Does anyone have any advice for dealing with moody teenagers?
All I can say is to use a stick and carrot policy. The childhood ways of dealing with the child don’t work anymore, and they really shouldn’t. Imagine, you trying to expect for a cocoon to act the same way as caterpillar or a butterfly does. He is in an interim stage of his life. Strangely enough, he doesn’t like his behaviour himself, he just doesn’t have a courage to tell all of you so. My 14 year old daughter had these moods for about 2 months on a trot, it was a nightmare for me, for as a child and preteen, she used to be a very understanding, kind and sweet personality – I’ve never expected THAT from her! Though through all of her moods, I’ve swallowed my pride completely, and did everything to be good to her despite anything. She talked to me only after 4 weeks!!! But it was something! Like an explosion or an earthquake! We chatted all night long, she explained her feelings, she said sorry, and that she saw, that she is hurting me, though she said, she just couldn’t do anything a
