching for scripture that would calm me down. Now that I think of it, that was really intuitive of him. Maybe all these years of Sunday School and learning about Jesus have paid off.

We actually laughed later, because we had totally reversed roles. I was the tantrum thrower and he was the logical one. We made up, and he explained that he's mean to me because he takes his frustrations out on me, all the frustrations of school and friends, etc. I told him that I understand that he has issues, but it is NOT okay to disrespect me.

Gosh, I cannot believe how angry I was. I don't want that to happen again. How have some of you dealt with your teenagers?

[Leed]

Hi ~ I answered you on the other site. I know how you feel tho. Hugs, Lee