[leomama]

I have a 15 year old daughter and I am divorced .

[healingme4me]

I will officially have a 13 year old come March. With two more to become teens by the time he's almost 17. At that moment, 13, 14, 16...(based on birthdays on the calendar)..

I'm also divorced.

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[leomama]

Wow! That's a lot .

[Patsfan]

I have a 19 y/o college freshman

[Sabrina]

My son has just turned 18 and my stepdaughter who now lives with us is turning 15. Both are good kids, but boy oh boy - they are also typical teenagers. Good grief, they make me tired!

[shezbut]

I have a 13 y.o. and an 11 y.o.

[leomama]

Anyone have a teen that ran away? More then once?

[shezbut]

*knock on wood*

I have feared this happening for more than 20 years. It is absolutely one of a parent's worst nightmares!!

Do you have any idea where she is running away to? Any idea/s as to why she is running away? Is she going alone, or with "friends"?

You are in my gentle thoughts.

[leomama]

She assures me she's at a friends house and she's fine. Says she needed a break from me. Hasn't called or texted her dad or her uncle or any of her other relatives. She has a safe house in the next city. Her friends have been looking for her. So have the police.

[shezbut]

How long has she been gone, without contacting you?

[leomama]

She contacted me 4 hours ago but I don't know whose house she is at. She is in the missing persons data base. I will be calling the police when she returns home.

[shezbut]

I hope that she comes home very soon. Very gentle hugs and best wishes sent to you.

[Sabrina]

I'm sorry leomama, it must be very distressing for you. I do hope that you are able to work through things when your daughter gets home.

[leomama]

Originally Posted by Sabrina

I'm sorry leomama, it must be very distressing for you. I do hope that you are able to work through things when your daughter gets home.

If my daughter suffers from any kind of mental illness at all she will need more then working through things. At this point for her not to have a mental illness from all the emotion she has been suppressing would be unlikely.

[MrMoose]

Two 13-year old girls (4 months apart--two families merged). Had to take the computer away from one of them. She just stopped screaming at me, threw a few light punches at me. Yeesh. Not sure if I can discipline them as much as just threaten to take away their data plan.

[leomama]

Hi Mr. Moose, that sounds really rough. What kind of reading have you done on parenting a teen?

[Bill3]

It isn't easy! Here are some of my thoughts after raising four kids.

1. Parents should never raise their voices to teenagers. Much easier said than done! Still, once voices are raised, communication is over. Parents need to be the adults in the room, and model how they want teenagers to be. "Walk the walk." By not raising their voices, parents demonstrate respect for others. Even if teenagers raise their voices, parents should not raise voices in return. Parents need to be the adults in the room.

2. When parents do raise their voices to teenagers, the parents should apologize. "I'm sorry that I raised my voice."

When parents apologize they set a terrific example. Parents then model self-control, humility, the ability to admit a mistake, consideration for others, strength of character. Just what parents want to see from their teenagers! Parents thereby create the possibility that communication can continue or resume.

When parents apologize, they shouldn't also overreact to their mistake by automatically giving teenagers what they are demanding. "I'm sorry that I raised my voice. Sure, you can have 30 people over for an all-night drinking party." No, parents still stick to their position (when it is reasonable!). Parents thereby model that it is possible to treat others with respect AND, at the same time, discuss and negotiate.

[Phela]

I have a 14-year-old daughter. Our last year and a half have been challenging to say the least. I have my own struggles with bipolar 2. My daughter deals with ADHD, anxiety and self-injury.

As a mom I feel I'm constantly questioning all of my parenting decisions.

Phela

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[Connie Brooks]

I can how difficult it gets, I have two kids one is a 13 year old and other one is 3, may be due to their age difference the older one doesn't really care about the younger one as an elder sister should I have tried explaining her many times but she hardly listens.